Friday, June 19

Opinions

A Threat to Football Dream

I write today about a personal experience regarding a general topic that should affect every Nigerian. I write this in forced surrender, but with deep pain in my heart. It’s an emotional personal story, but…

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Business, community leadership and public service, By Steven Edet

Matthew Tonlagha’s life and career reflect a blend of business enterprise, community engagement and public-interest initiatives that have attracted attention within the Niger Delta and beyond. From early personal challenges to corporate leadership and philanthropic involvement, his story illustrates how…

The Devastating Impact of Preventable Medical Errors

As we saw in last week’s essay, preventable errors are unnecessary, avoidable threats to obtaining beneficial therapy. Correcting them is prohibitive in terms of financial, emotional and physical stress. They may arise from the use of the wrong medication, a…

Rewriting the Grammar of Terror: The Soludo Solution

Last week, I examined the fractured language of Nigeria’s crisis communication, where evasive admissions, ransom endorsements and miraculous tales of escape have become the syntax of our security failures. This week, the contrast is stark. In Kaduna, Governor Uba Sani…

Oshiomhole, a Video, and Accountability

Nine years ago, I wrote that Adams Oshiomhole could be Nigeria’s wildcard, a rare figure who might carry the insurgent moral energy of labour into the antiseptic corridors of power and still keep his hands clean. In that piece, I…

When faith and diplomacy unites, By Olukayode Ajulo

  As we reflect on Senator Oluremi Tinubu’s poised presence amid Washington’s elite — and her inspiring example as a supportive wife and mother of the nation — let us seize this momentum. Policymakers in Abuja and Lagos must build…

Dreaming beyond a fallen earth, By Osmund Agbo

The American space agency, NASA, is poised to launch Artemis II, a landmark crewed mission that will carry four astronauts on an approximately ten-day flyby around the Moon and back. This will mark humanity’s first journey beyond low Earth orbit…

Strengthen Your Relationship This Valentine’s Season

Every relationship, especially marriage, goes through seasons of conflict, disappointment, or emotional distance. However, if these moments are ignored, they can create silence and disconnection; when met with care and honesty, they can strengthen the foundation of trust in your…

A Woman’s Guide to Emotional Clarity

Some ladies who lament about a “lack of love” are also those whose hands are filled with multiple men they are not casual with, yet none of whom they have a future with. It becomes a problem when our conduct…

Machina Emirate celebrates Kole Shettima, By Jibrin Ibrahim

This weekend, the Emir of Machina, Alhaji Dr Bashir Albishir Bukar Machinama turbaned Dr. Kole Shettima as the Zanna Yuroma of the Emirate. This exalted position is only given to people with sufficient depth, maturity, sincerity and tact to talk…

Still the gateway to Nigeria’s development, By Yusuph Olaniyonu

Ogun State has…become a giant among the sub-nationals in Nigeria. It is arguably the most industrialised state in the country. According to a source, while Lagos State remains “the primary economic hub, leading in finance, tech, entertainment, manufacturing, and trade”,…

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