First, we want thank the Almighty God for keeping us alive. That you are alive is an indication that your long awaited miracle will reach you in Jesus name.

Last week, the Department of State Security arrested the Director of the pirate Radio called, “Radio Biafra,” Mr. Nnamdi Kanu, and sparked off a wave of street protests in the cities of the Niger, from Calabar to Port-Harcourt, to Asaba by pro-Biafran protesters and women who rallied in support of Mr. Kanu, calling for his release.

Mr. Baruwa, according to those who have met him personally, looks cool and calm, someone who cannot hurt a fly, not to talk of raping someone – if, indeed, he actually committed the crime. Of course, appearance can be deceptive; a wolf sometimes camouflages its true colour with sheep’s clothing. Interestingly, Baruwa is not a stranger to the family of the girl he allegedly raped: in fact, there is information that he brought her to campus that day from Iyana Ipaja.

Exactly one week ago when I was leaving Nigeria for Switzerland to attend an international conference on “news media development and sustainability in Africa”, I had imagined that my absence from the country for this period might hinder my search for a good article of public interest for this column.

Jesus met a man who had been sick for thirty-eight years and asked him a strange question: “Do you want to be healed?” (John 5:6). “What kind of question is that?” I asked the Lord. “How can you ask a man who has been sick for that long if he would like to be healed?”