Introspective

Call Me Tony: A Parable of Corporate Nigeria

By Temitope Lakisokun The argument over the young trainee who addressed UBA chairman Tony Elumelu by his first name has become a surprisingly revealing debate...

The Myth of New Year Resolutions: Why 2025 Won’t Magically Save You

As we inch closer to the dawn of 2025, the air is thick with the buzz of "New Year, New Me" proclamations. Across the...

The Ageless Myth: Is Age Really Just a State of Mind?

The concept of aging has long been considered a biological certainty, as though an unavoidable countdown is inscribed within our very DNA. Yet, mounting...

It’s Time to Take it To the Next Level!

This it! The Whole world is going crazy and you need to prepare yourself to go through incredible tough times for a long time...

Prince Lawrence Ezeh: An unsung humane personality

Over the years, many a personality has endeared themselves not only to their immediate native villages but also to their communities, the less privilege...

Going Digital: Heeding Elders’ Advice

About 20 years ago my Aunt had enjoined me to eat cold eba with hot stew but I never really attached significance to it...

The Househelp and the Death of Mrs Foluke Joseph

According to Ayo Ademokoya’s news story which circulated widely on social media, Mrs Foluke Joseph, the 41-year-old mother of three was murdered by her...

Taunting the Critic

Self-appointed guardians of political possibility who desire to mask their untenable neutrality when moral issues are on the dock would always essay to dry-clean...

Welcome to America; Bye Bye, Nigeria

“Until you know how African you are, you don’t know how American you are” - Robert Farris Thompson As a newbie in the nation of Samba, there...

Drop the Glass

Once upon a time a university professor walked around on a stage while teaching weight and weightlessness to an auditorium filled with students...

A Disease Called Broklysis!

In the history of creation, it is one of the deadliest diseases ever to strike mankind. There are many people recorded in the Bible who were afflicted by this disease. When this disease strikes a man, it can rattle the brain, dry up the blood...

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The Mossad Affair: The Kidnap Of Umaru Dikko (2)

Dikko was one of the most powerful and notorious figures in the government of President Shagari between 1979 and 1983.  This is the second of a three part series which recounts the circumstances, timing and details of the kidnap...

Rio 2016 – Why We Really Failed

Just a few days after the just concluded Rio...

Dictatorship of the Progressives

There was a time in in this country when...

Sino-Japanese Territorial Dispute

Chinese diplomacy is firing on all engines in forcefully defending its territorial sovereignty and national integrity. The current Sino-Japanese dispute over the Diaoyu islands and rights over the territorial sea has taken on serious dimensions...

What Boko Haram Really Wants

What does Boko Haram really want? Answers to this...

U.S Foreign Policy and the Niger Delta Conflict

A critical examination of America’s foreign policy in the last two decades proves she is concerned with environment issues and with matters dealing with social dislocations, international health challenges and uncontrollable migration that are likely to constrict its resources...

FAO Messrs Belgore and Kolade

Justice Alfa Belgore's group has the task of dialoguing with organized labour and other stakeholders.  Dr. Christopher Kolade, on the other hand, has been appointed to chair the spending committee, his own group has been charged to oversee and ensure the effective and timely implementation of projects to be funded with savings accruing to the Federal Government from the subsidy removal...