The late Dora Akunyili, then Nigerian Senatorial Candidate and Angela Dorothea Merkel the Present German Chancellor do have some interesting things in common. Dora is the short form of the…
Obafemi Awolowo, a graduate of the London School of Economics, was a politician and Head of Government of Western Nigeria. Awolowo founded the Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN) on September…
Just a few days after the just concluded Rio Olympics, Mariam Usman, a Commonwealth medallist, said she has lost the urge to represent Nigeria at international events. She was the…
The primaries have come and gone with all the intrigues and razzmatazz that accompanied them as each of the contending political parties in the forthcoming Gubernatorial Election in Edo State…
I have taken a hard look at events over the last several years and especially the most recent twelve months. I had all the time been very optimistic about the…
Morolake Akinosun is a Nigerian-American. Her parents are surely among the Diaspora-Nigerians contributing immensely to the socioeconomic development of the United States. Morolake Akinosun is an American track runner who…
The words of the late sage, Obafemi Awolowo, are still very much fresh in our minds and instructive to the Nigerian authority. The government of Buhari needs to consider the…
Even the most implacable critic of President Buhari would have to concede that Boko Haram’s capacity to “shoot, slaughter and kill”—as its avowed means of establishing Allah’s loving and peaceful…
As we ecstatically inch towards the finale of the greatest sports fiesta in the world, the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics in Brazil, it is becoming increasingly apparent to many…
QUASHING THE COUP OR CARRYING OUT A COUP? In recent years, as more Nigerians begin to pay close attention to the country’s chequered past, the nature of Ironsi’s ascension to…
For a man who had the coronet of sainthood thrust upon his lengthy frame, for one who had wisdom associated with his lean features, for the leader who had knowledge…