In his book, “The Third Wave”, Alvin Toffler tells us who the illiterate people of today are. According to him, “the illiterate men of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write but those who cannot ...
These are interesting times in Nigeria. Perhaps, it is another period that great novelist Charles Dickens would describe in the opening of his classic “A Tale of Two Cities” (1859) thus: “It was the best of times, it was the ...
Despite the increasing religiosity of Nigerians, as manifest in the preponderance of places of religious worship and lousy religion-related ceremonies and activities, it is ironic that Nigerians are becoming increasingly Godless in the conduct of their affairs. As a matter ...
It could have been a Nollywood flick but it was real. On February 2, the ancient city of Ibadan witnessed a tragedy, the twists and turns of which have somehow attracted a lot of speculations and heated discussions. One Mr ...
Having benefited tremendously (N2.1 billion) from what is now known as Dasukigate, the founder of DAAR Communications and owner of Africa Independent Television (AIT), Chief Raymond Dokpesi, aired a smear campaign against the National Leader of the then opposition party, ...
This Sunday (January 31, 2016), the estranged Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State, Dr Tope Aluko, on Channels Television made earth-shattering revelations on the atrocious interventions made by the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan in ...
Though the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has not been able to manage its electoral success brilliantly, its recent decision, through a Screening Committee, to disqualify former legislator Uche Ekwunife from contesting the vacant seat of the Anambra Central Senatorial ...
When former President Goodluck Jonathan wanted to host his Presidential Media Chat of February 2015, little did he know he would be contributing to the idiomaticity of the English language in Nigeria. It was in that media chat that he ...
A disturbing reality of the Nigerian socio-political experience is that at the beginning of each year, all manners of self-acclaimed prophets inundate the air with prophecies. It wouldn’t have been disturbing if such attempts to probe into the future are ...
It is a new day of a new month in a new year. Besides, thank God it’s Friday, the day of blessing! For Nigeria, it is a new dawn and it is auspicious to start on a note of gratitude. ...
Last Saturday (December 13, 2015), Nigeria hit the global headlines for the wrong reasons again on account of the bloodbath in Zaria. It was most unfortunate that emotions were allowed to dominate reason and a tragedy resulting in needless killings ...
On Thursday, January 23, 2015, which was barely three weeks to the date originally set for the 2015 presidential elections, the National Security Adviser to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd), was in Chatham House, London, where he ...