By Ainofenokhai Isa Few people have handled the complexities of power with the same degree of charisma and strategic reinvention as Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio in Nigeria’s complicated political environment, where ambition and resiliency are put to the test on…
Last weekend, during the East Africa Plus Size Fashion Affair in Kisumu, western Kenya, plus-size models joyfully celebrated African curves by dancing and twirling down the catwalk in form-fitting evening gowns and brightly coloured wax print dresses. Winnie Wenga Walcott,…
A man’s soul may argue with his quiet at certain points in his life. He is pulled to the edge of reality by a sort of spiritual unrest that grabs his chest in the middle of the night. You toss…
By Elempe Dele The Edo North Senatorial District is now experiencing political uproar. Even some members of the All Progressive Congress, or APC, have been using offensive language, and it has gotten out of control. The goal is straightforward: to…
Nigerians are incensed at the recent Supreme Court ruling in SUNDAY JACKSON V. STATE (SC/CR/1026/2022), which was handed down on March 7, 2025. In a case characterised by strict legalism, procedural violations, and a concerning disrespect for the fundamental right…
By Erasmus Ikhide IT was the Nigerian iconic music activist cum philosopher, the late Sunny Okosun in the earliest part of 1990 that sang ‘African liberation is now or never’. At the time he sang the song, African population was…
IN many African communities of old, the sanctity of marriage was not just a moral ideal, it was a spiritual edifice, a sacred covenant upheld by tradition, custom, and the ancestral spirits. Today, that edifice is crumbling, brick by…
THE emergence of Barr. Richmond Jolomi Omagbemi, as a prominent and influential figure at University of Delta, Agbor, was a gradual and explosive process. With extraordinary synergy he enjoys with the highly cerebral Vice – Chancellor, Prof. Stella Chiemeke, he…
ABUJA residents woke up to a mind-boggling reality yesterday, as the powers behind the Federal Capital Territory Administration, popularly referred to as the FCTA, exercised their power, by sealing off the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, head office in Abuja,…
Dear Mr Olushola Matthew, I read your recent letter to Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola with a heavy heart and a keen sense of responsibility to address the undertones of vilification and the lamentable distortion of a public servant’s legacy. While you…
