Category: Columnist
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As Benue burns: ‘Enough not enough’, Mr President, do something! – By Ehichioya Ezomon
Once again, communities in Benue State – the acclaimed “Food Basket of the Nation – are under attack, with death and destruction everywhere.
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Israel-Iran conflict: The Nigerian connection – By Dakuku Peterside
When Israel launched Operation Rising Lion in the early hours of June 13, 2025, most Nigerians were asleep. The footage came in fragments—precision airstrikes, sirens over Tel Aviv, defiant chants in Tehran.
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Should Christians support Israel against Iran? – By Femi Aribisala
Jesus, who appears as the Angel of the Lord in the Old Testament, sent Philip to an Ethiopian eunuch going from Jerusalem to Gaza. Philip overtook the man’s chariot and heard him reading from the book of Isaiah. He then asked the Ethiopian:
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Benue: Human sacrifice and the nameless war – By Chidi Amuta
The Nigerian governance road show rolled into Benue state earlier this week. The president and a motley collection of officialdom rolled into the state to see why so many innocent people are dying unnecessary deaths in the hands of nameless killers.
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Selfish and wicked children – By Francis Ewherido
Last Sunday was Father’s Day, but I was distracted. I felt like calling two people I had discussions with last week to find out if their sons also sent Happy Father’s Day wishes to them. The wishes would have been hollow rituals.
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My plea before the United Nations: Set humanity free! – By Owei Lakemfa
Three events made Monday, June 16, 2025, a sobering moment for me. On that day, back in 1976, news filtered that the killer Apartheid security forces which had been terrorising African countries like Zambia, Botswana and Lesotho, had turned on unarmed school children in South Africa.
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Not the Iran we thought it was: What has changed in the Persian Gulf?- By Azu Ishiekwene
On paper, it looked like a mismatch. Iran is not only one of the oldest and most established places in the Persian Gulf but also at least 75 times the size of Israel, with a population nine to ten times larger.
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The case for MultiChoice – By Okoh Aihe
Major Pay-TV service provider, MultiChoice, is in a situation that needs careful understanding and sorting without emotional recriminations. The fortunes are plummeting and that is not a good testimony for a business that was for a time a valued corporate ambassador for the nation’s business ecosystem.
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![Throwback: A political godfather that became robbery kingpin part [2] – By Godwin Etakibuebu](https://thenewsguru.ng/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Screenshot-2023-01-17-at-7.02.25-PM.png)
Throwback: A political godfather that became robbery kingpin part [2] – By Godwin Etakibuebu
We started this journey, appropriately captured – THROWBACK TO THE PAST: THE STORY OF A POLITICAL GODFATHER THAT BECAME A ROBBERY KINGPIN, last week. Chief Samuel Taiwo Oredein – a colossus political gladiator of the First Republic, and one of the Seven people; including Chief Obafemi Awolowo, formed the Action Group [AG] Political Party.
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Sam Amuka: The inimitable 90-year-old brand – By Owei Lakemfa
Twenty years ago, I got a message that Uncle Sam Amuka-Pemu, the publisher of the Vanguard Newspapers could not be found. It was his 70th birthday and plans to mark it were in place, but the celebrant was not responding to calls. He seems to have simply vanished.