By Bola BOLAWOLE I THOUGHT I was seeing double when I first saw the report on social media that the Nigeria Union of Journalists, the professional body to which I belong, has bestowed a “Lifetime” award on the immediate past governor of Kogi state, Yahaya Bello. Remember him? Impunity, recklessness, and controversy trailed Yahaya Bello [&hell...
By John Igbinovia Dear Ose, I READ, with consternation, your pathetic attempt to defend your dad, “Mr. Fix-It” (sorry, Chief Tony Anenih), in your rather insolent rejoinder to Mr. Bayo Onanuga’s passing reference to the original author of “No Vacancy in Aso Rock”. A truly sensible boy would have avoided getting involved in such sensitive [&hel...
By Owei Lakemfa I WAS in Ndjamena, Chad in 2014 as the then Secretary General of the African Workers, to meet the labour leaders in that country. There was a major barracks on the road opposite the hotel I stayed. Newly arrived soldiers poured from the barracks towards the hotel. They were Chadian troops that […]
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE “ANY INSURGENCY that lasts more than 24 hours, a government official has a hand in it” – the vile dictator, Gen. Sani Abacha. “Finally, Mr. President has moved out of his comfort zone in the Presidential villa…” “That is not true! The president has moved on a countless number of occasions from […]
By Olukorede Yishau I NEITHER knew Dele Adeyanju nor his programme Agbaletu before I left Nigeria. I stumbled upon him not long after America became home. It must have been a chance discovery on YouTube while I was searching for something to ease the weight of boredom as life abroad can, at times, feel achingly […]
By Owei Lakemfa THREE EVENTS made Monday, June 16, 2025, a sobering moment for me. On that day, back in 1976, news filtered that the killer Apartheid security forces which had been terrorising African countries like Zambia, Botswana and Lesotho, had turned on unarmed school children in South Africa. The Nigerian society was so conscious [&hell...
By Dare BABARINSA SAM AMUKA-Pemu (Sad Sam) has staying power. He has remained a prominent Nigerian for more than half-a-century. In 1967 when he was appointed the editor of the Sunday Times, he was just 32. Before then, he had been the editor of Spear magazine, also published by the Daily Times group. In 1973, […]
By Taiwo Olapade THE VISIT by President Bola Tinubu to Benue State has continued to generate reactions. For many, the President’s visit came a bit late since it occurred days after the massacre of innocent and armless citizens of Yelewata in Guma Local Government Area of the state. For others, it was still better late […]
By Bola BOLAWOLE “COUNTRIES HAVE no permanent friends or enemies but permanent interests” – Lord Palmerston, 19th century British Prime Minister. I was aghast when I read of Nigeria poking her nose into the scuffle between Israel and Iran. What is our own, as they say, in the long-standing enemity between Jews (Israelis) and Persians [&...
By Tunde Rahman AROUND THIS period in 1993, precisely on June 12, 1993, the day of that historic election, this writer operated in two different but mutually reinforcing capacities. While I was the Political Correspondent of the old Daily Times, covering the then-unfolding electoral process in Abuja, I was also an officer in the Nigerian [&he...
