By Fredros Okumu MOSQUITOES ARE evolving to survive insecticides, and countries are burning through health budgets just to hold the line. Here is why Africa must rigorously evaluate engineered mosquitoes. The debate over genetically modified mosquitoes is growing louder across Africa. Too often, these conversations start with the technology. ...
By Olukorede Yishau ALMOST EVERYONE, irrespective of religious leanings, must have at one difficult moment or the other asked this rhetorical question: Is God really good? It is a question for days when faith trembles like a candle before a restless wind. It is a query reserved for when the centre, no matter what, refuses […]
By Owei Lakemfa My Lord, Honourable Justice Isah Dashen of the Federal High Court, Lokoja, was beaten to second place by his colleague in Abuja, Honourable Justice Peter Lifu, in the race for the judge that constitutes the gravest danger to democracy. Justice Lifu was so much in a hurry to claim the title that […]
By Owei Lakemfa THE UNITED States, US Vice President JD Vance, returned home from Switzerland this Monday, June 22, 2026, announcing that the foundations of peace with Iran have been laid. But in reality, there are many obstacles to the peace deal. These include President Donald Trump threatening to level Iran if it again shuts […]
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE SOMEONE ACCOSTED me recently and asked the question: Why are you Yoruba always the troublers of Nigeria? And my mind immediately went to the same question King Ahab had asked Prophet Elijah in the Bible! “And it came to pass, when (King) Ahab saw (Prophet) Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art […]
By Babafemi Ojudu FEW ISSUES in contemporary Nigeria command as much consensus as the need to improve security. Across the country, citizens live with fear. Farmers are afraid to go to their farms. Traders worry about travelling on our highways. Parents fear for their children. Communities once known for peace now sleep with one eye […...
By Bola BOLAWOLE LAST WEEK, the Ondo State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Dr. Olukayode Ajulo, OON, SAN, made a very powerful case for state policing, insisting it is the panacea for the insecurity fast enveloping the entire country. One of my highly esteemed readers aptly summarised Dr. Ajulo’s submission thus: “Can Nigeria d...
By Olukorede Yishau FOR LAGOSIANS or Nigerians, or anyone remotely familiar with Lagos, it is difficult to read Pemi Aguda’s debut novel, ‘One Leg on Earth’, and not think of the Eko Atlantic city, that new and humongous settlement emerging out of what we used to call Bar Beach. Not for once did the remarkable […]
By Owei Lakemfa JUSTICE PETER Odo Lifu of the Federal High Court, Abuja was far less known until June 15, 2026 when an ill-considered judgement he delivered led to political eruption in the country. It was capable of derailing the political process and, several persons and organisations including the judiciary, scrambled to douse the fires [&...
By Ben Okezie TIIME WAS when Nigeria was grappling with an upsurge in armed robbery and a special police unit, the anti-robery squadron was created, its members given special training and later deployed to every state of the federation to curb the menace. At the time, while the battle raged between armed robbers and the […]
