The world’s second richest pastor commented on Thursday, July 7 that “the era of private universities – championed by the church – came to set standards and right moral codes in our educational system to make it thrive better, devoid of cultism and activism” as reported by Vanguard. However, this statement can also be interpreted to mean that this is another way the Nigerian rich class wants to criminalise activism and deprive the next generation of their right to independent thinking.

By Braimoh Bello It was the morning of yesterday and I felt like having boiled yam and fried egg for breakfast at the hotel restaurant I was staying in Benin City. As I entered, I noticed that the usually-warm waitress was a little pensive and borderline unhappy. I tried to cheer her up, asking her […]

The word “strong” in the body of a piece written by a certain Governor Adams Oshiomhole’s social media activist, lauding the governor’s achievements tickled my curiousity.

Violence begets nothing but violence and peaceful dialogue is the only way to appease a people that have been maligned, cheated and wounded. A word is enough for the wise.

There is no doubt that political developments in the polity have preoccupied the minds of public commentators and pundits. Sensational stories like the 2016 Budget scandal rocking the House of Representatives, unending PDP crisis being fuelled by contradictory rulings of learned Justices of Federal High Courts, the Niger Delta imbroglio and other pressing national issues, have become sources of destraction to the populace.