By Kenneth Ikonne

I like Mr. Dele Farotimi, his courage, forthrightness and pan-Nigerian views. But anyone with a basic understanding of the principles of the law of libel, will concede that Mr. Farotimi is in hot soup, and that there might be nothing untoward in his arraignment in a Magistrate Court in Ekiti State on charges of criminally defaming foremost lawyer, Chief Afe Babalola, SAN!

By Ikeddy Isiguzo

FOR most of Tuesday I started doubting if there were two refineries in Port Harcourt after those I spoke with insisted that there was one refinery in Port Harcourt, the one that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, announced its triumphant return to production.

By Femi Akomolafe

Although, as I often write, I do not have any dog in any fight in the US or non-African issues, I do dabble in writing about them, but only in the context in which they relate to Africa.

By Azu Ishiekwene

I was watching the evening news on Monday night when two presenters used a word at different times that jolted me. I’ve heard and seen that word used often, especially by millennials and Gen Z, but I didn’t entirely pay heed because they were mostly in informal settings.

By Ugorji Okechukwu Ugorji

I was vacationing in the United States of America with my family in October of 2024 (in addition to some work on the Harris-Walz Campaign) when I received confirmation about the dates of the upcoming celebrations of Professor Ibrahim Agboola Gambari's 80th birthday. There would first be a public presentation of a festschrift in his honor in Ilorin on November 21, 2024. Then there would be a commemorative event at the Savannah Centre in Abuja (the headquarters of the Savannah Centre for Diplomacy, Democracy and Development), which Gambari founded and established. And then there would be the grand finale on November 24, 2024 - the actual 80th anniversary date of his eventful birth.

By Chinyere Obiora-Ekwuazi, Henry Ukwadia, Hadiza Abdul Abubakar

The National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) was strategically established in 1992 as the only purpose-built intervention agency of the Federal Government, having the mandate of nurturing an appropriate and dynamic science and engineering infrastructure base for achieving home-initiated and home-sustained industrialization of Nigeria.

By Bola Bolawole

“Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise” - Victor Hugo (in "Le Hus Miserables").

Is Biafra an idea whose time has come? Victor Hugo (26 February, 1802 - 22 May, 1885) says “Nothing else in the world… not all the armies… is so powerful as an idea whose time has come”. Another variant of the same quotation says: “There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time has come” (Hugo in "The Future of Man").

By Funmi Adetuyibi (Public Relations Officer, UCH, Ibadan

The Management of the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan wishes to inform the patients of the hospital and general public that there have been power challenges in the Hospital. We understand the concerns and inconveniences these have caused.

By Azu Ishiekwene

One year ago, on November 15, 2023, the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) invited me to speak on “Nigerian Media, Sustainability and Existential Threats by Big Tech.” Being asked again this year is a privilege, but I won’t be surprised if this is my last invitation.

By Azu Ishiekwene

I understand wealthy US citizens and conservatives of the evangelical hue rooting for Donald Trump. The rich believe he would loosen regulations and protect them and their businesses from excessive taxation. Conservative evangelicals believe he is the bulwark against wokeism, especially the ultra-liberal variety. And white folks want their country back.

By Mohammed Malik Fall

The indescribable destruction caused by the first and second world wars led many to desire an international organization dedicated to maintaining world peace. The United Nations (UN) was therefore established on 24 October 1945, to maintain international peace and security and to achieve cooperation among nations on economic, social, and humanitarian challenges.

By Ikeddy Isiguzo

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu cherishes opportunities to maximise his minimalistion of some parts of Nigeria. In tweaking his cabinet, he extended his disdain for the South East to the oil producing Niger Delta. He knows what he did. Scrapping the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs could not have been to reduce "cost of governance" when in the same breath he set up a Ministry of Liverstock Development, and employed seven new Ministers in place of five he sacked.