By Femi Adesina

On August 27, 1985, he was taken out of Dodan Barracks, the then seat of government, in Ikoyi, Lagos, by those who had overthrown him in what was popularly called a palace coup.

By Azu Ishiekwene

My wife occasionally jokes that my stressful, high-strung lifestyle could mean I’ll die before her. I’ve hardly paid any attention, until recently. Three weeks ago, we both visited a friend who lost his father on New Year’s Day. The deceased was over 90.

By Bola Bolawole

Expectedly, it has been torrents of hails and brimstones since Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu officially declared his intention to contest the presidency in 2023.

By Yusuf Ali

In a 1959 speech, John F. Kennedy famously said: “When written in Chinese, the word ‘crisis’ is composed of two characters—one represents danger and one represents opportunity.” Although today it is widely recognized that this is not the correct interpretation of the Chinese characters, President Kennedy’s wisdom about a crisis yielding unique opportunities may be more important than ever.

By Jude Eze

In one of his many columns in the back page of New Telegraph, erudite journalist, Ike Abonyi wrote: "it will be safer for Nigerians to lower their expectation from President Buhari's regime. Anything his administration couldn't achieve before 2021, may not be achieved again by it since 2022 will be spent scheming on how to win 2023 general election."

By Bolanle Bolawole

The elders say whatever tree the chimpanzee beats in the forest sounds like a drum. In like manner, whatever the Nigerian politician touches, he ruins.

By Benard Akoma

One clear message from religious preachers, which makes convincing reasoning even among unbelievers, is that God created every being for a purpose. The pastor of the church where I worship puts it this way: "if the carpenter makes that chair for a purpose, just for you to sit and relax, is there still any doubt that himself, the carpenter, was equally created for a purpose by God?" Pigeonholing the man, Anyim Pius Anyim, bearing in mind his life trajectory, into the carpenter position, obviously leaves no one in doubt, that the purpose for his own creation is already very visible to every discerning mind. That purpose for his creation was even made manifest very early in his life.

By Azu Ishiekwene

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, would like to close the case of the suspicious death of Sylvester Omoroni Jr., and simply move on to something else. He’s surprised there's pushback and can’t understand why.

By Bola Bolawole

The masquerade came out in the open on Monday when the governor emeritus of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, confirmed his much-rumored interest in the 2023 presidential election.

By Yusuf Ali

These days, so many people are saying so many things; indulging mostly in sponsored attacks, and fictitious lies in the pages of Newspapers on the activities of Governor Buni led CECPC, and as spokespersons, we make the deliberate choice of staying out of the most part because it is not worth replying.

By Senibo Chris Finebone

Last Sunday, the Rivers State governor, Chief Nyesom Wike in a state-wide broadcast, declared wanted those the governor said were ‘kingpins of bunkering and illegal crude oil refining activities in their communities’. The governor also said that ‘those behind illegal bunkering activities in Okrika communities, Port Harcourt Township, Rivers South-East and Rivers South-West Senatorial Districts and their names would be soon published and declared wanted, if they fail to voluntarily report to the police.’

By Jude Eze Ogechi

"Whenever brothers emerge from closed-door family meeting wearing smiling faces, they did not tell themselves the truth at that meeting." - Anonymous African proverb.