Northern Nigeria has been the nation’s Achilles Heel. Yes, they produce the bulk of the food consumed in Nigeria. That, in itself, is an anomaly which is tied to the South’s greater urban orientation and consequential retreat from farming. The nation largely depends on Northern Nigeria for much of farmed food. Beside this, however, the North […]

By Femi Aribisala Jesus says: “Everyone who confesses me before men, him I will also confess before my Father who is in heaven. But whoever denies me before men, him I will also deny before my Father who is in heaven.” (Matthew 10:32-33). How exactly do we confess Christ? Confessing and denying Many Christians take […]

Northern Nigeria has been the nation’s Achilles Heel. Yes, they produce the bulk of the food consumed in Nigeria. That, in itself, is an anomaly which is tied to the South’s greater urban orientation and consequential retreat from farming. The nation largely depends on Northern Nigeria for much of farmed food. Beside this, however, the North […]

Kio Amachree is a friend of mine and President of Worldview International, a Stockholm-based diaspora accountability platform. His eloquent and fearless attacks on Tinubu and his cronies have turned him into one of the most popular critics of the Nigerian government. He comes from my home state, Rivers, and stands out from the crowd at a […]

By Douglas Anele Many Nigerians are wondering why more than three weeks since the current fuel scarcity began  nobody has been sanctioned. Maybe what is playing out is the sacred cow syndrome in which certain individuals because of their connections with people in power can do anything and get away with it, which is why […]

“But, along those roads, I learned that true wealth is not stored in vaults, but, in values, integrity, humility, service and faith” – Chief Kesington Adebukunola Adebutu, KJW, OON, CON, CFR, GCON Those words in his auto biography, LEGACY IN MOTION: THE QUIET POWER OF A NIGERIAN ICON, induced me to finish reading the book […]

There is no better point of departure for this article than an apology to my broadcast media colleagues for declining their requests for me to comment on the same subject of today’s piece. It was only yesterday that one un-informed comment changed my decade old position that talking about the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, amounted […]