By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CelestineOkaf11

The tragic news of the sudden death of popular gospel crooner, Mrs Osinachi Nwachukwu, renown for her hit song "EKWUEME", sent shock waves across the land, at the weekend.

By Amb Godknows Boladei Igali, PhD

On Saturday, 12th March, 2022, elder statesman and moralist, Ambassador Ignatius Olisemeka attained the transcendental age of 90. Better known as Ambassador Plenipotentiary and Extraordinary, Principal Envoy, Head of Mission, High Commissioner, Chef de Mission Diplomatique (CMD), he remains Nigeria's surviving ace of diamonds in the diplomatic sphere.

By Bola Bolawole

Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) is not a flippant person; neither is he a busybody and meddlesome interloper.

By Azu Ishiekwene

On March 26 at the Eagle Square, Abuja, the All Progressives Congress (APC), reinvented a version of consensus politics that ancient Rome and Greece would have been proud of.

By Bolanle Bolawole

“When you have a government in place, the major responsibility of that government, especially a democratic one, which was elected by the people, is to ensure the safety of life and property of innocent citizens.

By Hassan Gimba

'"First, they came for the Communists

And I did not speak out

Because I was not a Communist

Then they came for the Socialists

By Godknows Igali, PhD

On Saturday, 5th March 2022, many friends and family, and even those who disagree with one of Africa's most revered public figures and former Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo rolled out the big drums, to celebrate him as he clocked 85 years of age.

Proclaimed by UNESCO in November 1999, International Mother Language Day is observed on February 21 worldwide.

In May 2007, the United Nations General Assembly in its resolution A/RES/61/266 called upon member states “to promote the preservation and protection of all languages used by peoples of the world”. By virtue of the same UN resolution, to “promote unity in diversity and international understanding through multilingualism and multiculturalism,” 2008 was observed as International Year of Languages.

By Azu Ishiekwene

One week before Hollywood, Nigeria hosted a different kind of Oscar moment. At the swearing-in ceremony of Charles Soludo, former Governor of the Central Bank and new governor of the most commercially significant southeast states, the wife of the outgoing governor, Ebele Obiano, staged an unusual drama.

By Bola Bolawole

Against the expectations of many, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) wobbled and fumbled through into a successful – for so it seems for now – national convention last Saturday!

By Nze Ozichukwu Fidelis Chukwu

When Iyom Josephine Anenih, called to draw my attention to the PDP list of Members of her Zoning Committee, and I noticed that it was only Imo State that has two nominees, His Excellency Chief Achike Udenwa and myself, I felt indifferent. Fortunately, it has been rectified.

A Post-Mortem On The Perceived Failings Of The APC Convention To Address The Critical Issues Challenging The Country, Her Democracy And Its Dividends, As Well As The Internal Cohesion And Ideological Foundation And Policy Trust Of The Party Itself

By Dakuku Peterside

It has been a long road to the APC convention, after 22 months of uncertainty and another long night at the historic and symbolic Eagle Square that ended the waiting game. At the end, the president and the conclave of governors triumphed.