For Ukeme Udofia, a widow, mother and headmistress of Christ The King Primary School, Uyo, Friday, 14th July 2023 will remain unforgettable. But the day began like any other day in her 22-year career as a teacher. As usual she woke up early, prayed and prepared food for her three children and dashed off to work. She was there in …

There’s a trending video from nine years ago. If you watched it casually, you might in fact think that it was done yesterday. It was a clip of Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni, narrating what happened in 2014 when a delegation of African heads of state was asked by AU to mediate the Libyan crisis at the time. Museveni’s account of …

Revival Assembly is set to host the 21st edition of Azusa Camp Meeting, from Monday, 24th to Sunday, 30th July at the church auditorium in Ogba, Ikeja-Lagos. The convener and founder, Apostle General Anselm Madubuko will lead an army of preachers and gospel artistes billed to feature at the camp meeting, themed ‘Acts of the Holy Spirit’. They include Pastor …

Jehovah’s Witnesses in Nigeria have opened a historical museum to document the 100 years of the work of the witnesses in the country. The museum is also to document the extraordinary story of ordinary Nigerians and foreigners including men, women and children, whose acts of faith laid the foundation for the thriving activities of over 400,000 witnesses in the country. …

We failed to qualify for the last FIFA World Cup due to the ineptitude of those charged with the responsibility of managing our football. We had everything we needed to blight the Black Stars of Ghana yet we could not manage to qualify for the most prestigious football tournament in the world. Prior to the final two-leg round of matches, …

By some prodigious coincidence, this year makes one full decade of the publication of a compendium on groundbreaking constitutional litigations filed by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. Titled: Landmark Constitutional Law Cases in Nigeria: 2004 – 2007: The Atiku Abubakar Cases, the book was authored by Maxwell Michael Gidado, PhD, SAN; and Chudi Nelson Nwosu. It was released in 2013, …

We shall be towing the tacit wisdom in the thinker’s truism that the greatness of a nation is not so much in the great deposit of its natural resources, but in how it treats its workers, the ordinary, productive, taxable legion of its citizens. One of the most instructive moments for me was the statement uttered by the usually cerebral …

Two significant events will take place on 28th July in Lagos. The first will be the unveiling of the historic Sports Diplomacy Wall of Fame at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA); the other will be a gathering of great sportsmen and women who would shine like a million stars at a gala evening at Eko Hotel and Suites, …

Penultimate Wednesday, all roads led to Chrisland University, Abeokuta as my friend and brother, Prof. Babafemi Adesina Badejo delivered his inaugural lecture as Professor of Political Science and International Relations. Badejo’s inaugural lecture stood out for at least two reasons: It was the first in the university founded in 2015 and the topic was just one word, “Interests”. Quite captivating …

The Nigerian critics’ community is unfair to the greater majority of the population! Since the advent of the so-called democracy in the country in 1999, a disproportionate majority of critics and public policy analysts focus on the government at the centre while most states are underserved by these critics and analysts. Yes, the policy decisions of the federal government have …