Category: Columnist
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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.
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Democracy, GDP growth, poverty, and insecurity in Nigeria – By Magnus Onyibe
After twenty-six years of uninterrupted democratic governance in Nigeria (1999 to date), the masses had hoped to be enjoying the dividends of democracy by now—primarily through poverty alleviation and improved living standards.
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Lessons of Mokwa flood disaster – By Dakuku Peterside
When the clouds gathered above Mokwa at the start of the 2025 rainy season, no one reached for a weather almanac; the townspeople needed only memory. They had seen the river climb its banks before, had watched water swirl down gullies that doubled as rubbish dumps, and had heard radio callers warn—almost cheerfully—that nature’s annual…
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Defections: Will Wike honour Tinubu’s invitation to join APC? – By Ehichioya Ezomon
This is certainly not a good political season for Nigeria’s opposition parties, as they face an existential threat from continuing depletion of their major and minor platforms due to massive defections of members to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
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Wrestling with democracy – By Chidi Amuta
Of all the nations that profess an embrace of democracy, Nigeria has had a field day of celebrations in recent times. Last year, we celebrated 25 years (a quarter of a century) of the return of democracy from over four decades of military autocracy.
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Violence-torn Africa gets security body to stop out-sourcing its future – By Owei Lakemfa
Africa has been so torn by violence that it has witnessed some of the most stupid wars in contemporary history.