UNDERCOVER INVESTIGATION: Cancer is the disease, Nigeria’s health system is the killer
EDITOR’S NOTE: All the names of cancer patients in the undercover parts of this story have been concealed as a mark of honour for...
PROMO: At federal teaching hospitals, cancer patients are on ‘death row’
Tomorrow, the International Centre for Investigative Reporting (ICIR) will publish an undercover investigation on the travails of cancer patients seeking treatment at teaching hospitals,...
UPDATED: Boko Haram frees Dapchi girls — but five are dead and one is missing
Boko Haram has released the schoolgirls it abducted from Government Girls Science and Technical College in Dapchi, Yobe State, on February 19.
However, five of...
The Nigerian politics of latter-day saints
The title of this piece was inspired by the Jesus Christ Church of Latter-day Saints. Some name condensation has occurred here — strictly for...
Egotistical senate versus Hameed Ali and the rest of us
Big egos are a big part of the human nature. As man is naturally a political animal, egos are a big part of politics....
TRIBUTE: Abu Ali, ‘intelligent’ lieutenant-colonel who ‘doesn’t brag’ but is killing off Boko Haram in Borno
In the spirit of the Armed Forces Remembrance Day, we take you back to this tribute, first written in June 2016, for Muhammed Abu...
Remembering Charles Ilo, the brave soldier killed by Boko Haram on Val’s Day 2015
This piece, first published by TheCable in 2016, is republished today, on the occasion of the Armed Forces Remembrance Day, in honour of one of...
Are we really a ‘shithole’ country?
Are we one of the countries Donald Trump had in mind when he wondered why US lawmakers were seeking protection for "all these people from shithole...
Is God venting his anger on Buhari through Tunde Bakare?
Sooner or later, Tunde Bakare, fiery preacher and founder of The Latter Rain Assembly, will be running for president. This may be 2019 or...
What Nigeria will look like in 2018
On the first day of 2018, as it is with every new year, the temptation is to dream big — to fantasise about sudden...
