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By Steve Osuji

APC'S Extended Insomnia: It becomes obvious each day that Mr Peter Obi is the abiding nightmare of the ruling party.

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By Max Auchie

There is a different kind of silence in the countryside. It is not the anxious quiet of a ringing phone, but the heavy stillness of abandoned farmlands. Crops rot where they were planted. Footpaths disappear into overgrowth. Entire communities live with one eye open—not listening for a call, but for the distant echo of motorcycles approaching.

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By Bola Bolawole

Karl Marx, the man who taught the world the Marxist ideology and after whom it was named, described religion as the opium (or opiate) of the people. His exact words, in his 1844 work titled “A Contribution to the Critique of Hegel’s Philosophy of Right”, goes thus: “Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people.”

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By Bolanle Bolawole

“It’s looking like many horses will run in the 2027 presidential race”

“And who are the horses?”

“The incumbent is one of them…”

“God willing!”

“What do you mean?”

“Don’t put anything beyond God. That is why economists say ceteris paribus”

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By Jude Ogechi Eze

Once celebrated as Nigeria’s premier indigenous university, UNN had, over the years, become weighed down by deteriorating infrastructure, administrative inertia, weakened governance systems, and strained relations with its host communities, despite the efforts of over past fifteen Vice Chancellors. This was the reality which Professor Simon Uchenna Ortuanya inherited when he assumed office on August 11, 2025, as the 16th Vice Chancellor of his Alma mater.

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By Steve Osuji

Something eerie happened in Lagos last Saturday. It was a traffic logjam that one would rather describe as, 'the great Lagos lockdown'.

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