Just a few days after the just concluded Rio Olympics, Mariam Usman, a Commonwealth medallist, said she has lost the urge to represent Nigeria at international events. She was the …

The primaries have come and gone with all the intrigues and razzmatazz that accompanied them as each of the contending political parties in the forthcoming Gubernatorial Election in Edo State …

I have taken a hard look at events over the last several years and especially the most recent twelve months. I had all the time been very optimistic about the …

Morolake Akinosun is a Nigerian-American. Her parents are surely among the Diaspora-Nigerians contributing immensely to the socioeconomic development of the United States. Morolake Akinosun is an American track runner who …

The words of the late sage, Obafemi Awolowo, are still very much fresh in our minds and instructive to the Nigerian authority. The government of Buhari needs to consider the …

Even the most implacable critic of President Buhari would have to concede that Boko Haram’s capacity to “shoot, slaughter and kill”—as its avowed means of establishing Allah’s loving and peaceful …

As we ecstatically inch towards the finale of the greatest sports fiesta in the world, the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics in Brazil, it is becoming increasingly apparent to many …

QUASHING THE COUP OR CARRYING OUT A COUP? In recent years, as more Nigerians begin to pay close attention to the country’s chequered past, the nature of Ironsi’s ascension to …

For a man who had the coronet of sainthood thrust upon his lengthy frame, for one who had wisdom associated with his lean features, for the leader who had knowledge …

There are some interesting developments between Nigeria and Algeria in respect of Saint Augustine and Fela Anikulapo-Kuti. Saint Augustine of Hippo (354-430A.D), of the present day Algeria, has been described …