•Late Ezeife He wore a grey goatie. The term “goatie” dates back to the ancient Empires of Rome and Greece, with Pan (a god) depicted as wearing a goatie. Our departed National Icon popularised it in Nigeria. He carried the goatie with admirable grace and panache. It exuded wisdom, intellect, patriotism and service. The series […]
•Victor Antai At a time that Christians in Nigeria and indeed the whole world were celebrating the Easter Season with sobber reflection, a breakout Masquerade chose to dance naked in Eket, Akwa Ibom State. The most unfortunate thing is that this very Masquerade was involved in an unusual dance. The Masquerade danced naked even when […]...
•Tinubu Politicians are fond of promising what they are not capable of doing. Given the gimmicks of politics, especially here in the third world where there is political poverty–by this, I mean where the masses are not politically enlightened–it has become a recurring issue for politicians and their party men to promise what cannot be [&hellip...
The other day, I was engaged in a controversial conversation with a close friend on a topic that centered on the licensing of more universities. My friend’s position was that the existing 274 universities in Nigeria are more than enough. He informed me that this has been the position of the Academic Staff Union of […]
•Tinubu The grisly horror of broad day light mass massacre; multiple schoolchildren abductions, unmitigated terror and the hunger pang swilling across Nigeria, has finally converged to set aflame a nation on the tenterhooks. This is the damning fate of Africa’s most populous nation when last week Thursday morning, 286 students were taken...
Many have asked, what is this Bulk Purchase Agency by Akwa Ibom State bringing to the table? With the signing of the Bulk Purchase Agency Bill into law by the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Pastor Umo Eno, expectedly that would be the question, like a refrain on the lips of many Akwa Ibom people? […]
•Tinubu Precisely five years ago, July 19, 2018, I forewarned in an article titled: “Avoiding The Road To Kigali”, published by countless newspapers, home and away, when President Muhammadu Buhari’s bigotry instinct pushed him to unleash his ethnic Fulani herdsmen terrorists brothers on the traumatised nation. Here is my open...
•IGP Egbetokun On Thursday, February 22, 2024, the Nigeria Police Force further defamed its already battered and corrupt image by levitating its objectionable and abhorrently debased preoccupation to a grand act — with the commando-like brutalization and detention of Barrister Julius Abure — the National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP) with ...
•Tinubu Nigeria’s current economic woes are not isolated incidents but rather the peak of years of systemic challenges and policy missteps. From the decline of industries in the 1990s to the era of military rule marked by corruption and mismanagement, the nation has weathered numerous storms on its path to progress. The decision to remove [&he...
The omnipresence of social media is a validation of Marshall McLuhan’s prophecy. The professor and media guru had predicted in the 1960s that the media would become so pervasive and intrusive that it would shrink the world into a “global village”. Not only has his prophecy come to pass, but in our time, social media […]