Nigeria announced its first COVID-19 case on February 27 - an Italian who came into the country on February 24…

This is my third commentary on the Corona virus pestilence (see “E ku Corona o” – ThisDay, March 3, and…

Odia Ofeimun In the world of literature and the arts- imagic, plastic, graphic and visual – there is no power…

Of all the updates that have been given so far by the Lagos State authorities on the government’s efforts to…

The Yoruba people of South Western Nigeria, described by one English Language dictionary as the fun-loving people of the Southern…

Here is the main problem with Nigeria’s electricity sector: Nigeria is Africa’s most populous nation, but it has failed consistently…

Oba Abdulrasheed Adewale Akanbi, Oluwo of Iwo Over the weekend, the Yoruba community in the South Western part of Nigeria…

When Asisat Oshoala, the Super Falcons and Barcelona Ferminino striker was declared winner of the African Women’s Footballer of the…

The biggest threat to our collective humanity today is not the suspected threat of a Third World War, but a…

ON January 24, at the Federal High Court in Ilorin sitting over the matter of Asa Investment vs. Attorney General…

“You look so downcast. Everything okay? Cheer up, man. This one that you are looking as if a trailer just…

Hon. Emeka Ihedioha, former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives (2011 -2015), and Governor of Imo State (May 29,…

Virtually everything in Nigeria no matter how well-meaning ends up getting ethnicized, or politicized, or religionized. So it is with …

Asisat Oshoala The Confederation of African Football (CAF) Awards 2020 has come and gone – the event was held in…

The Buhari administration has given Nigerians a most unusual and disturbing New Year Gift, in the form of a proposed…

On New Year’s Eve, December 31, 2019, Pope Francis slapped a woman’s hand as she clung to him, and grabbed…

One of the major indications of the dysfunctional nature of the Nigerian social and political ecosystem is what can be…

ON December 20, the United States government issued a statement, speaking through the US Department of State and US Secretary…

Niger bridge onitsha The first time I was in Awka, Anambra state, I had gone there to attend the Association…

Omoyele Sowore: The mishandling of the Omoyele Sowore case has become clearly an albatross for the Nigerian government, an embarrassment…

Members of the Nigerian National Assembly, and by extension lawmakers across the country, have been under scrutiny lately with regard…

 Governor of Osun State, Adegboyega Oyetola Tomorrow, November 27, 2019, it would be exactly one year since the Governor of…

 Tunde Fowler When, in October, President Muhammadu Buhari presented to the National Assembly the Appropriation Bill for 2020, he submitted…

“God has been so kind, the only way I can show my gratitude to Him is to use my resources…

Last week, The Supreme Court of Nigeria announced its verdict in the matter between Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and President Muhammadu…

Since Nigeria’s return to civilian rule in 1999, Deputy Governors have always tended to have issues with their bosses, that…

General Yakubu Gowon, Nigeria’s military Head of State from 1966 -1975, turned 85 on Saturday, October 19, 2019. In a…

If anyone is looking for a valid illustration and the most scandalous evidence of fake news, fake speech, and hate…

Meanwhile, as Nigerians enacted various scenes in the melodrama of the President’s private life, I spent part of the weekend…

No one is in any doubt that terrorism poses one of the gravest threats to humanity in today’s world. Here…

Today marks the 59thanniversary of Nigeria’s independence from British colonial rule. On Saturday, October 1, 1960, Nigerians gathered at the…

President Muhammadu Buhari recently set up an Economic Advisory Council, to replace the country’s Economic Management Team. He also moved…

We are told that South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa apologised on Saturday for the xenophobic attacks against foreigners living in…

Mohammed Adoke The Goodluck Ebele Jonathan Administration in Nigeria (2010 - 2015) has generated quite a number of post-tenure publications…

My favorite passage from the many essays by the 20th Century management theorist, prophet of customer-centricism, and dialectician, Peter F.…

On August 27, 2015, that is four years ago, Nigeria lost Professor Adebowale Adefuye, one of our most dedicated public…

This is not the best of times to be identified as a Nigerian, especially if you are a Nigerian in…

The report that a commercial court in the UK has ruled that Nigeria must pay a UK firm, Process and…

If anyone is looking for a perfect illustration and confirmation of the “coming anarchy” in Nigeria, that person needs not…

“So, did you join the #RevolutionNow protests yesterday?” “Which Revolution?” “The #RevolutionNow protest led by Omoyele Sowore. The security people…

Senator Ahmed Lawan is the Chairman and President of Nigeria’s 9thNational Assembly. His emergence as Senate President was prefaced by…

