Lies, damned lies about fuel subsidy removal in Nigeria, by Olu Fasan
For decades, removing the petroleum subsidy in Nigeria was a political hot potato and then a political football. The first metaphor refers to the squeamishness of some past governments about removing the subsidy. The second describes self-interested and hypocritical politicians whose presidential ambitions led them to be Janus-faced on subsidy removal. In 2012, Bola Tinubu […]
Wanted in Nigeria: Open justice system, by Tonnie Iredia
The Southwest of Nigeria leads in several aspects of life in the country today because its pioneering leader, Obafemi Awolowo had before independence in 1960, created for his people, a reformative self-awareness governance system. As premier of the then Western Region, Awolowo introduced free education for all in addition to a combined radio and television […]
Fruitfulness is God’s command, by Funmi Komolade
Beloved, last Sunday was Mother’s Day. Indeed mother’s day is marked more than once a year. We are still going to have another one by some Christians. One of the reasons God created man and woman is to bear children among other things. God commanded in Genesis 1 vs. 27 & 28(KJV): So God created man […]
‘Bomb shell from hell’, by Patrick Omorodion
There is a song ‘between the devil and the deep blue see’ done in the early 1930s. It was commonly recorded by artists such as Cab Calloway and Frank Sinatra. The lyrics have a chorus that goes thus: I don’t want you but I hate to lose you, you have put me in between the […]
The Strait closed without a shot, by Stephanie Shaakaa
For generations, the world assumed that if the Strait of Hormuz ever closed, it would be because someone fired the first shot
The Red Flag Generation: How we learned to leave before we learned to stay, by Stephanie Shaakaa
We live in a time where falling in love feels less like discovering a person and more like passing a test. From New York to Nairobi, Tokyo to Lagos,
