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By Osmund Agbo There is a veritable cottage industry of hand wringing over the troubling state of American democracy today.…

By Hassan Gimba I had wanted to write about the awards conferred on deserving – and not so deserving -…

By Owei Lakemfa The country heaved a sigh of relief on Thursday, October 13, 2022, as the eight-month strike by academics which…

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu “It is not titles that honor men, but men honor the titles.” Nicolò Machiavelli, Discourses on Livy (1531)…

By Osita Chidoka Yesterday, I wrote, in my university class group, about the inevitability of death as we approach the…

By Owei Lakemfa Smart Europeans. After building their wealth from resources taken from the colonies, including gold, diamond, rubber, cocoa, cotton…

By Rudolf Okonkwo The 61-year-old presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, has won 61 victories even before Nigerians…

By Azu Ishiekwene Back in the day, weather forecasts were a joke. And I mean literally. The weather forecast segment…

By Osmund Agbo When on Sunday, September 22 of 2019, the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan, in an interview…

By Owei Lakemfa Governor  David ‘Dave’ Nweze Umahi of Ebonyi State reminds me of the colonial District Officer who was a…