It began, as many things in Nigerian politics do, with a whisper in the corridors of power. Whispers that Vice President Kashim Shettima may not be renominated as Bola Ahmed…
By Rebecca Uwandu It is very rare in Nigeria to see public functionaries tendering account of their term of service. The former Vice-Chancellor (Acting) of Anambra State University, Awka, Professor…
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 Sam” or “Uncle Sam”…
Presidential Aide Alubankudi’s gracious response to the first part of this intervention reflects the significance of roots, responsibility, and collective effort in nation-building. It also accentuates the complexities of development,…
Well-meaning Nigerians are relieved that the misconceived bill which sought to impose “a maximum of six months imprisonment or a fine of no more than N100,000” on any Nigerian of…
The book is a standout phenomenon as one of the most influential novels in world literature. Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart ranks as one of the rare books that had…
In 1999, when I went to the Faculty of Arts, University of Lagos notice board to check my posting for the National Youth Service Corps scheme, it was with a…
“A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go, but ought to be.” These words, often credited to Rosalynn Carter, carry a heavy truth for Nigerians grappling…
I am an angry Nigerian! I am angry because Ijebu-Jesa, my hometown, is a town where the past and present intersect in a complex blend of tradition and modernity. The…
I wasn’t there in the late 1950s or 60s. I was born in the 70s—into a Nigeria already staggering under the weight of betrayed dreams and squandered potential. But every…
The Rt. Rev Dr. Samuel Ransford Nortey Title: Tiger By The Tail, Bull By The Horns; Patriarch Prof. Emmanuel Bolaji Idowu: His Theology, Theory And Practice Of Indigenisation Of Christianity…