Opinion

It was a straight eight-hour African wake  in Lagos, the continent’s most populous city with a bulging seventeen million population. It was for Fidel Castro on the eve of his funeral. We knew his spirit was at the National...

When President Yahya Jammeh of The Gambia conceded defeat after the December 1, Presidential elections in that West African country of 1.9 million people, the gesture was widely hailed and described as an indication of great hope for democracy...

The American President-elect MR. DONALD TRUMP is indeed a political mystery.  First, he emerged from the outside to defeat the original principals who dominated the _REPUBLICAN PARTY_ to become the presidential candidate. He went ahead and coasted home to victory...

On Friday, 9th of December, 2016, I was at the Force Headquarters, Abuja  to attend the United Nations International Anti-Corruption Day put  together by United Nations of Youth Network Nigeria (UNOY) and Network  for Police Reform in Nigeria (NOPRIM). When...

On Saturday 10 December, 2016, the world woke up to the shocking news of The Gambia President, Yahya Jammeh, rejecting the result of the country’s Presidential election he earlier accepted. What could have necessitated this decision remains in the...

On May 29, Daily Trust journalist Joseph Hir was beaten, allegedly by supporters of the Nassarawa state governor for writing a “negative” report about the governor. A month later, Yomi Olomofe, executive director of Prime magazine, and McDominic Nkpemenyie,...

You have heard it within the last twenty four hours, haven’t you? Suddenly, and for reasons that are not entirely misplaced …_’which kin’ change be dis?’_...has become the new song in town. And, in the midst of the confusion,...

The doctor called to tell mother that her little daughter was no more a virgin. The father came under suspicion but luckily he worked in a coalfield away from home: back on some weekends. Since most members of the...

With heavy hearts, many friends and relations of the Dilosi’s Dynasty including this writer recently journeyed from Kaduna to Bomu in Gokana Local Government Area, Rivers state in honour of the amiable matriarch of the family, Mrs. Maria Tagalobari...

Last week, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi was elected the National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at a mini congress of the party which held in Abuja. That position had been vacant for about a year since Lai...