BOSEDE OLA-SAMUEL reporting One salient truth about man is that his greatest need is not sex, but respect. That is, what gets at a man most in life, especially in his marriage, is respect. Men have done the craziest things in life just to earn respect. When a man works like a jackal, one thing […]
When Akinbode Rafiat, mid-fifties, first conceived the idea of a transport business five years ago, it almost unsettled her marriage. Her fashion business had earlier nosedived, while the private school teaching job she managed afterwards, with her NCE certificate, only earned her peanuts, reports Nigerian Tribune. Despite her husband’s object...
•Girl-child in Nigeria Despite several activities that mark the annual celebration of the girl-child, the significance of the day is lost on millions of girls in Nigeria who are conditioned not to live up to their potentials by the prevailing economic conditions and societal constructs. KEHINDE AKINSEINDE-JAIYEOBA shares the story of the girl-...
•Eniola Kafayat Adeleke, the mother of a deformed street hawker, Sultan Adeleke, popularly known as Eniola, has justified why her child disguises as a lady. The mother spoke in an interview with a social media enthusiast, Mr LilGaga, yesterday. According to the 40-year-old mother, Eniola’s condition emanated from childbirth. She said her child...
There have been growing indications that some governors in the country are governing their people from outside of their states. Some of them allegedly govern their states from the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja and other parts of the world, reports The PUNCH. According to an earlier report, residents of these states, and several residents an...
•Late General Abacha Once again, the late dictator, General Sani Abacha, is making headlines 26 years after his demise. France’s decision to return $150 million stolen from Nigeria by the late ruler has reignited discussions on accountability and fiscal discipline within the country’s public administration, leaving many Nigerians stunned, repo...
No fewer than 15 states have spent N301 billion on airports that failed to meet the yearly passenger traffic requirement per airport. The airports, which are spread across the country, are underutilized as many hardly record daily flights while others only have a few chartered flights sometimes, reports Sunday Vanguard. Constructed by state go...
•Speaker Abass and Senate President Akpabio With elected officials choosing comfort over sacrifice, DIRISU YAKUBU interrogates the recent procurement of exotic vehicles for federal lawmakers. For the advocates of prudent management of resources, given Nigeria’s dwindling revenues, the past few weeks must have been very troubling. In the past d...
•Tinubu Chieftains and members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) visibly took a deep breath of relief when the Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the Presidential Election Petition Court that President Bola Tinubu was validly elected in the February 25 election. Buoyed by the judicial pronouncement, President Tinubu happily told the G...
Justice Musa Dattijo Muhammad retired from the Supreme Court bench last week as the second most senior justice. The nation was however taken aback when he opened a can of worms on the rot in the same institution he served for four decades. In his valedictory speech, Justice Dattijo lamented that the judiciary he was […]

