Tunde Bakare: The Preacher, The Politician And Two Divorcees, by Emmanuel Aziken
Many years ago, Pastor Tunde Bakare’s voice was particularly outstanding in the debate over the misuse of anointing oil, especially olive oil, as an effigy of the power of God. Many of us, including your correspondent, then based in Kaduna, were particularly enchanted by his one-hour Sunday evening television broadcasts on Channels Television where he […]
Nigeria needs Prof Ejeta for food security
It was late at night; and sleep refused to come despite trying all the tricks known to me. As usual, I got up; opened my set to read some news of our world. Bored by the Israel-Hamas War report and the final selection of a Speaker for the US House of Representatives, I went in search of news which would be positive and uplifting. Suddenly, there it was. The story of Professor Gebisa Ejeta, a plant geneticist, teaching at Purdue University, USA, who was born in a poor village in Ethiopia; had a difficult childhood; trekked miles shoeless to school everyday, without breakfast and who overcame all those mind-boggling obstacles to become the person who can save Africans from mass starvation in the future.
Who will tell the Chief Justice? By Chidi Odinkalu
NIGERIA’S Supreme Court held a special session on November 27, 2023 to formally usher in a new legal year. It provided an occasion for a retrospective on the performance of Nigeria’s judiciary by its leaders in a season of unprecedented levels of public angst over the political weaponisation of judges and a set piece moment […]
Firing NANS from the barrel of the gun, By Owei Lakemfa
The guns boomed on Saturday, November 1, 2023. Not in the forests where terrorists, bandits or ‘Unknown Gunmen’ operate. They boomed right in the heart of Abuja, and, of all places, at the Annual Convention of the National Association of Nigeria Students, NANS. What was at stake was the presidency of NANS. Not surprisingly, three factional […]
Hamas-Israel war: Remember who started it, By Dele Sobowale
“Wisdom in people consists in the anticipation of consequences” – Norman Cousins, 1915-1990. Approximately five years ago, Lagos Island was in the vice grip of gang wars brought about by disputes over control of various sectors of our Island by unemployed and often violent youths. Several attempts were made by elders to bring about peace […]
Nigeria’s gale of demolitions: The missing point, By Tonnie Iredia
Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers State (2015-2023) left no one in doubt that he had enormous capacity for project development. No other governor in the history of Nigeria ever evolved his type of schedule for the daily commissioning of projects for several months without stop. His penchant for saying things as they are, no matter […]
