By Prof. Mike A. A. Ozekhome, SAN, CON, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph.D., LL.D, D.Litt., D. Sc.
“I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.”—Winston Churchill.
I write this piece not to mourn you sir, but to celebrate you - your life…
‘Just as Christ was raised from the dead … we too may live a new life.’ Romans 6:4 NIV
Refuse to let your past rob you of your future. This year God wants to give you a new start. Let’s face it, we all have relationships that can’t be healed, and issues that will never…
By Kelly Ng and Ali Abbas Ahmadi
BBC News
Thousands of people in Japan are spending the night in evacuation centres after a powerful earthquake.
Four people are confirmed to have been killed, the Kyodo news agency reports, and dozens of others have been injured.
An unknown number of people are trapped beneath the rubble…
By Sonnie Ekwowusi
I am sure that, like this poor scribbler, you are being bombarded with New Year wishes and messages on your mobile phone. How is it said again? If wishes were horses, beggars would ride. If wishes were horses, Nigeria would have been the most politically and economically resilient country in the world…
Nigerian singer Akande Abolore popularly known as ‘9ice’ has announced that despite failing the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) six time, he will study law in his lifetime.
9ice’ who recently revealed that he wanted to be a lawyer before venturing into a music career during an interview with Iyabo Ojo, the actress, said he could not…
By Lasisi Olagunju
The first day of the year is never a good day to write about death and dying. Rotimi Akeredolu spent the last three or four years hard-headed on the frontline. As planted in his name, Akeredolu, he was a small man who nurtured himself to bigness on life’s battlefield. He was not…
By Lois Otse Adams
The nation’s capital was designed to set a clear example of how robust security architecture should function, but in the days leading up to the yuletide season of Christmas, the alarming level of insecurity plaguing the city has become a cause for concern.
Tragically, the lives of well-intentioned Nigerians have been…
It was extreme sadness for farmers at Idege farm, a farmstead under Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, at the close of 2023 when suspected herders destroyed several hectares of farmlands in the area.
Mostly affected by the activities of these vandals were cassava and yam farmers, whose farms spanning several hectares of lands, were…