Opinion

By Ali Abare For Miss Felica Tsaku, 43, a single mother of 12, life hangs on the balance as she experiences excruciating pains while battling to raise six million naira to afford treatment for breast cancer Tsaku’s predicament started in February 2022 after she was diagnosed with cancer of the...

By Hon. Okoro Uchenna Kalu Political merchandising is not new, but it has been elevated to an art by a few of which Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode is primus inter pares. As the merchant that he is, he sells his wares to where he thinks there is much profit to make...

Femi Adesina, a former spokesman for ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, says the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Kukah, is still pained that the former head of state didn’t patronise him (Kukah) as Nigeria’s President. The ex-presidential spokesman stated this in a tweet on Tuesday hours after the cleric...

President Tinubu: Confronting the Nation’s Problems Dear Friends, Today, we gather to discuss the important topic of confronting challenges and the role of leadership in addressing national issues. Our focus will be on President Tinubu, who has taken significant steps in confronting the Goliath that has eaten deep into the...

By TAYO OGUNBIYI In the estimation of self-styled doctors and soothsayers, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu ought to have died by now. They swore that he was very sick. No sooner had the then candidate Bola Tinubu won his party’s ticket to run for the presidency than they came up with...

By Aare Abiodun De Oracle Benue state governor, Rev. Hyacinth Alia failed the day he assigned his Chief of Staff, Hon. Paul Biam to oversee the affairs of local governments in the state because ordinarily, the deputy governor of any state is always the one in charge of that area...

By Frederick Nwabufo We must tread with circumspection. We must follow reason. Why are we inclined to misadventures? Why are we not having conversations on how the south-east can work with the federal government to improve the infrastructural standing of the zone, and how we can take advantage of the...

By Terkula Igidi Very often, in the political space and in social circles, allusions are made to Jesus Christ’s statement that, “A prophet is not without honour except in his own town and in his own home,” (Matt. 13: 57). This biblical statement is bandied about whenever a political juggernaut...

By Hassan Olalekan Sherif Esq. The recent back and forth between the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, and its Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, candidate, Mmesoma Ejikeme, has for me shown how deeply divided and polarized, our dear country, Nigeria presently is, especially coming off the heels of a...

By Osita Chidoka Miss Nmesoma Ejikeme took her 2023 JAMB at my foundation’s Computer-Based Testing (CBT) Center at Obosi. I got some calls from worried friends about Nmesoma’s result, which had Thomas Chidoka Center as her examination center. I allayed their worries that the result issue had nothing to do...