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Just when you think President Goodluck Jonathan should have finished settling his political debts to enable him focus on easing...

"Surely Ibraham was an example, obedient to Allah, by nature upright, and he was not of the polytheists. He was...

A First Lady has since evolved into an institution much bigger than the fashion icon and hostess of the State...

As Muslims enter the 12th month of Islamic Calendar, Dhul Hijja,the month when Hajj (pilgrimage) is performed, this column will...

All jokes aside, it’s time Nigerians stop disrespecting His Excellency, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, our president and God’s gift to every...

"The more things change, the more they stay the same". Thus, Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr, commenting several years ago on the...

Eight hundred and ninety-six (896) days to go and the battle for the soul of 2015 has already begun! And...

Singing * Come and see, come and see o, come and see, come and see what the Lord has done,...

Nigerians seem not to have missed a nauseating coincidence a while ago during the first round of the transportation of...

I grew up taking for granted the veracity of the account of what has been described as the most heinous...

As an observer of African Pentecostalism in general and the dynamics of mega-churches in Nigeria specifically, I am no stranger...

Dear son, It is not too much to say congratulations once again. I have decided to write you this letter,...

The Turks have a history of warrior spirit, but conventional wisdom demands that just because you are strong is not...

Mentoring the younger generation of Nigerians should be a responsibility that each and every one of us should take. Change...

It was about 10.00am Wednesday last week that a friend reminded me that Mr. President was before a joint session...

Continued from last week... “These are our children We shall either pay for or profit By whatever they become.” James...

Can I, a son of the soil, do an objective opinion piece on the Ondo State 2012 gubernatorial debates organized...

The Gulag Archipelago is the title of a monumental work authored by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, the great Russian novelist and dissident...

I am sad and distressed that a literary giant and an elder statesman such as Professor Chinua Achebe should be...

On Tuesday, September 11, (23rd of Shawwal/1433AH), my dear beloved and caring father - Alhaji Ali Ibrahim Pantami (or Alhaji...

In a country often gripped by nostalgic nonsense and uncontrolled emotions, views such as I hold on the Bakassi issue...

So what is the solution to the Nigeria-Saudi Arabia diplomatic impasse? So many writers and pundits have written about it....

Women make you do many things. Men have always done things because of women. The first man got us into...

Over the last two weeks, I have bought fuel (in different parts of Lagos) for N105/litre. Two features distinguish the...

"These are our children We shall either pay for or profit By whatever they become." James Baldwin. As we celebrated...