Columns

On Thursday this week, it will be 32 years of that June 12 phenomenon. On 9 July, 1998, the lifeless...

Abraham’s adultery fulfilled the will of God. Paul says there are “vessels of wrath prepared for destruction” and “vessels of...

Image credit: Boston Herald Perhaps we ought to temper our envy of those who bask in the limelight, especially without...

Ho Chi Minh It is unusual for a nation to discover its essence in a man. It is rare for...

“Two Eids came together at the time of the Messenger of Allah (Peace be upon him): Eid al-Fitr and Jumu‘ah....

Pat Utomi The SSS needs to roll back it’s normative cloak that reduces opposition to the government of the day...

Boarding announcements were not an issue when I used to commute in Lagos by danfo, the ubiquitous yellow buses, or...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu What played out at the APC national policy summit a fortnight ago can safely be described...

If there is one piece of advice I would offer to anyone seeking relevance in their academic career, it is...

“Omo, how you dey?” “I dey my dey oh. What’s up?” “How you take see this Baba Tinubu’s mid-term score...

Two years can feel both fleeting and painfully long in Nigeria. Seven hundred and thirty dawns have rolled across the...

Our problems began when we adopted the gospel of prosperity and the result-based ministry of the American church. This started...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu Tinubunomics may potentially encapsulate the hope for tomorrow, but the taste of the theory is in...

An ice wall initially separated President Bola Tinubu and POTUS Donald Trump. As they sat inside the White House’s Oval Office, Tinubu was...

God would have all men to be saved, but none will merit salvation. Jesus says: “You did not choose Me,...

...if you are an academic who seeks to self-improve, remain globally relevant and attract funding and collaboration, remember to always...

If perception is shaped by culture, emotion, memory, and context, then wisdom lies not in clinging to our version of...

The eternal bow of Ngugi from the world stage at 87, after 60 years of prodigious literary output, political activism...

Respected brothers and sisters! Also one of the most important religious rituals during Eid al-Adha is the sacrifice of animals...

DS Ibrahim and Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o DS Ibrahim had a firm no-nonsense attitude to work and never condoled laziness and...

President Cyril Ramaphosa and President Trump It would be a long time before another leader from the continent visits the...

I would also urge that NOA works with NGOs and CSOs to achieve its mandate of “communicating government policy, keeping...

FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike. Octopuses are considered by biologists to be very crafty, clever, cephalopods, who have multiple brains and...

National Assembly complex, Abuja. Last week’s column took state governors to task, and the response was electric: inboxes flooded, phone...

Picture credit: Emmanuel Ikwuegbu on Unsplash Given Nigeria's current delicate security situation, the emergence of a one-party state could significantly...