COLUMNISTS
Onitsha Market Closure and the Criminalisation of Victims of Insecurity, By Okechukwu Nwanguma
The ongoing standoff between the Anambra State Government and traders at the Onitsha Main Market provides...
Comparing Fela Kuti With Any Nigerian Musician, By Promise Adiele
In the title of this essay, I have carefully avoided mentioning any Nigerian musician in...
Yakubu Mohammed: Demise of a Media Sheik, By Tony Iyare
In the Newswatch founding quartet, Yakubu Mohammed was reputed as the pearl and vital link to gold. He...
NIGERIA: Why Turkiye, By Sunday Dare
On Monday this week President Bola Ahmed Tinubu departs for a two-day official visit...
Nigerians are always happy, By Prince Charles Dickson
Prince Charles Dickson PhD A national satire on beer, broken systems,...
Panenka Penalty Saves African Football, By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Morocco’s leading scorer, Brahim Diaz, stood poised to make history - to score the goal that would end his...
AFCON 2025 Final and the Power of Protest, By Promise Adiele
It happened on 18 January 2026, under the humid atmosphere of a North...
Ihedioha, the master (re)builder, By Ori Martins
At the end of the last century, FIFA, the global football authority, ranked Pele as the...
Examining the Importance of N100 Trillion Market Capitalisation Milestone, By Mustapha Isah
The N100 trillion market capitalisation milestone recorded recently by the Nigerian capital market...
The cripple man, blind man’s wife, Biafra and Nigeria, By Prince Charles Dickson
Prince Charles Dickson Ph.D. The young palm tree which shoots up...