Every profession has its icons. Chief Olusegun Osoba is one of ours in the practice of journalism in Nigeria. In…

On Sunday, July 14, Nduka Obaigbena, the publisher of ThisDay newspaper, and founder/chairman of the Arise News Media group turned…

The Supreme Court of Nigeria delivered the final judgment on Friday, July 5, in the matter of the September 22…

If the drama that overtook Senator Elisha Abbo’s life in the past week had not occurred, he would have been…

COZA is the acronym of a church in Abuja, Nigeria, known as the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly. It is one…

Senator Ahmed Lawan is the incumbent Senate President of Nigeria, having won the election into that office, 79-28, beating his…

I wrote a piece recently (ThisDay, May 28) in which I referred to Mrs Aisha Buhari, the wife of the…

Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as part of its review of the 2019 General elections in the country is…

It is ironic that it had to take a member of the military establishment now turned democrat, that is General,…

Nigerians were left speechless on May 29 when after taking the oaths of office and allegiance, President Muhammadu Buhari and…

In the lead up to the May 29, 2019 Inauguration Day, after the general elections in Nigeria – the end…

Babajide Sanwoolu, the Lagos State governor-elect and some of the other governors-elect across the country have been busy making promises…

President Muhammadu Buhari is under obligation to announce a new Federal cabinet. The tenure of his present team of aides,…

“Thank God President Buhari is back in the country. I feel some kind of relief.” “What is your own? Are…

“You look dull. I hope you are good” “What else can the son of man do, with all the problems…

I believe we all have that one family member who thinks that he or she has the right to intrude…

Young people are leading a people’s revolution in Algeria and Sudan, both developments remind us forcefully of the wages of…

What happened in the United States, at the Augusta National Golf Club on Sunday was phenomenal, historic and inspirational -…

We owe our colleague and compatriot, Kadaria Ahmed a debt of gratitude for leading a group of Zamfara stakeholders to…

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that the commission will soon reveal the time-table for…

In a Report titled The Misery Index 2018 authored by Dr. Steve Hanke of the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore,…

The 2019 general election in Nigeria has been described by international and local observers, stakeholders, direct participants and the electorate…

Somehow, Nigerians seem to have forgotten some of the valiant men and women who sought to take over the governance…

Here is yet another account of what I saw in the politics of Ogun State and Nigeria. One of my…

Whoever came up with the wise saying that Nigerian politics is dirty deserves an award for perspicacity. I have just…

Ordinarily, the postponement by a week of Nigeria’s 2019 general election should not have generated as much outrage as it…

The most discussed subject in Nigeria today is what is called “restructuring” and indeed so popular is this subject that…

The President of the Africa Development Bank (AfDB) and Nigeria’s former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina,…

“Baba just fall my hand! Ha, wetin.” “Which Baba?” “Baba Bubu, the President of all Nigeria.” “In the spirit of…

I attended a meeting recently at the headquarters of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board in Bwari, Abuja: the post-2017…

Fifty years after the civil war ended, Igbos do not yet feel a sense of belonging, acceptance or safety in…

“How is it going my brother?" “We just dey look. Two years and we thank God.” “How was your May…

It is sad that many Nigerians today talk glibly about the possibility of a coup or of military intervention in…

“Have you read Lauretta Onochie’s latest post?” “Lauretta. Lauretta. Who is she?” “She is a social media assistant at the…

The Daily Trust newspaper has published an interesting feature story (May 15), on the sudden surge in the number of…

“E ku amojuba awon 82 Chibok girls, o” “What is that supposed to mean in plain English? You better watch…

On March 24, one Ms Taiwo Titilayo Momoh, attempted suicide at the Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos. Both the police and…

When last week, President Muhammadu Buhari decided to suspend the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, and…

I have just returned from Abuja travelling through the Kaduna airport. As we disembarked from the aircraft and moved towards…

What a relief! So, the Big Brother Naija reality television programme is finally over. It ended Sunday evening with 23-year…

// It is a sign of the times, and a tragedy that the most popular Senator in the Nigerian National…

I once wrote about Nigeria’s “children of anger”, but the country seems to have progressed from anger to clinical depression,…

A fortnight ago, I was in Ondo state to attend an event; that was the day the heavens chose to…

As someone who has been in that corridor recently, I do not share the view of those who insist that…

The cities of Daura -President Muhammadu Buhari’s home town, Kano - his political base, and Kaduna -where he has a…

This is about Stephen Nyitse, the young man who on the day of the coronation of the new Tor Tiv…

After the publication of my column last week, titled “I want to go to London… to see Buhari”, I received…