A plan to marry off 100 girls, orphaned by the surge of banditry in a local government in Niger State, has ignited public outrage and concern over its legality from human rights advocates. There is no iota of verifiable evidence…

The installation of the fallen roof was an original sin against aesthetics and civil engineering. It was also an insult to unprofaned amphitheatres all over the world. My humble demand: Tear down whatever is left of that offending roofing and…

No one has the capacity to fully validate another’s person’s repentance. You don’t have the ability to see into his heart. Only God has a 360 degree view of things. I am also not perfect. Day by day, I am…

Life is based on the law of cause and effects. For anything and everything you see happening around you today, there is a cause, a cause is at the root of all those things that we as Nigerians complain about…

Hadiza Bala Usman, Special Adviser to the President on Policy and Coordination. To ensure that MDAs do not get carried away and lose sight of these priorities, the President reinvigorated the Central Delivery Coordination Unit (CDCU), which was established by…

“In the general course of human nature, a power over a man’s subsistence amounts to a power over his will.” – Alexander Hamilton, Federalist, No. 79, cited in O’Donoghue v. US, Id., 531 at 516 Nearly one year before he eventually…

We must fast because we hunger for God and not for the praise of men. There are fundamental differences between what God does and what man does. God is not a man. His ways are different from those of men.…

Have you noticed that in the last two weeks, Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State seems to have acquired an inexplicably large dose of boldness and courage? Conversely, you must have equally observed that, in the last couple of days,…

English Premier League football fans. Fandom is an irrational state, especially when the goals of two arch rivals clash. Fans will switch from the main objective of the game — which is winning — and support a loss if losing…

15th May 2024 His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu,President and Commander-in-Chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces,The Presidency,Aso Villa,Abuja, FCT. Your Excellency, DISTORTION IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE LAGOS-CALABAR COASTAL HIGHWAY BY ARBITRARY DEVIATION FROM THE LONG-ESTABLISHED RIGHT OF WAY BY…

Nigerians should mobilise to say NO to US and French military bases in Nigeria. In any case, since foreign relations is based on reciprocity, should the US and France not first allow Nigeria military bases in their countries and then…

Together, let’s build an Africa that fosters innovation, cherishes its heritage, and champions justice and equality. As you step beyond the four walls of this institution, carry the conviction that you possess the ability to make a substantial difference. May…

Heart of the matter? Let all women know that men are now doing spiritual due diligence, financial investigations, to determine the eligibility of the women they are dating. They do not want to buy ‘black market’. They do not want…

As  the Brussels Forum approaches, the question remains: For how long would African countries remain recipients of EU’s generosity, especially when ‘there is no free lunch anywhere, not even in Freetown.’ In a tumbling world with shifty and shifting alliances,…

Reading the pages in that chapter of the book, I could see that the author teaches how to stir trouble “without causing mayhem.” He writes, with apology to the French, about how to tell people to go to hell and…