OBI TRICE EMEKA Earlier this week I provoked an argument on a WhatsApp platform consisting of indigenes of my town. I had argued, as I always do, that our... Continue

BY YUSUF ADEOYE Without prejudice to qualities that count for co-aspirants to the governorship seat in Ogun State, Rt. Abiodun Isiaq Akinlade is one among equals and best fit... Continue

IZUCHUKWU ADICHIE  Exactly four years today, I sat in the Governor’s Library in his Isuofia residence with three other colleagues—our leader, Joe Anatune of blessed memory; Christian Aburime (now... Continue

ERNIE ONWUMERE    There is a timeless Igbo tradition of the Ukpa Ekene, a ceremonial basket of gratitude carried to one who has done well, overflowing with kola nuts,... Continue

BY MOHAMMED IDRIS The last time a Nigerian leader paid a state visit to the United Kingdom, seventy percent of Nigeria’s current population were not yet born. That 1989... Continue

BY SUNDAY DARE  This week, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will travel to the United Kingdom for what may prove to be one of the most consequential diplomatic engagements of... Continue