COLUMNS
Forty years of Excellence, by Donu Kogbara
Travelling is good for the soul, a) especially if the place you are travelling AWAY from is a frustrating country like Nigeria. And b) especially if the places you are travelling TO
Dolly Parton gave us a coat of many colours, by Owei Lakemfa
Dolly Rebecca Parton-Dean taught the world that poverty is not a reproach. Not a DNA or a sin. In fact, that it can be a badge of honour worn with pride.
Welfare of Nigerians and politics of fuel subsidy, by Adekunle Adekoya
AGAIN, the matter of fuel subsidy has dominated national discourse in the last few days, with President Bola Tinubu, former vice-president and ADC presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, NDC presidential
2027: Vote ‘right’ or be banished? By Ikechukwu Amaechi
As should be expected in this political silly season, politicians will maximise the window to test wild narratives and launch personal attacks aimed at distracting voters from the substantive issues that confront
Sheikh Jingir: Tinubu strips Christianity of political relevance in Nigeria, by Olu Fasan
In 2023, Bola Ahmed Tinubu sowed the seed of the political humiliation of Christianity in Nigeria. As a presidential candidate, Tinubu concluded that Christianity was of such low electoral value that no
Dr Abati’s misrepresentations of the ICPC “fake agency” investigation, by Suleiman A. Suleiman
Dr Rueben Abati’s “The Menace of Fake Agencies” syndicated column in THISDAY and TheCable this week makes an interesting, but also an alarming reading. As is usual for a commentator on
Why smart people are often misunderstood, by Ruth Oji
I once watched a brilliant colleague present research findings to a group of stakeholders who had commissioned the work. She was articulate, precise, and thoroughly prepared. Her slides were models of
Lessons From Osun 2026 and the road to 2027: Parties, personalities and the coming contest (2), by Usman Sarki
The first part of this article concluded with the observation that while all politics may indeed be local, the economic hardship confronting Nigerians today is anything but local. But before examining how
So much song and dance over the APC’s Presidential Campaign Council, by Rotimi Fasan
It is not quite clear if the ruling All Progressives Congress party has indeed withdrawn the membership list of its Presidential Campaign Council for the January 16, 2027 elections. What is not
Sometimes in life, everything fails, even telecom, by Okoh Aihe
I love writing about telecoms with relish; if only to enjoy the little pomposity that I am one of those journalists who wrote the industry into existence. You know the story started
