YESTERDAY, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s terse message of helplessness and abdication of his Presidency came to a head over the killing of suspected kidnappers/terrorists in Edo...
The recent encounter between Remi Tinubu, Nigeria’s First Lady, and a group of nursing students has sparked intense debate and outrage. During her visit to the...
“Medice, cura te Ipsum” (‘Physician, heal thyself’, Luke 4:23). The word ethics is generally understood to be a set of “moral principles that govern a person’s...
Dear President Tinubu, Today’s epistle is prompted by the crisis in Rivers State and, more importantly, by the political manner in which most of those responsible...
“Whenever I was upset by something in the papers,” Jackie once recalled, “[Jack] always told me to be more tolerant, like a horse flick- ing away...
Often, I tell people that “I am the product of other people’s generosity.” I would not be where I am if several people, including my parents,...
I have written repeatedly about the struggles I went through whilst living in Accra as a young mother. Recently, my mind took me back to a...
In 1997, I returned to Liberia from Ghana with three point five children (I was pregnant again), broke, dejected and suicidal. Yes, I wanted to...
Democracy is often cast as the antithesis of authoritarian rule — a beacon of liberty standing firm against the shadows of oppression. Yet, history tells a...
Introduction The brazen assault on Nigeria’s democracy through the unconstitutional declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu exposes a...