It was a true love story when they met. She was just 15 and her country was in turmoil.
Mayhem was let loose and brothers killed brothers in a civil war that was snowballing into genocide. Could it be worse than Rwanda? It had the potential.

AFTER months of rancour-filled, mud-slinging and largely issue-lacking governorship election campaigns, the Ekiti electorate will storm the polling booths today to elect a governor from a motley crowd of 18.

DAY and night, in peace as in times of crisis, they toil in spite of the elemental forces of the sun, heat, wind, rain and other adverse weather conditions. Herculean indeed is the task of providing effective security and safety for their beloved country and people. Yet, it is true that nothing bothers these unsung heroes and long-suffering Policemen as much as their retirement benefits.

FORTY-four years after the Nigerian Civil War ended and the Biafra Republic which was led by the late Ikemba Nnew, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu collapsed, the agitation for the rebirth of the defunct republic has been kept alive in the minds of some die-hard believers of the Igbo secession bid

AS noted by Matthew Kukah, “although there was no evidence of hostility visibly shown by the visit of the Archbishop to Kano, it was not accidental that the site where he laid the foundation stone for the building of the new Church became the scene of the violence that erupted in Kano six months after the visit. The violence was targeted at Christ Church in Fagge, Kano Metropolis”

THERE appears to be a feeling that a leadership is diminished when it recognises, honours and accords the rightful place in history to its predecessor. Nothing can be further from the truth, because, rather than diminish the leadership, such a recognition enhances its stature and public perception as it is seen to be confident and selfless! Evidence, however, abounds of the leadership honouring itself while in office perhaps out of the fear that once out of office no one will remember their contributions.

TO assign to President Jonathan the woes that are plaguing Nigeria today is one of the greatest ironies in Nigerian contemporary history. This essay is geared to prove without any fears of contradiction that he is the solution not the cause or the source of Nigeria’s problems. For now, let’s consider the verdict of Nigerian history as it relates to the Nigerian romance with Muslims and Muslim leaders in Nigeria.

Pastor Paul Adefarasin, the Senior Pastor of the House on The Rock, in this interview, speaks on Christianity, politics and leadership. He also speaks on the idea behind the Rock Cathedral, a Social Justice and Transformation Centre, through which the church makes special interventions in technology, education, training, and empowerment among others.

IT would have looked like a scene from a movie. I knew it was not. I am neither an
actor, nor were the others with whom I drove into the dreaded Sambisa forest. I just wanted to have an idea of the den of the terrorists. I knew when to ask my escorts that I had seen enough.

THE only non-oil revenue source accruing to the federation account is Value Added Tax (VAT), which proportionate contribution was 26 per cent in 2009, 20 per cent in 2011 and 24.4 per cent in 2012. It must be stated that even the VAT for which northern states receive larger chunk because of the introduction of very elementary and unjustifiable indices for horizontal distribution of a revenue is sourced from mainly Lagos State in Southern Nigeria.