Shame On Morocco, Hakimi
By Frank Ofili In a continent that believes in the potency of juju – even in sports – it is not difficult to understand why Achraf Hakimi, Moroccan right back, removed and threw away...
By Frank Ofili Where is our President? Who knows his whereabouts? Nigeria stepped into 2026 not with the sound of reassurance, but with the echo of unanswered questions. Fireworks lit the skies in pockets...
By Frank Ofili I find myself unconsciously asking this question everytime I hear someone mutter these phrases – like I have been reading such cynical remarks from some people since the news of the...
(By Frank Ofili) Along the Shagamu–Benin expressway, where the road stretches like a long sigh toward the East, a small drama unfolds on the roof of a moving car. It is not announced with...
By Frank Ofili I had been awake since about 1:00 a.m. when a friend in the United States called with startling news: the U.S. had reportedly launched an air strike against terrorist hideouts in...
In Nigeria’s contemporary political discourse, the word defection has become a recurrent theme — especially as incumbent opposition state governors and key political figures abandon their parties for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC)....
On 7 December 2025, an attempted coup took place in Republic of Benin. A group of soldiers briefly announced on national television that they had overthrown President Patrice Talon and suspended the constitution. The...
Distinguished Senator Ned Nwoko, I write to you with sincere respect, but also with deep concern, as an Anioma son who has watched—over many decades—our people’s aspiration for statehood evolve, endure, and remain unfulfilled....
Few figures in African football have left a legacy as sweeping, symbolic, and transformative as Stephen Okechukwu Keshi—fondly known across the continent as The Big Boss. Born on 23 January 1962 in Azare, Bauchi...
Dennis Rodman has always lived at the intersection of brilliance and bewilderment. He was not just a basketball player; he was a cultural event — a human plot twist who forced the world to...
If the global community of people of African descent was fashioned into an integrated economy, it would present an unparalleled opportunity for deepening trade, mobilizing investment, and creating shared prosperity. All that has been...