When Nigeria’s Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Professor Muhammad Ali Pate, speaks of “producing health,” he is defining a policy shift rather than a slogan. Modern healthcare, in Nigeria and elsewhere, has developed exceptional capacity in treating illness.…

Trade is a form of exchange. This can be an exchange of commodities or services, even ideas. Trade practice has been from time immemorial and is as old as mankind.  AI Overview says, “Trade is the voluntary exchange, buying, or…

When I reflect on the year, I do not see isolated trips or separate assignments, but a long journey that brought many threads together. The year carried me from landfills to lecture halls and from field visits in remote places…

Whereas Item 39 of the exclusive legislative list of Nigeria’s Constitution provides that “mines and minerals, including oil mining, geological surveys and natural gas” are under the jurisdiction of the Federal Government only, it is baffling that some state governments…

In my November 26, 2025 piece titled “A nation where classrooms, sanctuaries become killing fields”, I catalogued some of the fresh cases of insecurity at the time — from school abductions to killings in worship centres — and argued that…

Finally, the chicken has come home to roost. That which we were forewarned about has come upon us. As the late Ghanaian poet and literary icon, Koofi Awoonor, says in “Songs of Sorrow”, “Death has made war upon our house.”…

The collision between the newspaper industry and Artificial Intelligence companies is no longer news; it is a global legal and economic reckoning. Legal cases, which primarily focus on copyright infringement and fair use, are currently ongoing in many countries and…

At the core of Nigeria’s sports-obsessed nation, Abia State is on the cusp of transforming its sports landscape. For years, insufficient funding has scuttled sports development in the state, leaving athletes, administrators, and sports enthusiasts yearning for better facilities, training…

Over the years, I have spoken extensively on the theme of persecution of Christians and have argued then, as now, that by whatever name we choose to call or describe our predicament, the bloodshed needs to end as soon as…

A few years ago, a sister asked me, “Pastor, if I divorce my husband, will I still make it to heaven?” There was clearly no biblical basis for her consideration. She was seeking validation to pursue an economic agenda, leave…

The world is watching closely as Australia becomes the first country to attempt such a sweeping ban. Hundreds of thousands of adolescents are expected to be affected, with Instagram alone reporting approximately 350,000 Australian users aged 13 to 15. The…

Ordinarily, the campaign by Arewa Consultative Youth Movement on an ambiguous, spurious, and veiled scraggy allegation for which they are asking Federal Inland Revenue Service Chairman, Zacch Adedeji, to step aside for the investigation of his unstated lifestyle should be…

It is a cheap challenge I don’t expect you to fail. The simple fact? An article is missing in the clause. This is the indefinite article ‘a’, which should come before ‘meeting’ as indicated below. We have meeting now. (Wrong)…

Last week, former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson attended the Imo Economic Summit and made a remark that sparked reactions among Nigerians. He said Nigeria exports professionals, entertainment, and mineral resources to the United Kingdom, while the UK exports pharmaceuticals,…

Nigeria is a complicated entity—so complicated that it has repeatedly defied the wisdom of both leaders and the led. No one can claim ignorance of the origins of this complexity. It predates independence, to the days when leaders of one…