By Segun Adediran

Within the next several years, the invisible architecture of Nigeria’s democracy faces a quiet but existential threat. For decades, the local press served as the bedrock of our national identity, but today, that foundation is being hollowed out by unregulated global digital gatekeepers.

By Bola Bolawole

Michael Jackson has now arrived in Jamaica for a meeting with Bob Marley. Read on!

“Kingston, Jamaica, October 23rd, 1978. 8:30 p.m: The exclusive Pegasus Hotel’s penthouse suite was buzzing with quiet conversation when Michael Jackson walked through the heavy wooden doors… Michael had an agenda beyond social pleasantries. He wanted to propose something that would reshape both (his and Bob Marley’s) careers forever.

By Hassan Gimba

Last week, we promised to examine the choices available to Iran and the United States, as well as how military confrontation might unfold. We also noted that Israel reportedly considered using nuclear weapons in its last war with Iran—an approach known as the Samson Option. We stated that if this had happened, or if it happens in the future, Israel would become only the second nation to use nuclear weapons in warfare, after the United States used atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.

By Bolanle Bolawole

You can’t believe this, but it is the truth, uncomfortable and damning as it is: Since the return to civilian rule in 1999 (many argue we yet do not have democracy properly so-called), the Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (ASUU) has embarked on strike actions totalling over 57 months - almost five years lost by students and their parents especially to strike actions, since the lecturers and other university workers always return to hold government by the jugular and get paid for work not done!

By Bola Bolawole

"Anything you can do/I can do it better/I'm the toughest (I'm the toughest)/And I can do what you can't do/You'll never try to do what I do/I'm the toughest/I'm the toughest" (1978) - Peter Tosh.

By Dr Godswill Uche

This journey is not about one man; it is about all of us. I am in this Okigwe Senatorial Race for the good people of Okigwe Zone and I cannot do it alone. Your steady support, trust, and your active participation is essential as we work toward a future that reflects and portends our collective prosperity.

Truth be told, the future of our communities depends on how well we develop, and empower our young people in this generation.

Great transformation begins with us because democracy is for the people and for the people.Lets rally round this great goal getter.. He is rugged ,dogged and highly focused when it comes to bringing or attracting dividends of democracy to his people.This is the time to pay him back for all those good and positive things he has been doing for NDI Okigwe.

Umunnem let's send a thorough bred and that is Chief Longers Anyanwu Ebubedike gburugburu Obowo.Dont send somebody with inferiority instincts that will be subservient to his fellow Senators especially those big Senators from the North or Yoruba land.

Longers is bold, fearless and daring.

He has always believed that leadership must be people oriented. He reiterated that youths of Okigwe cannot be spectators again in democracy; he regards the youths as partners in development. Their energy, ideas, and courage remain a great assets that must be harnessed, not ignored. In the same vein with the women who he describes them as the backbone of our society, and no meaningful progress can happen without their full participation.

These convictions are not new to Chief Longers Anyanwu he will bring it to bear once elected. He will make sure everybody is being carried along. They are values he has carried long before now, and they continue to guide his actions.

Chief Longers Anyanwus shoulder is a message many leaders will not forget in a hurry: Be human first. Lead with Mercy, Decide with wisdom. Act with love .because power without empathy is just oppression in disguise.

To the people of Okigwe zone , I urge you to remain firm and focused. Do not be discouraged by noise or detractors. Development is achieved through vision, Discipline, and collective efforts and which must be sustained.

Chief Longers Anyanwu is committed to offering credible leadership, rooted in integrity, transparency, and service. If entrusted with your mandate.

His priority will always be the welfare of the people, empowerment of Okigwe Zone youths, and the creation of opportunities that will uplift the great people of Okigwe Zone.

As we step into the new day, new week and month ofJanuary let us do so with unity, determination, and renewed positive resolve.

Together, we can build communities where leadership serves, voices are heard, and progress inclusive. Chief Longers opined.

Long live Okigwe Zone Long live Imo State Long live the governor of Imo State Long live Nigeria.

...Dr Godswill Uche writes from Owerri.

By Azu Ishiekwene

After months of dallying and endless speculations, Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State finally broke ranks with Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, his in-law, mentor and political godfather.

By Bolanle Bolawole

Neither Bob Nesta Marley nor Muhammed Ali (formerly Cassius Clay) needs any introduction - except, perhaps, to the Gen. Z and Alpha generations that know next-to-nothing of history. Marley was the widely-recognised king of philosophical-cum-political reggae music and Ali, the politically-conscious and philosophical greatest-ever boxer in modern history. Both were black. Both were conscious of this heritage - especially so its challenges. Both were determined to live and act as the champion their heritage and its cause. And both actually did! The sacrifices they consciously made, made a difference for them as individuals, for blacks as a race, and for the totality of humanity.

By Hassan Gimba

A few days ago, I woke in the night, anxious and checking the news, half-expecting America and Israel to have attacked Iran.

By Azu Ishiekwene

As US President Donald J. Trump marks his first year in office by expanding his wish list from making Canada the 51st State of America to seizing and renaming the Panama Canal, and now taking Greenland by any means, if he cannot get the Nobel Peace Prize, spare a thought for Russian President Vladimir Putin. The world has been unfair to him.

Hassan Gimba

By the end of 2025, Yobe State stood out as Nigeria’s top state in Primary Health Care (PHC). At the 2025 PHC Leadership Challenge Awards in Abuja, it was recognised as a national leader in healthcare delivery. Yobe was named Best Performing state in the North-East for the second year in a row, after also winning in 2024. Each time, the state received a $500,000 prize.

By Mahmud Isa Yola

On the noon of Saturday, I sat in the cavernous Conference Hall of the National Mosque in Abuja, lost in a sea of faces, listening with keen interest as my boss, the NDLEA’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Mr. Femi Babafemi, connected the dots between insecurity and drug abuse during a Public Lecture organised by Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC.