Osei Tutu   Long before Ghana became the nation the world knows today, the forests of the Akan lands were alive with rival states, old loyalties, trade routes, fear, courage, and ambition. In that world, one name rose until it became larger than a man and almost as powerful as memory itself. That name was Osei Tutu. In Ashanti tradition, he is remembered as the ruler who brought...

Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi   In the rolling hills of Ilesa, where ancient warriors once defended their homeland and cocoa wealth later shaped prosperity, stands a throne older than modern Nigeria itself. It is the throne of the Owa Obokun of Ijesaland, spiritual and traditional ruler of the Ijesa people. Upon that throne sits Abdulrasheed Akanbi, a monarch whose life journey crossed...

A survivor of the November 18 attack on Christ Apostolic Church (CAC), Eruku, Kwara State, has recounted the terrifying ordeal he and other worshippers endured while in captivity. He was one of the 38 victims that security operatives successfully rescued—a development confirmed by President Bola Tinubu. Speaking with TVC, he said the gunmen stormed the church barely 30 minutes after the...

I was only twelve when my world shattered. I still remember that night like it was etched into my skin the cold metal of the knife, the look in my mother’s eyes, the sound of her scream piercing through the house. And then silence. My father had killed her, right there, in front of me. I froze, too terrified to move, my heart pounding like it would burst from my chest. After that,...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has appealed a Federal High Court ruling that ordered the return of 27 properties previously seized from former Ministry of Works official James Ikechukwu Okwete, his company Jamec West Africa Ltd, and Mrs. Adebukunola Iyabode Oladapo. Justice Joyce Abdulmalik had vacated the interim forfeiture order and issued a contempt notice against the...