S/African Afrophobia: All eyes on AU
President Bola Tinubu was right to take South Africa’s recurring xenophobic and Afrophobic attacks to the African Union (AU). Speaking for him at the AU’s 21st Extraordinary Session in Luanda, Vice President Kashim Shettima called for collective action and urged that the matter be placed on the agenda of the January 2027 General Assembly. That […]
Special court for rape cases
ORDINARILY, the announcement by Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, SAN, that his office is exploring modalities for the establishment of a specialised court for rape, child defilement and gender-based violence should be cheering news. Malami who made this known on Thursday last week at a press conference in Abuja, said he was consulting with […]
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala best for WTO job
FOR the second time in eight years, Nigeria’s international economic jewel, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has thrown her hat into the ring of international politics. In 2012 she vied for the presidency of the World Bank and gallantly lost to American physician, Jim Yong Kim. This time, Okonjo-Iweala, a former Managing Director of the World Bank […]
Majek Fashek: The unforgettable Rainmaker
IT has been raining heavily of late, reminding music lovers of the sad exit of The Rainmaker. He answered the call of his Maker on Tuesday, June 2, 2020 at the age of 57. Born Majekodunmi Fasheke, he was rechristened on the musical stage as Majek Fashek and widely celebrated as The Rainmaker. It was […]
The shame in Naira Marley’s Abuja concert
WORLDWIDE, public figures like musicians, politicians, movie actors and other celebrities are icons of achievement in their fields of human endeavour. As a result, the successes they have achieved tend to impress others. Indeed, many up and coming people try to mould their lives after these icons, and in fact adopt them as role models. […]
Tackling Nigeria’s rape crisis
NIGERIA is engulfed in a rape crisis. Our women (and in a minority of cases, men) are under siege from sex maniacs. It is a nationwide phenomenon, and the time has come for all of us to pay it the critical attention it deserves. The episode that sparked off protests involved Miss Vera Uwaila Omozuwa, […]
