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In my November 2024 article, I posed the question of whether Alhaji Yayale’s name would be written in gold for…
Just two weeks ago, I was at the residence of Chief Audu Ogbeh, discussing plans for Shagari at 100, a…
My good friend and senior colleague, Okello Oculi died on 26 July 2025, aged 83, after a brief illness. Originally…
Former Minister of Communications and retired military officer, Major General Tajudeen Olanrewaju (Rtd), has expressed deep sorrow over the death…
Lack of Leadership or a Curse: The Plight of the Gbagyi People Across Five Nigerian States The Gbagyi people, an…
Among those who insist that truth-telling is an indispensable form of nation-building, Prof. Wole Soyinka is the greatest. And I…
Still, I mustered some courage and emailed the gentleman, telling him I graduated successfully but fell short of First Class, thus making me ineligible for his offer, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the son of a common man. He called me immediately that day and told me when he’d be in Sokoto, and asked me to meet him.
Obasanjo is a survivalist par excellence. At barely 24 years old, he developed his first survival instinct in 1961. Obasanjo was captured in the Congo Republic by the mutineers while he was evacuating Roman Catholic missionaries from a station near Bukavu. The mutineers considered executing him but mysteriously released him.
Every year, on February 13th, Nigerians pause to remember the death of General Murtala Ramat Mohammed, a man whose legacy continues to inspire and challenge us. It has been 48 years since his assassination, yet Mohammed remains the man to beat.