The 9/11 that never happened: What Britain saved the world from
TWENTY-FIVE years after the planes struck America, the most frightening part of 9/11 may not be what the terrorists achieved, but what they originally intended to achieve - and what intelligence agencies have since learned to prevent.
A frolic on the Red Sea – Femi Adesina
It was a gust of chilly wind that said Akwaaba (welcome, in Ghanaian language) to me in the Jordanian city of Aqaba, that night of December 1, 2017. We had flown for about five hours from Abuja, as President Muhammadu Buhari was to attend a summit on combating terrorism in West Africa, convened by King Abdullah II of Jordan
Pope Francis is right on The Lord’s Prayer – Reno
I agree with Pope Francis that ‘Lead us not into temptation’ is a wrong translation because it conflicts with James 1:13 “God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone”. It is wrong to attack Pope Francis if you don’t understand him. The Bible was NOT written in English.
Delta in historic first with 2018 budget approval
IN a society where the delay in the passage of appropriation bill has become a norm for government at all levels, Delta State has reshaped the narrative with its 2018 budget.
Happiness Commissioner: Again, Rochas’s action is in order
Starting from the empty noise in town over the governor’s appointment of his sister Mrs Ogechi Ololo as one of the 27 commissioners to serve the state, my question is “What is the noise about? Is it that the woman is not qualified to hold that position or that she is Rochas’s sister? Which one is the governor’s crime
Okorocha and the limits of clowning
I was about leaving my office on Thursday, November 30, when a friend and former colleague called to ask if I was watching the Lagos-based Television Continental (TVC).
Ben Murray-Bruce
THE advocate of the “common sense revolution” has said a few things of late which are far from “common sense”. He wants the Nigerian Television Authority, the Federal Radio Corporation Nigeria and the VON (Voice of Nigeria) to be sold to lessen government expenditure.
Of excuses, media aides and others
It is wisdom to be quiet sometimes instead of making comments to please the (Mr. President) boss; Nigerians are getting tired of this
Is our national security architecture broken?
Both men I understand, have failed to honour the invitation of the EFCC and so the agency raided their homes to arrest them and they met swift armed resistance from the operatives of the DSS and NIA
2019: The Imperative of an Atiku Presidency
One week after former Vice President Atiku Abubakar dumped the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), a frightened presidency has commenced a well choreographed propaganda, hauling insults at him, all aimed at diminishing his chances at the 2019 presidential polls.
PDP: The return of Atiku and the confirmation of APC’s frustration
Since the return of Atiku Abubakar, former vice president of Nigeria, from the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, the political temperature of the country has risen to near-fever pitch.
