Nothing divides Nigerians like religion, but I have it on good account that Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka who prefers Orisha to Christianity and Islam turned out the saving grace of Pastor Chuzzy Udenwa in the United States. Soyinka, the humanist…
How Dangote and Air Peace rose up against economic strangulation of Nigeria — Magnus Onyibe
Nigeria recently spent as much as N2.34 trillion in six months to service a humongous public debt that is currently in excess of N107 trillion that she is saddled with. That is why the country’s national budget of N27.5 trillion…
Coups all over the continent — Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Coups and earthquakes! Foreign journalists from America and Britain who covered Africa back in the day never tired on writing headline stories on coups and earthquakes in Africa. There is no point to be gained denying the hard news that…
Are BRICS and G20 liabilities or assets? — Magnus Onyibe
As some commentators recently noted, one of the strategic plans of BRICS, a group of nations that have come together with the aim of serving as a counterforce to the United Nations, UN and its subsidiaries known as Bretton Woods…
Tinubu reforms are producing short term pains for long term gains — Magnus Onyibe
Some economists believe that when the immediate past president of Nigeria, Gen. Mohammadu Buhari took over the reins of power in 2015 as a democratically elected president, the population of the poor in the country was 60 million. But by…
Former CGS, Lt.-Gen. Oladipo Diya dies at 79
Former Chief of General Staff under Gen. Sani Abacha’s government, retired Lt.-Gen. Oladipo Diya (GCON), is dead. The former military governor of Ogun died at the age of 79. His death was announced on Sunday in a statement by his…
Poet of the People: Niyi Osundare — Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Poets from all over the world today do not come any loftier than Nigeria’s Niyi Osundare. In my book, he is the next poet destined to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Lovers of intellection are thrilled that on Wednesday,…
Tinubu is like Sani Abacha — Shettima
Kashim Shettima, All Progressives Congress (APC), vice presidential candidate, has said that Bola Tinubu, the party’s presidential candidate, has a dose of hospitality that the late Sani Abacha, a former military ruler, had, and the commitment of President Muhammadu Buhari…
Abacha’s loot: FG, US agree on $23m repatriation
The Federal Government on Tuesday signed an agreement with the United States of America for the repatriation of the sum of $23 million, being assets looted by past leaders of Nigeria, including late General Sani Abacha. The Attorney-General of the…