By Jude Ogechi Eze

Exactly one year ago, in the early hours of 29 August 2025, at Niger Foundation Hospital, Enugu, the Diocese of Nsukka lost the man who gave it shape, structure and definition: His Lordship, the Most Rev. Dr. Francis O. Okobo, her pioneer Bishop.

By Azu Ishiekwene

It was five years on Tuesday since I wrote a tribute to the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III, who was 65 at the time.

By Hassan Gimba

Nigerian politics is so serious that it is no longer left in the hands of politicians. Or so it seems.

By Steve Osuji

It's simply preposterous! This column was outraged beyond words upon reading a recent statement made by notable lawyer, Mr Monday Ubani, SAN.

By Steve Opeyemi

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has in recent past sent Directors that have spent 8 years in service packing because a government circular had made it a requirement since Yar’adua came to power.

By Azu Ishiekwene

The money that politicians didn’t spend in Osun during the August 15 governorship election was the money they didn’t have and couldn’t steal. All kinds of figures have been bandied about, in hundreds of millions and billions. It’s difficult to say if these are over- or underestimations. But damn, it was some cash!.

By Bayo Onanuga

Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, former Vice President and perennial candidate for the presidency of Nigeria, has finally revealed his economic plans to Nigerians, should he be elected as President by January next year.

By Azu Ishiekwene

Osun State has a reputation for controversies bigger than its size. It ranks 26th nationally in terms of voter population and is six out of six in the Southwest.

By Jude Ogechi Eze

Around the sixth century BC and in the centuries that followed, prophets of great repute arose in Israel, proclaiming messages of hope and salvation to a people battered by political upheaval, national dislocation, as well as spiritual decline. Again and again, their prophecies pointed to the coming of a Messiah, the long-awaited Redeemer who would restore what had been broken and usher in a new chapter in Israel's history.

By Micheal Owhoko, Ph.D

For how long shall the rest of the country look on while Fulani ethnic militia trouble the peace of Nigeria? Why are Fulani terror groups spreading fear, causing pains and inflicting psychological trauma on Nigerians through deliberate, calculated and organised acts of kidnapping, torture, rape and killings? What exactly do they want, and for how long will Nigeria endure this malevolence? Nigeria’s current despicable image as fifth-most-violent country in the world, is largely due to this jihadist voyage.

By Azu Ishiekwene

Data is good, but it often doesn't tell the whole story. Data cannot capture the extent of our efforts to get a prepaid meter at my workplace in Abuja after we were disconnected from the grid in February. We’re still off-grid. Our meter misery mocks any statistics you may find on the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) website.

By Temitope Ajayi

There is something fundamentally inappropriate about Cardinal John Onaiyekan granting a television interview to offer his own account and interpretation of what transpired during the private meeting between the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Nigeria and President Bola Tinubu. It is, in my view, an abuse of clerical privilege.