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Before We #EndSARS…

There has been an ongoing campaign by some Nigerians calling for the scrapping of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, a unit in the Nigeria Police Force. This call is being ignited by a plethora of complaints against men and officers of the special unit. Such complaints range from torture, its use by some powerful citizens to settle their scores against lesser mortals, unprovoked brutalization of innocent citizens, summary execution of suspects etc.

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.

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

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