At first, he appeared to be the most unlikely candidate for the task. After his fifth attempt at running for Kenya’s presidency, surely Raila Odinga is finished, done. The only thing left perhaps was how to update his memoirs. But who needs nuggets from a loser who couldn’t put them to use himself? These were the thoughts that weighed on …

The cyber threat landscape continued to evolve last year, with malevolent players joining forces more than ever before, exchanging access to networks and systems, sharing malware and sharpening their attack methods. Such heightened collaboration, coupled with the low cost of malware – three-quarters of malware kits cost less than ₦7,000 – are further triggering cybercrime to be more accessible. The implication being …

Perhaps you have watched the video trending on social media titled “Who handed over Nigeria to the Fulani”? Some answered by saying the British colonial masters did. There is some truth in that assertion. But others, including this writer, have countered that the Southern political leaders who preferred to accept worthless positions from Northern/Fulani leaders instead of allowing for the …

Almost everyone has stories of someone who has made or lost tons of money from sports betting. A simple internet search will throw up tons of examples. There is the story of a popular Senior GP in the UK who was jailed three years for stealing £1.1m within a space of 3 weeks due to online gambling addiction. There is …

Barely a year to the 1993 general elections, an amorphous body, which later turned out to be the vehicle for truncating the 12 June 1993 general elections – the Association for Better Nigeria (ABN) – surfaced. Although when it did nobody gave it any attention as it had an office at Toyin Street, not far from the street adjoining the …

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom is not taking his incumbency for granted. Yes, he has been helmsman of his state for nearly eight years now and won the hearts of admirers, while also courting the bile of critics. There are two sides of a coin and both reactions are to be expected of every public office holder. Beyond his subsisting …

In times past, Nigerian leaders were fond of snubbing the local media and travelling abroad to break important news stories that qualify as “world exclusives” to foreign media. Some put this down as a factor of the colonial mentality still ravaging African leaders centuries after the slave trade and decades after these countries had obtained what is derisively referred to …

Alexander Abolore Adegbola Akande, better known by the stage name 9ice, it was, who produced and popularised the song Street Credibility, as one of his famous offerings in the early years of his two-decade career. It was his message to critics and doubters of the genuineness of his artistic talent. It was signal of his preparedness to carve a niche …

Twice, this year alone, the Enugu State Government has instigated what I will call strike actions by teachers in the state. If you are a parent, and, on certain days, your child in primary or secondary school says he or she wasn’t going to school because the teachers said they should not come, what runs through your mind? And then …

With the general elections around the corner, it appears that Nigerians would have to endure hardships for a long time to come. Why are we constantly in this situation? Is it because Nigerians are resilient people? Are we born to suffer or is it that we don’t like ourselves? We have been putting up with petrol scarcity that will not …