Opinion

By Professor Ani Casimir, KC ​Osara in Kogi State, Nigeria, has turned into another Jerusalem and a history maker for the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, administration in the critical sub-energy sector. The Honourable Minister of Innovation, Science, and Technology is chalking up huge creditable records that are increasing his validity and positive visibility in … [Read more…]

By Festus Adedayo In 1969, legendary Yoruba Sakara music lord, Yusuff Olatunji, serenaded and celebrated the sterling qualities of the Seriki of Egbaland, Chief Abdul-Wahab Amódemájá. Amodemaja held an Egba high-ranking military-derived civil title. In his Volume 3 album entitled Amódemájá, using a twin engine of dense metaphor and vivid imagery, Olatunji advocated for the … [Read more…]

August has ended, but it has left behind the peculiar silence that follows the departure of people whose lives had become part of our own the landscape. It was, for me, an August of deaths, arriving not as a single calamity but as a succession of personal encounters with mortality, each death reopening the same … [Read more…]

Ejindu was a young man whose voice had not yet become strong enough to be heard during the meetings and conversations of elders. He had always disliked the behaviour of the King and others who were supposed to be the leaders of the community. And his closeness to his grandfather, Omee-Okachie, gave him deep insights … [Read more…]

In my earlier writeup, “The Fuel Subsidy Question,” I asked: “If Nigerians have sacrificed through the removal of petrol subsidy, where is the dividend of that sacrifice?” That question remains unanswered, and may not be satisfactorily answered. But there is a bigger question. How much should Nigerians pay for energy in a country blessed with … [Read more…]

By Hon. Anayo Edeh As the 2027 General elections approach, it is imperative to emphasise the need for the People of Enugu State to collectively support Governor Peter Mbah’s re-election bid. Another four years for Mbah, will put Enugu on the path of sustainable development in all Sectors. In the past three years, Enugu has … [Read more…]

By SNC Nwagu  ​The debate over whether NATO can function without substantial American military support is essentially a European question. But its implications are unmistakably African. ​For more than seven decades, American power has underwritten NATO. Now, as Washington reassesses its global commitments, Europe is being forced to assume greater responsibility for its own defense. … [Read more…]

-By Abdul Mahmud Exactly 35 years ago today, on Wednesday, 28 August 1991, the gates of the Maximum Security Prison, Kirikiri, were finally flung open, and two young student leaders walked out into the Lagos morning after four months of detention by the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida, carrying with them the belongings with … [Read more…]