UP to the moment he breathed his last on Thursday, March 21, 2013, Chinua Achebe, Africa’s most quoted raconteur, novelist, essayist and social critic, did not know he was the person who ignited my interest in the business of public affairs...

WHEN the reputable The Guardian Newspapers dedicated its daily back page column for Rise Youthspeak, I saw the innovation as a welcome development and unprecedented; an opportunity for the teeming youths in the country, who have no such...

EVENTS in the last few days in the political firmament of Nigeria clearly show that our so-called new breed politicians have not learnt any lessons from the nation’s political experiences right from the first Republic when the same politicians...

SHE had met him only three times before, but unhesitatingly put pen to paper in celebration of the “gentle-faced man in a wheelchair” who, then, had just turned 82. I speak of Chimamanda Adichie, the young enormously already-world-acclaimed...

SHE had met him only three times before, but unhesitatingly put pen to paper in celebration of the “gentle-faced man in a wheelchair” who, then, had just turned 82. I speak of Chimamanda Adichie, the young enormously already-world-acclaimed...

Continued from yesterday

Nigeria’s perception of itself and others’ perception of the country

IT IS stating the obvious that Nigeria is abundantly blessed in terms of both human and material resources. Regrettably, the country has hitherto...

JUNE 1, 2013 will mark the 10th anniversary of the passing away of the medical icon and foremost nationalist, Professor Olikoye Ransome-Kuti. The event will be marked with a public lecture titled: “Tackling health and social inequity in Ekiti...

THE Lagos State House of Assembly recently held a public hearing on “A Bill for a law to provide for regulation of smoking in designated places in Lagos State and for connected purposes”. The Bill, which was sponsored by Honourable Gbolahan...

THE crisis rocking the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) in the run up to the election of its chairman is an ill wind that blows no one good. The crisis in the country is being downplayed in favour of the NGF election that ordinarily should not make...

FOR the first time in over 30 years, the Nigerian armed forces are being called upon to defend their fatherland against foreign invaders. They are also expected to fight and keep the nation from dismemberment. I salute our men and women in uniform...