Nothing Gold Can Say
Nature’s first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf’s a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief,…
Paying a steep price for government’s hubris, By Ikechukwu Amaechi
SHORTLY after President Bola Tinubu delivered his inaugural speech on May 29, a friend of mine called frantically from Abuja to enquire if I listened to our newly minted President.…
Will the poor in Nigeria eventually breathe?
In at least 70 recorded cases of police brutality in the United States, the victim cried out three words: I. Can’t. Breathe. From Eric Garner in 2014 to George Floyd…
Stigma, Rejection: Inside the lives of Nigerian women suffering vesicovaginal fistula (VVF)
According to UNICEF, between 400,000 and 800,000 Nigerian women live with obstetric fistula. Maryam Abubakar had been in labour for days. She had endured the pains but there was no…
Where rule of law is trampled upon, anarchy reigns supreme, Obi replies Tinubu
The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party in the February 25, 2023 election and first petitioner in the ongoing case at the Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, Peter Obi, has…
We put only party logos on ballot papers, INEC tells Benue tribunal
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has informed the National/State Assembly Elections Petitions Tribunal sitting in Makurdi that it does not include names of candidates on election ballot papers, but…
Why Ganduje can’t replace Adamu — APC chieftain
The National Vice Chairman for North-West, Mallam Salihu Lukman, has warned against replacing the ousted National Chairman of All Progressives Congress, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, with former Governor of Kano State,…
Buhari’s social register lacks credibility — NEC
The National Economic Council, NEC, yesterday unanimously resolved to do away with the national social register used by the Buhari’s administration to implement its conditional cash transfer, saying it lacks…
Fuel subsidy: We must be sensitive, reduce long convoys – Soludo
Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra state, has advised the political class and other governors to be sensitive to the events happening in the country and prune down long convoys, following…
Tribunal: DSS Clears Mbah Over Alleged NYSC Certificate Forgery
The Department of State Security (DSS) has debunked claims by the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) the Governor of Enugu State and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the March…