Does anyone know why the chicken has no teeth? Honestly, I don’t. But I know its humble beginnings, dating back in time. That was when the chicken tilled the earth with its beak and four-toe pronged legs, fending for its…

Recently, some boys in khaki wanted to seize power in the Republic of Benin, but they failed spectacularly. I liked the fact that Nigeria’s intervention ensured they failed. Tell me there’s something good regarding boys in khaki who seize political…

“Nigeria awoke on Saturday (15 January) morning in total confusion,” de St. Jorre wrote. “In three major cities (Lagos, Ibadan and Kaduna), there had been the most violent and bloody coup d’etat Africa had ever seen; but only in the…

This is the simplified summary of the 70-year joint romance of Nigeria and Big Oil with communities in the Niger Delta: While the world wails over climate change, there is an ongoing ecocalypse in the oil region of Nigeria. As…

Frederick Forsyth’s account of the Nigerian Civil War, mainly from the Biafran lens, is perhaps one of the most riveting you would find. Yet, it is remarkably deficient in its one-sidedness, for which the author made no pretences or apologies.…

The Nigerian oil and gas industry has frequently been in the news for various reasons. Decades before the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) was enacted in August 2021, the country’s oil and gas exploration sector faced significant challenges due to unclear…

What happened on the night of 15th January 1966 was indefensible, unjustifiable, unacceptable, unnecessary, unprovoked and utterly barbaric… It set off a cycle of events which had cataclysmic consequences for our country and which we are still reeling from today……

One of the more understated questions in Nigeria’s healthcare landscape is who truly owns the intelligence that shapes health decisions. Despite widespread activity across hospitals, laboratories, and community programmes, international health partners often possess a clearer, more coherent picture of…

Early detection is one of the most effective tools for improving cancer survival. When cancer is identified at an early stage, treatment is often more effective, less invasive, and significantly more likely to save lives. Yet, in many communities, silence…

January 15 is celebrated annually as Nigerian Armed Forces Remembrance and Celebration Day. This day honours the supreme sacrifice made by fallen heroes of the Nigerian military. It recognises the sacrifices of serving soldiers and veterans who have fought under…

Mayflower School, Ikenne in Ogun State, founded by iconoclastic educationist and political activist, Taiwo “Tai” Solarin and his British wife, Sheila, turns 70 years this month. Those who wonder why the school marks its anniversary, called Mayflower Day, in May…

In Nigeria, and in many countries with underdeveloped economies, the most important periods are the year right before a general election, the year of that election (when the winners emerge), and two years after that election (all the time the…

After weeks of calculations, quiet borrowing, and painful prioritisation, a widow and lecturer II (who preferred anonymity) at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, finally scraped together N30,000, the statutory acceptance fee for her third son, newly admitted into the university…

Two weeks ago, just when the world was still in a jubilant mood after ushering in the new year, Germany was scratched by the cold talons of domestic ecoterrorism. Amid heavy snow in the German capital of Berlin, and temperatures…

The story is told of when in the early 2000s, Vodafone, then the world’s largest telecoms company, commissioned one of the top five global consulting firms to do a report on the viability of coming into the Nigerian market to…