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By Chido Onumah Comrade Biodun Jeyifo (BJ), who will be interred on Wednesday, March 4, 2026, in Ibadan, Oyo State,…

And please remember: if life ever forces you to choose between being right and being happy, pause. There are cemeteries…

By Rudolf Ogoo Okonkwo Some critics of Bola Tinubu assume the Nigerian president is perpetually adrift, traveling frequently, speaking elliptically,…

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu For nearly five years, Abia State has been the site of a bewildering contest over the crisis…

By Azu Ishiekwene There Was a Country, lamented Chinua Achebe, Nigeria’s literary icon and one of the world’s greatest storytellers.…

By Owei Lakemfa Africa is in the vile grip of insecurity. This was the verdict of the African Union, AU,…

By Cheta Nwanze The consequence is not just lost medals or preventable deaths. It is a deeper corrosion. A generation of…

Perhaps sovereignty should be examined through a similar prism. For some, it signifies insulation from foreign entanglement. For others, it…

By Owei Lakemfa The inaugural lecture of Professor Wole Soyinka in the 1980/81 period at the then University of Ife,…

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu In June 2005, the Paris Club of creditors announced a deal granting Nigeria “60% cancellation of its…