Nothing lasts forever. Except true love as rhapsodised by the poets. Life has taught me that whatever you have to do, do it now and do it with all your might. You must strike while the iron is hot. Because … Read the rest
Kankara boys
By Farooq Kperogi
When it emerged on Thursday that the hundreds of schoolboys that were abducted from Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, were released, I was so relieved that I gave the Buhari regime an unusual pat in the … Read the rest
By Olumide Ijose
On November 15, 1884, the Berlin Conference kicked off and by its conclusion on February 26, 1885, Africa had structurally been positioned for long-term economic exploitation by outsiders, slow growth and endless wars.
Western European nations … Read the rest
Protest against removal of subsidy under Goodluck Jonathan
The Nigerian government deregulated the downstream petroleum sector with effect from March 19, 2020. The key argument was that the fuel subsidy regime which gulps billions of Naira annually, had become unrealistic and unsustainable. One or two months later, with … Read the rest
Babatunde Gbadamosi of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP was beaten hands down by Tokunbo Abiru, candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC in the Lagos East senatorial by-election.
The Independent National Electoral Commission earlier, declared Abiru as winner of the … Read the rest
Fellow Africans, please lend me your eyes, as you read through, what I consider, a very important article this weekend. On Monday, December 7, 2020, Ghana, certainly one of my favourite countries on planet earth, goes to the polls again, … Read the rest
Steve Hodge with Maradona's jersey
Former England midfielder Steve Hodge says Diego Maradona’s iconic shirt from the 1986 World Cup quarter-final is not for sale after an “uncomfortable” week fending off calls and dealing with “disrespectful” rumours following the Argentine’s death.
Hodge swapped shirts with … Read the rest
Last week Thursday, while at the fourth quarterly meeting of the Nigeria Inter-Religious Council in Abuja, the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, delivered a damning verdict on the abject state of insecurity plaguing northern Nigeria. According to media reports, … Read the rest
CNN
Two days ago, Leadership Newspaper, one of Nigeria’s leading newspapers in its editorial condemned the manner in which CNN reported the Nigerian #EndSARS protest.
According to the newspaper, CNN reporters were not objective as they had ulterior motives.
Below is … Read the rest
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