Where Does Human Soul Go After Death? – Exploring Customs, Religious Beliefs, and Practice THE question of what happens after death has intrigued humanity for millennia. Across cultures and religions, various beliefs, customs, and practices offer explanations for the fate of the human soul.  Death is the end of life; the irreversible cessation of all biological […]

LESS than 24 hours to the planned protest against the arrest and detention of activist and Labour Party stalwart, Dele Farotimi, the authorities responsible for his detention took the wind out of the sails of the disaffected community of his supporters comprising human rights activists, professional agitators and opposition politicians, home and abroad. They arraigned him […]

I AM not about to write an elegy for the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, yet. Afterall, the regulator of the broadcast industry is not dead although it suffered jeopardy recently. Besides, I have written quite a number of them lately, including the one for my elder brother whose health was mismanaged by a teaching hospital that […]

IN the heart of West Africa, where the echoes of drums tell ancient tales of resilience and ambition, Ghana emerges as a beacon of hope in the ever-evolving narrative of democracy. Its journey, though marked by struggles, underscores the resilience and determination of its people. Ghana’s democratic evolution serves as a shining example for a region […]

From last week, continues the  narrative on the individuals appointed over the years to serve as Nigeria’s ambassadors to different  countries right from the formative years of the   country’s foreign diplomacy Chief Lawrence Odiata Victor  Anionwu was the first Nigerian Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of External Affairs and the country’s first ambassador to Rome. […]

By Dele Sobowale “Liars ought to have good memories”. Algernon Sidney, 1622-1683 VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS, VBQ p 127. Read online. Right now, the nation, and indeed the entire world, is still confused regarding the situation with the two Port  Harcourt refineries. Suddenly, in the last ten days of November, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, announced […]

Dr Yusufu Bala Usman was, in the 1980s, a lion in the Ahmadu Bello University, ABU. His roar could be heard across the country. He was a domineering academic and political figure with followership in the country. His reputation had been boosted when, in 1976, he and fellow radical academic and historian, Dr Olusegun Osoba, as […]

Paul Anyebe was a judge of the High Court of Benue State in north-central Nigeria who had a young son with sticky fingers and a sense of adventure  It was his role as a dad that endangered his job as a judge.

According to Section 39 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999,”every person shall be entitled to freedom of expression including freedom to hold opinions and to receive and impart ideas and information without interference.” To underscore the importance of this right, the constitution further expands the empowerment beyond private discussions by recognizing […]

“No man was ever honoured for what he received, but for what he gave”— Calvin Coolidge, 1872-1933, 30th US President. It was twenty years ago, when the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Obong Victor Attah, launched his book titled RESOURCE CONTROL. I was deeply honoured to have been asked to write the Foreword to that […]

Brethren to the glory of God, we are in the second week of the last month of year 2024.  As you keep faith with the LORD, my prayer is that this year ends to your benefit in Jesus name. The year has been quite eventful no doubt.   Especially as people tend to worry about […]

The Latin expression, ‘Requiem aeternum dona eis, translated in Eng- lish means, “Eternal rest grant to them.” That is the song I have this second Sunday of December, exactly 17 days to Christmas for my dear Edo State which once had a collosus, Brigadier-General Samuel Osaigbovo Ogbemudia, now late, as a pillar of its prowess […]

Tinubu said he came to initiate reforms. And the people waited to emulate him. Because talk is cheap. After taking away subsidies without cushions, he went for a bloated cabinet.

Tinubu said he came to initiate reforms. And the people waited to emulate him. Because talk is cheap. After taking away subsidies without cushions, he went for a bloated cabinet. A flabby cabinet of the  sons of profligacy to prosecute austerity measures. With his deliberate choice of some indicted persons as ministers, he signaled to […]

The defection of five members of the House of Representatives from the opposition to the All Progressives Congress, APC has inevitably consolidated the position of the ruling party in the polity. The APC which started as a minority in the House of Representatives has by the serial defections of seemingly politically spineless Labour and Peoples […]