Again the song: An f’oye l’oju An mi Janduku j’oye A f’oye l’oju* I know he is a chronic liar But I love him all the...
As the largest democracy in Africa is being goaded into a one party civilian dictatorship by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), the main opposition Peoples...
Members of the Nigerian National Assembly, and by extension lawmakers across the country, have been under scrutiny lately with regard to their engagements with citizen-voters whose...
When we juxtapose the imperatival idealism of the legislative arm of government in Nigeria, vis-à-vis the preponderances of unenforceable pieces of Acts of Parliament, and the...
On December 12, 2013, I woke up to Olusegun Obasanjo’s ‘Before it is too late’; a caustic letter to former President Goodluck Jonathan. In the 18-page...
Prebendalism was coined by Richard Joseph to describe what has become a central feature of Nigerian politics and governance. In his book, Democracy and Prebendal Politics...
This was God’s admonishment to the biblical Israelites for their immoralities. Herman Hesse, asserted that “wisdom cannot be imparted. Wisdom that a wise man attempts to...
I have written a few weeks back about the lamentation of the 14th Emir of Kano, Alhaji Lamido Sanusi II. However, the critical mass of Nigerians...
He’s neither the bat nor the vulture. Like an antique typewriter, he’s just noisome and talkative. He’s not the bat with big eyes trained to see...
This October has been one of the bloodiest months in Iraq in recent memory. More than 150 Iraqi civilians were murdered in cold blood and 5,000...
As in the case of Deborah Samuel, a Christian female student stoned to death and lynched by muslim colleagues in...
But theology also bears responsibility. When faith is taught as a licence to ignore medicine and law, when miracles are...
Nobody told Joseph that his beautiful divine dreams, gifts, his coat of many colours, the love from his father and...
In matters of faith, the church's position has weight. The pope has a lot of power and influence. Millions of...
Experts have consistently warned that unless drastic steps are taken, Nigeria could soon face a debt crisis similar to what...
The question that now confronts Nigeria Is simple but urgent: can a nation struggling with poverty, insecurity, and unemployment continue...
If Nigeria is serious about progress, then it must embrace data as greenery. We cannot continue to govern by guesswork,...
In examining Nigeria's economic growth, the MPC highlighted the robust performance demonstrated in the second quarter of 2025. The real...
Expected to continue to improve and increase his output, his time at the San Siro didn’t bring the consistency many...
Napoli and Belgium striker Romelu Lukaku is grieving the death of his father, Roger Lukaku, aged 58. In an emotional...
FIFA has docked South Africa three points and fined SAFA CHF 10,000 for fielding Teboho Mokoena in a 2026 World...
Wayne Rooney says Manchester United have lost their soul and admits he has “no faith” in manager Ruben Amorim to...