Hardball

It was supposed to be a grand ceremony at the historic Mapo Hall, Ibadan, Oyo State. But it was devoid of grandeur, marred by the absence of the three Ibadan

David Alechenu Bonaventure Mark, GCON, retired brigadier-general of the Nigerian Army, Senate President (2007-2015) and arch-conspirator against MKO Abiola’s June 12 mandate – is he the Rip Van Winkle of

In a condemnable case of abuse of power, Mohammed Adamu – a journalist with Albarka Radio in Bauchi State – got a raw deal from the police while covering a

The “last man standing” was the then Governor Bola Tinubu of Lagos – lone survivor of the PDP South West electoral blitzkrieg of 2003.  That swept away five of the

By hardball Award-winning folk singer, Bobby McFerrin, propounds a doctrine about not worrying over anything and being happy no matter what. In his acapella song titled ‘Don’t Worry, Be Happy,’

An alarming sequence of terrorism-related violence drew attention to Borno State.  The coordinated suicide bombings in Maiduguri on the evening of March 16 represent a significant and tragic escalation in

By Hardball  The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), by declaring Nnamdi Kanu a “prisoner of conscience”, just launched a hare-brained campaign: illiterate, dishonest and laughable!   Kanu, jailed for

By Hardball Togo is bidding to offtake more electricity from Nigeria through the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) to meet its rising domestic demand. Reports said a delegation from

To put it mildly, Justice Mohammed Umar of the Federal High Court in Abuja overreached himself. The reported incident involving the judge and Marshal Abubakar (counsel to Omoyele Sowore) represents

Within the communal space, people are always entitled to their privacy. But privacy reaches its limit when conduct within that space offends public sensibility or the mores of communal decency.

A viral video of 18 children in military combat gear in a forest suggested the conscription of child soldiers by terrorists. The Secretary of the Coalition of Borno South APC

For the point-and-tar global rights crusades, it’s as odd as they come!  First, the email’s heading: Avaaz vs Trump! Was that Trump, really? Or was it a typo – that