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EXPRESSO BY STEVE OSUJI Hope Uzodimma Was Here: One was in Owerri, Imo State recently and was pleasantly surprised that my favourite hotel now has adequate power supply. I have

Dialogue With Nigeria      AKIN OSUNTOKUN First, let me rejoice with the Orire local government school abductees for living up to the full meaning of Orire-which means good fortune. As the

Olusegun Adeniyi I moderated a ‘fireside chat’ with former President Olusegun Obasanjo at the 70th birthday ceremony of Professor Bart Nnaji last Friday in Enugu. Nnaji is easily one of Nigeria’s

REUBEN ABATI The straight-forward, honest and correct answer to the question raised above is: Yes.  Spain won at the end of the day on Sunday, July 19, 1- 0 against

Dakuku Peterside The final whistle has sounded, the floodlights have dimmed, and the curtain has fallen on yet another FIFA World Cup. On the grandest stage of football, Spain has 

What Nigeria’s middle class in psychological transit is costing the economy — and why the bill never appears in the migration statistics I am currently recruiting, which means I am

By Okey Ikechukwu Our people say that a lion that has been without food for a month will not be at its prime, in terms of fighting strength. Our people

At the beginning of the year, while many Nigerians were consumed by the soaring cost of living, rent, school fees, transport and other familiar family and economic worries, some discerning

By Olusegun Adeniyi The idea of decentralising the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and Nigeria Correctional Service (NCS) by moving the two items from the Exclusive List of the constitution to

Alex Otti I would like to state that oftentimes, racial divisions are deliberately promoted, not only by politicians and their supporters, but also by persons of influence working in public-facing