By Bola Bolawole

After postponements and uncertainties all in the midst of confusion, controversies and in-fighting, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) appears set for its convention on Saturday, 26 March, 2022. As close-by as the date is, many are still asking whether the convention will hold! This is Nigeria!

By Mahdi Garba

Nigeria has been ridden with different crises like other countries in the Global South. From insecurity, to lack of infrastructure, to corruption, to bad governance, to poor healthcare systems and so on. I feel disturbed by these problems every day, and I feel glad any time I become part of any conversation to change this narrative.

By Tony Anakani

It is no longer news that the All Progressives Congress, APC, will hold her National Convention on Saturday, March 26th, 2022. As the ruling party gets set for this epoch making event, tongues have started wagging on how the geo-political zones will handle the National Party offices zoned to them.

By Femi Adesina

Have you ever met a religious bigot before? Pray that you don’t. It’s not an interesting experience, irrespective of the faith the bigot professes.

Azu Ishiekwene

In the midst of our current misery, the Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu thought we needed something to cheer last week, so he offered a joke, which was telling and disturbing.

By Jude Eze O.

Apparently the last has not been heard of the ongoing Ukraine-Russia war, but one of its major fallouts was the announcement by the Russian owner of Chelsea Football Club (CFC), Roman Abramovich that he is ending his marriage with the club following hints of UK's threat to sanction him.

By Yusuf Ali

Contrary to some sponsored media publications, President Muhammadu Buhari has addressed, as squarely as possible, the issues bedevilling the party in the last few days by strongly warning APC Governors to stop backstabbing the Chairman Caretaker Committee Governor Mai Mala Buni and calling for order in the governing APC.

By Hassan Gimba

“When there is no enemy within, the enemy outside can do you no harm.”

– Ancient proverb.

“The Ides of March”, made popular by William Shakespeare in his book, Julius Caesar, is the 74th day in the Roman calendar, corresponding to 15th March. Marked by several religious observances, it was notable for the Romans as a deadline for settling debts.

By Azu Ishiekwene

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) looks determined to set itself on fire, even though the story out there is that the match box has been snatched from the hand of its interim chairman and Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni. The danger still looms.

By Bola Bolawole

Last week, our spiritual Daddy, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, aka Daddy G. O., the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) turned an octogenarian; precisely on Wednesday, March 2, 2022. Let somebody shout halleluyah!

By Horatious Egua

At the just concluded 6th Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF), in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday, February 22, the importance of natural gas in the global energy mix was again reiterated and leaders of the GECF, including Nigeria, declared that natural gas would continue to play a very crucial role in alleviating energy poverty, fuelling economic growth, expanding prosperity, and contributing to the protection of the environment.

By Jude O. Eze

Two burials/funerals changed the historiography of my village. One was in 2010 when Chief, Onyishi Odo Abonyi passed. The other was last weekend 26th February 2022, when Pa Ambrose Obetta went the way of all flesh. Their deaths made our people agree with the age-old submission of Pierre Renoir that “the pain passes, but the beauty remains.”