Beyond destination: Finding meaning in the journey, by Osmund Agbo
Last year marked a personal milestone: the 20th anniversary of what I like to call my odyssey in the United States. Truth be told, my […]
Column/Opinion
Tinubu – Iwolokan, by Dan Agbese
Sometime in March, the President-elect, Ahmed Bola Tinubu, dropped what I regard as an important hint about the nature and the composition of his cabinet. […]
Buhari came, saw, but was conquered, Majeed Dahiru
By May 29 2023 Nigerians will be heaving a heavy sigh of relief as the eight year-tenure of President Muhammadu Buhari comes to an end. […]
10th NASS leadership and the burden of morality, by Hassan Gimba
In the system of governance we practise, there are three arms – the Legislature, Executive and Judiciary. The Legislature is said to be the first […]
Passion versus Career: A Parental Conundrum, by Osmund Agbo
I am sure you haven’t heard about the young girl from my neck of the woods who just graduated from high school and is heading […]
Hail, Dangote Refinery, by Nick Dazang
A momentous event will take place next week. And the event is guaranteed to add a sheen on Nigeria’s battered image and to imbue its […]
The many things I do not understand, by Dan Agbese
My generation came of age at about the time the majors struck on January 15, 1966, and turned our country upside down. The young officers […]
America’s Self-Sabotage: Confronting the Toll of Gun Violence, by Osmund Agbo
On the night of April 28, 2023, in Cleveland Texas, a sleepy community, 50 miles north of where my family and I live, bullet-riddled bodies […]
My random thoughts on the tyranny of the majority, by Dan Agbese
In one of his more lucid moments, President Goodluck Jonathan said that democracy is work in progress. It may sound like a cliché but it […]
Fallacies of religion, no-man’s land, and why Nigeria is unbreakable (2), by Hassan Gimba
“We can forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.” – Plato […]
High noon in Adamawa, by Nick Dazang
The expression, “high noon”, refers to the “time of a decisive confrontation or contest.” It also refers to a defining moment or climax:”an event or […]
10th National Assembly: Before it is too late, by Majeed Dahiru
The simmering tension in Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress over the composition of the leadership of the next [10th] National Assembly, which is expected to […]
Of Ramadan, You be thief, and Pantami: A mix
This is a repeat as it was first published two years ago, precisely on 19/04/2021. Has anything changed? The reader should say. Ramadan is a […]
Election aftermath: Unholy alliances and strange bedfellows, by Zainab Suleiman Okino
In politics, there are no permanent friends and foes, and it will be naïve of me to expect otherwise in the build up to the […]
Time to relocate Maiduguri Monday Market, by Hassan Gimba
Maiduguri, the capital and the largest city of Borno State, was founded in 1907 as a military outpost by the British colonial authority. It consists […]