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John Cardinal Onaiyekan spoke a bit too much, by Rotimi Fasan

John Cardinal Onaiyekan spoke a bit too much, by Rotimi Fasan

The storm that has followed the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria’s visit to President Bola Tinubu would certainly not have occurred had the Archbishop Emeritus of Abuja, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, not taken to the airwaves in the form of a television interview he granted Arise News Prime Time anchor Charles Aniagolu to not only speak about […]
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Peter Obi’s alarm and gbajue politics, by Rotimi Fasan

Peter Obi’s alarm and gbajue politics, by Rotimi Fasan

No Nigerian old enough to know what the times say will forget 2024 in a hurry. It was a frightful year; the year when all the negative effects of the policies President Bola Tinubu had put in place to address the country’s many problems were most jarring in their effect. The pump price of petrol (the […]

Nigeria is the unfortunate parent of ungrateful children, by Rotimi Fasan

Nigeria is the unfortunate parent of ungrateful children, by Rotimi Fasan

In physical terms and, perhaps, its sheer lack of social character and cohesion, Nigeria has been described memorably as a mere geographical expression. But as an anthropomorphised social formation, she could well be compared to a woman, victim of multiple rapes and mental torture, that is eventually shot and left for dead by a deserted […]

Afe Babalola, Farotimi and a dangerous culture of wokeism (3), by Rotimi Fasan

Afe Babalola, Farotimi and a dangerous culture of wokeism (3), by Rotimi Fasan

Colin Kaepernick was an American National Football League player with the San Francisco 49ers. He played for six seasons. He was and still is a civil rights activist. During a game in 2016, he knelt, refusing to stand as is the custom, when the American National anthem, the Star-Spangled Banner, was being played. He was in […]

Afe Babalola, Farotimi and a dangerous culture of wokeism (2), by Rotimi Fasan

Afe Babalola, Farotimi and a dangerous culture of wokeism (2), by Rotimi Fasan

A lot has been said about the manner Dele Farotimi was arrested and how he has allegedly been unfairly treated. What are the details of this? CCTV footage exist of armed security operatives entering his office and they would appear to have seized the phones of his staff. We cannot quite tell from the footage what […]

Afe Babalola, Farotimi and a dangerous culture of wokeism (1), by Rotimi Fasan

Afe Babalola, Farotimi and a dangerous culture of wokeism (1), by Rotimi Fasan

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 […]