The flight from Abuja to the city of Ahmedabad, capital of the Indian State of Gujirat, took 9hrs and 51 minutes. We flew over Cameroon, Central African Republic, South Sudan, Ethiopia and
For a first time visitor to Guangzhou, China (the last time that I was in this city, was 13 years ago, in 2013), it’s probably the first place to visit. The area
When the United States and Israel launched their illegal attack on Iran on February 28th, 2026, many assumptions underlined what amounted to a frightening blitzkrieg. The Israeli Prime Minister, the war
In the early hours of Wednesday, February 4th, 2026, news broke of
“To be an enemy of the U.S. is dangerous, but
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LAST week, most newspapers carried the picture of workers at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC),
On the eve of his inauguration as the governor of Jigawa State in May 2007, Sule
“Statistics say Nigeria is the richest country in Africa, with an average annual per capita income
“We have a presidential mandate to move beyond 23 states in our control and win at
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Sometime in the month of June 1983, Vice President, Alex Ekuweme, during one of his campaign rallies, was reported as saying that the austerity measures his government clamped down on the country,
During the 1980s, I was very actively involved in the Nigerian trade union movement. I had been elected as the chairman of my local chapter of the Radio, Television and Theatre Workers’
During an international anti-apartheid conference in November 1988, Ike Nwachukwu, Nigeria’s External Affairs Minister, seized the opportunity of the august gathering, to remount the old hobby horse of Nigerian foreign policy- demands
Mankind is in a state of constant change. “The journalist’s task is to write about and, in a sense, promote changes, to prevent society from becoming ossified. Journalists should always test the
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SURELY we cannot continue to allow individuals and groups to do what they liked and undermine
Last week, the long-awaited, Egyptian-brokered, prisoner exchange, between Israel and the Palestinians finally took place, broadcast
At the end of the Federal Executive Committee meeting two weeks ago, Information Minister Professor Jerry
Recently, the chairman of the Senate Committee on information, Senator Sanusi Dagash alerted Nigerians to the
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The flight from Abuja to the city of Ahmedabad, capital of the Indian State of Gujirat,
When the ruling APC submitted Vice President Kashim Shettima’s form as the running mate to President
For a first time visitor to Guangzhou, China (the last time that I was in this
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I have been fascinated by writing about people, places and events for decades; and I have therefore written about, commented on, and analysed, the African Culture, condition, as well as the international situation, at several levels.
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TWO weeks ago, I wrote a longish essay on aspects of Nigerian music, which surprised quite a few readers, including Uncle Sam Amuka, VANGUARD’s publisher. He asked me a few questions about where my knowledge of Nigerian music came from. In the days
