Category: Opinion

Photo by Daniel Slim / AFP The recent meetings in faraway London by Nigerian former, sitting, and aspiring ‘leaders’ to, ostensibly, ‘‘discuss Nigeria’’ is disgraceful and so indefensibly self-demeaning it should never have happened. The decision to abandon the fatherland to discuss its affairs in a foreign land is unwise and calls to question in […]

By Kene Obiezu Death, man’s ultimate end, has in its power the ability to drag men hither and thither, even to those places they would rather not go. The reason many people are terrified of death is not just that during those final moments many fears bind themselves together to deliver a sucker-punch at the […]

By Imran Khalid “London Bridge is down” is how Sir Edward Young, Queen’s private secretary, conveyed the official news about the death of Queen Elizabeth II to Prime Minister Liz Truss on Thursday on the phone as per the royal protocol. With this, the reign of the longest-serving sovereign of the English monarchy’s 1,000-year history […]

A portrait of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II is seen next to flowers placed outside of Buckingham Palace in London on September 11, 2022. – Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin will travel by road through Scottish towns and villages on Sunday as it begins its final journey from her beloved Scottish retreat of Balmoral. The Queen, who […]

By Tunde Odesola When two horses gallop without the clippity-clop sound of thudding hooves, chances are they are floating. Yes, the two white stallions charioting Queen Elizabeth floated towards Heaven’s Gate in a cloud of fire amid the evergreen Christian song, “Across the Bridge,” made popular by the late American country music singer, Jim Reeves. […]

Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the defunct Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was easily one of the most impactful rulers, even beyond his country, that the world ever produced. With a mixture of stout diplomacy and resolute power play, he brought a drastic and enduring change to global politics in a manner that […]

By Martins Oloja (Still On Sheikh Zayed) Let’s continue with the study of the biographies of great men who didn’t live by bread alone as I was saying. The story of Sheikh Zayed should not be disrupted by space constraint. It is great story of a significant statesman whose integrity laid the foundation of what […]

By Dan Agbese The encomiums and the tributes are pouring down like the cool rain on Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, as in indeed they should. He turned 70 on August 31. At 70, the countdown begins for all men and women born of women. He can rightly stand […]

It is unfortunate that terrorists who have overran some parts of Kaduna State are currently consolidating their grips on the state by establishing a “parallel” government and “permanent operational base” in the North-Western State near Nigeria’s capital, Abuja. At the moment, it is said that Kaduna State has two governments: One, the Government of El-Rufai […]