Interviews & Profiles

The Professor Who Gave Me Rehabilitation

A human being can save your life without your knowing it. The way I operated back in time could have led to my utter...

Prof Bart Nnaji As A Sports Superstar

Prof Bart Nnaji is globally renowned for his revolutionary innovations in robotics, e-Design and Artificial Intelligence (AI). He has served as Nigeria’s Power Minister as...

The Homecoming Ties Of Prof Nduka Otiono

The don makes it a point of duty to always come home to Nigeria from his duty post as Director, Institute of African Studies,...

Ninety Garlands for Sam Amuka @ 90

The iconic publisher of Vanguard newspapers, Sam Amuka-Pemu, is 90! He remains as ever a self-effacing Nigerian patriot of uncommon class and carriage. Call him “Sad...

Africa’s Brave New Ancestor Called Ngugi

Africa has just welcomed the path-finding Ngugi wa Thiong'o into the pantheon of ancestors. It was on Wednesday, May 28, 2025 the news broke that...

A Tribute to Prof. Obijiofor Aginam – A Visionary at the Crossroads of Global Health, Peace, and Education

By Shumm-u-él Mulenga Bukata Chanda In a world marked by complex crises, from pandemics to conflict, misinformation to inequality, few voices echo as powerfully, as...

There Was A Poet Called Christopher Okigbo

Writing on what passes for Nigerian politics today is a pathetic attempt at making meaning out of wretched absurdity. To lift the spirit, one has...

Heavenly Hits of Legendary Musicians for Mama Nwokoye

The best way to send a sweet mother home to the angels in paradise is through the vehicle of iconic music being played by...

Doyin Okupe: A Nigerian Original

With the death on Monday, March 7, of Dr Doyin Okupe, twice a presidential spokesman, Nigeria has been deprived of a pan-Nigerian politician. Okupe,...

Remembering Anthony Enahoro

It is a settled fact that Anthony Eromosele Enahoro (July 22, 1923 - December 15, 2010) was an outstanding product of Nigeria’s pre-independence era....

Kunle Ajibade: The Legend of Conscience Abacha Could Not Kill

Even in the darkest of days and nights in Nigeria, there are adorable persons to celebrate in fine fettle.  Kunle Ajibade, the Executive Editor/Director of PMNEWS and TheNEWS Magazine,...

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Peter Obi, Political Perception, And Nigeria’s Evolving Debate About Leadership

As Nigeria’s political landscape continues to evolve ahead of...

God May Be Man After All

It is not tendentious to contend that in some religious texts God is shown to have dark, human propensities such as anger, hate, prejudice, disgust, murderousness, envy, jealousy and pride. This list is not exhaustive of the negative human propensities of God as can be gleaned from some religious texts...

Of John F. Kennedy and Olisa Agbakoba

There are interesting developments between Nigeria and the United...

Let’s Pray

"Sincere prayer is a potent religious and miraculous weapon...

My Sweet 16-Year Old Valentine

Her eyes met mine and didn't blink out of shyness and rather than look down like other damsels, she smiled gaily at me. Not sure I returned her smile but she innocently giggled at the sight of me. How could I flirt with an under aged...

The Tottering National Conference

A rabid, malignant cancer of tribalism has eaten deeply into our national psyche so much that all mental and physical actions of almost every Nigerian are dictated by personal and sectional interests...

What are Crimes against Humanity?

What is genocide? How many people do you need to kill before you qualify as genocidal?  How many millions do you need to steal from your people before it becomes “impermissible in International Law”?  Do you have to transfer the whole budgetary vote to your private accounts in London before it becomes “impermissible”?

The Impact Of Energy And Global Food Crisis In Africa

Reports indicate that food prices have increased the world over by 83%, and these have led to several protests around the globe by consumer advocates...

The Ubiquity of Corruption and the Blame Game in Nigeria

“Corruption comes from low self-esteem, poor self-concept, low self-worth,...

“Touch Not My Anointed and Do My Prophets No Harm”, said the Lord

Because wickedness reigns in the hearts of Luciferians and agents of darkness, they have tended to act to destroy the Sons and Daughters of God, especially when they find themselves in transient political appointments...