Opinion

By Andrew A. Erakhrumen “An army marches on its stomach” We have come full circle, again! It is no more news, unfortunately, that after efforts by members of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) at preventing industrial dispute with government were frustrated, they reluctantly activated their suspended strike, with a four-week roll-over strike, on the 14th of February, 2022 after …

TWO years ago, I had dinner with then-Juventus star Cristiano Ronaldo in his favourite Turin restaurant and told him a story about swimming icon Michael Phelps that made him purr with admiration.

By Andrew A. Erakhrumen*   It is often said that the more things change, the more things remain the same. The truism in this statement may be assumed to be location and situation-dependent but on a wider scope and objective analysis it fits well in describing what has been happening, for a long time, in Nigeria and to Nigerians! Historical …

“The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity” – Peter Drucker.   Contesting in competitions is one activity I do not really fancy, not because I lack the capability, but past experiences have made me look away and just admire the process with its catching prizes rather than get involved.

By Tony Ogunlowo When you look at Nigeria today you see a replay of the ‘Wild, Wild West’ of America in the 1800s when anarchy, lawlessness and the near non-existence of a central government existed: cowboys and Indians were killing each other; slaves were worked to death on plantations and the few rich were getting fatter – and dangerous …

By Andrew A. Erakhrumen “……. [Not long before the end of 15th century] the British Isles and western Europe in general were but distant backwaters of the Mediterranean world. Little of importance ever happened there. Even the Roman Empire – the only important premodern European empire – derived most of its wealth from its North African, Balkan and Middle Eastern …

By Fiona Harvey Removing trade barriers around the world would help to tackle the climate crisis, enable a “just transition” away from fossil fuels and make developing countries more resilient to the impacts of global heating, the head of the World Trade Organization has said.

By Lamorna Ash If someone asks me why, I reach for the word velleity – desiring things you cannot hope to get I keep a list of words that are strange to me. Any time I find one I half-know or do not recognise, it goes in the list. I find its existence reassuring, as if having more words at my …

There was an outbreak of COVID in my house as last weekend approached and so I told myself that I must do the correct thing.

A new Missouri bill could make Kevin Strickland and other exonerees eligible for restitution payments By Edward Helmore in Kansas City It’s been more than two weeks since Kevin Strickland was released from the Western Missouri correctional center and now he often wakes at 3.30 am, long before the dawn, with an urge to get outside.