Rehabilitating terrorists or delivering justice? By Ejiro Ofoye
For more than a decade, Nigerians have buried their loved ones, watched entire communities reduced to rubble, witnessed schools destroyed, churches and mosques attacked, soldiers ambushed, and millions displaced by the brutality of terrorism. Thousands of families are still searching for justice, while countless victims continue to live with physical and emotional scars that may never […]
Gladstone’s “Bulgarian Horrors” and Trump’s “Nigerian Genocide”: The manufacture of imperialist interventions, by Usman Sarki
“The major function of modern imperialism is to rationalise exploitation under the guise of bringing civilisation”— Walter Rodney The embers of conflict in the Middle East are still glowing menacingly. The dust in the ruined neighbourhoods of Gaza has not settled. Countless Palestinian bodies remain under the rubble, uncounted and unmourned. Yet even as the world […]
A time in history, by Hakeem Baba-Ahmed
“Fear no forest because it is dense”— African proverb It is difficult to recall a time when we worried as much over our circumstances as we do today. Our first seven or so decades until independence were spent as a colony of the British. We were cobbled together basically as a commercial entity which promised and […]
The ever-lingering Benue-Plateau crisis (6), by Eric Teniola
From last week continues the narrative by a Tiv group which argued that they are not Northerners, saying that the Tiv arrived Karagbe, an area bordering Nigeria and Cameroun, around 6,000 BC, settling on both sides of the Benue and Niger rivers. This territory stretched from Garoua in present-day Northern Cameroon to Lokoja in present-day […]
State of the Nigerian economy an objective view
By Dele Sobowale Ask anybody, including the best educated and most erudite, about the Nigerian economy, and the response will probably be subjective summary based on personal and political bias long ingrained. Members of political parties have made up their minds in advance of any event regarding the economy. For some, President Tinubu can do no […]
Ibrahim Gambari: Untiring diplomat for risky missions, by Owei Lakemfa
The world was in turmoil in the mid 2000s. Nature had visited humanity with one of the most devastating storms in contemporary times. Hurricane Katrina which made a landfall in New Orleans, United States, claimed 1,392 lives and displaced a million people. But if humans had no chance against such natural disasters, it should at least do […]
On whose mandate do judges stand?
Sworn in as a judge a mere seven days after independence on 7 October 1960, Justice Fatayi Williams was the first person to be appointed a judge in post-independence Nigeria.
Mama Tayo’s journey, by Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi
Many years ago, I had a conversation with a school mate, let me call her Tayo, who told me that she was one of six children her mother had with five husbands. I was shocked to hear this. We are brought up to believe that this is normal for men, who are entitled to a polygamous […]
Adding fuel to Nigeria’s political tension, by Tonnie Iredia
Not less than three years out of a four-year tenure of a truly representative government ought to be devoted to the execution of development projects. This is a target that all third world countries should strive to achieve in order to improve the living conditions of their impoverished people. Unfortunately, it is not what is currently […]
It’s possible to rest from challenges, by Funmi Komolafe
Compliments of the season! For these words to be meaningful in one’s life, one must be have rested from all challenges and that is the will of God for those that serve him. Psalm 128 vs. 1-3 ( NIV) ” Blessed are all who fear the LORD, who walk in his ways. You will eat the […]
Dudu in the eyes of Sunday Dare, by Patrick Omorodion
Last Wednesday in Lagos, Godwin Dudu-Orumen’s book, SPORTS, POLITICS AND POWER was launched. And the book reviewer was none other than the former Sports Minister, Mr. Sunday Dare who is now Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu. I bring to you his views on the book and what it means to Nigeria’s sports. Enjoy it. […]
When a book threatened the author’s life, by Dele Sobowale
“If you hope to live a few years, buy shares. If for thirty years; plant a tree. If forever, write a book” – Japanese words of wisdom. To this I would like to add: “or have a book written about you.” One of the tragedies of African history can be traced to the fact that […]
Aso Ebi Boys: How G5 governors went from bromance to breakup, by Stephanie Shaakaa
Wike from Rivers, Makinde from Oyo, Ortom from Benue, Ugwuanyi from Enugu, and Ikpeazu from Abia
The irony of order, when power comes full circle, by Stephaniee Shaakaa
When VCs return to the departments they once ignored, they walk into the ruins of their own making. The leaking roofs, the obsolete equipment, the unmotivated lecturers
A party that lost its fathers and found its chaos, by Stephanie Shaakaa
Today, the PDP moves like a wounded animal limping, confused, snarling at its own reflection, unsure of which direction is forward
Nigerian football – what next!
By Segun Odegbami This is the world of sports. Nigeria was once described as the ‘Giant of Africa’. The country was ranked 5th on the FIFA table, and the Super Eagles were hailed as the most entertaining national team during the 1994 World Cup. European and South American countries that previously insisted African football was […]
