The season of mercy, by Funmi Komolafe
Beloved, as we progress into the ember months, may God show us mercy in Jesus name. For a Christian, the ember months are not to be feared. Rather, it should be seen as the months of mercy. Why? It is because it is time for all prayers to be answered. Indeed a season of testimony. […]
Lagos at 50 controversies
Excluding the East as whole is being ungrateful for the role its oil resources played in the making of Lagos at 50
What does Lamido want?
I ALMOST did not want to believe that former Governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, had said what he was reported to have said recently on the Hausa Service of the BBC; and which was something to the effect that ‘much worse than the like of the evil of Boko Haram, he (Lamido) was prepared to work with any evil, including from the bottomless pit of hell- if it would lead to unseating Buhari’s government and the APC’.
Mob attacks and revolutionary mind-sets
There is hardly anything revolutionary about many of the leaders at the helm of affairs in Nigeria; a pro-people stance in public often hides anti-people activities under the cover of darkness
Need to separate investigative and prosecutorial functions
RECENTLY the prosecution of some corruption cases suffered setbacks with the discharge or acquittal of the accused persons. This development has attracted comments and criticism from various quarters.
‘Who is the presidency?’
LAST week the Muhammadu Buhari administration took a major step in shaking off the odour of corruption that has been swirling around it since Babachir Lawal, erstwhile Secretary to the Government of the Federation, was implicated in a scandal surrounding the award of grass cutting contract in the Internally Displaced Persons’ camp.
