Opinions

A fire incident happened at the old Karu market of the Federal Capital Territory and the senator representing the FCT, Ireti Kingibe, arrived at the site at the earliest time …

There is a bugbearing and exasperating season in people’s lives when things around them may be neck-deep in the fiery furnace of affliction and confusion. It is like crawling down …

THE Federal Government has taken a giant step forward to combat the menace of plastics in the environment. In this, the Federal Executive Council recently approved a ban on single-use …

The flamboyant Ojude Oba festival of flourish and colours is nothing but the cat’s pyjamas. The lavishness of the Ijebu and their thriftiness are bemusing contradictions. As a matter of …

The Murtala Muhammad Airport Terminal II (MMA2) in Lagos is a metaphor for both the good and ill of the troubled aviation sector in Nigeria, if not the societal rot …

Sometime in 2022, we (some friends and I) were driving through a village in Kenya when I saw this giant billboard with the face of a presidential candidate named William …

I happened to be in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, attending a conference, on March 4, 2014, when the city’s taxi operators embarked on a globally reported city-wide protest against …

Consider the case of a prominent Nigerian entrepreneur who builds a multimillion-dollar conglomerate. He passes away unexpectedly without a clear succession plan. His family, unprepared for the sudden responsibility, face …

The appointment of General Ike Nwachukwu (retd.) as the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), has rekindled hope that the first truly …

Equal rights for all, special privileges for none – Thomas Jefferson The Oxford Dictionary defines the noun, secular, as “not connected with spiritual or religious matters.” That noun, or its …