I received this message from a young lady some time back: “After my dad died some years back, my mother didn’t want to stay in the village anymore. She said that she didn’t want to stay alone. And we began…

In many African families, strength is not simply admired; it is expected. From a young age, we are taught, sometimes directly and sometimes through observation, that resilience is a virtue: to endure hardship without complaint, to carry responsibility without hesitation,…

Money management in marriage rarely exists in a vacuum; it stems from each spouse’s personal understanding of finances, one silently shaped by childhood memories, family values, and cultural beliefs that linger long into adulthood. Before establishing a shared household, individuals…

Dear Ma, Please keep me anonymous. I like your messages on sexual purity and how you are impacting the next generation. I stand for that, and I kept myself till marriage and even in marriage. Permit me to suggest that…

In your 40s, when the second half of your life opens, something deeper than ambition begins to take shape. It brings a kind of joy that feels more real than anything you have known before. This joy does not come…

While traveling between Kaduna, Jos and Kafanchan on Saturday, April 25, 2026, where I spent the night, I followed developments in Mali closely. My keen interest in the unfolding events was shaped by my background as a student of conflict…

When President Bola Tinubu announced that Nigeria would extend the 2025 budget implementation deadline to June 30, 2026, three months beyond the original March 31 closure, the decision barely registered as a scandal. Instead, it was packaged as practical governance:…

The obituary has been due for a very long time. Political decamping in Nigeria has abused every excuse ever offered for it, surviving every republic, adapting to every constitutional arrangement, and – in this fractious Fourth Republic – becoming less…

Many questions relating to this unusual problem have led to the discussion of this topic this week. Fatty stools refer to human excrement that is perceived as fatty and foul-smelling; stool that floats in the meniscus of water in the…

In the bid to stay healthy, we sometimes do things that harm us unknowingly. Sometime last year, someone sent me a recipe that included the use of raw spinach in juicing. Spinach is one vegetable that should not be eaten…

There is an unwritten rule in Nigerian politics that explains why the Presidency often issues statements whenever someone significant leaves the cabinet or President Bola Tinubu’s employ. Last week, it was two, no, three ministers who exited the cabinet. Within…

When the newly appointed Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Taiwo Oyedele, was first elevated to Minister of State for Finance from his previous position as the chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax…

An assessment of the Millennium Development Goals in Africa, which began and ended between 2000 and 2015, showed abysmal outcomes for most countries. Nigeria was one of the main candidates that failed woefully. The Sustainable Development Goals, which succeeded the…

There are many Nigerians who have stopped watching the news or reading the newspapers because of the bad news that dominates Nigerian news. This includes Nigerians who are in Nigeria and abroad. Every day, Nigeria produces enough bad headlines to…

The deeper truth is less dramatic, harder to weaponise and more enduring: in the everyday life of South Africa, migrants and locals are not enemies. They are partners in survival. Three weeks ago, the coastal city of East London, now…