Ondo Ogun Festival: The biggest street carnival in Africa
By Yomisaint Adebayo Ancient tradition, modern spectacle and a sea of white and blue converge in Ondo City in a breathtaking celebration of heritage, love, peace and unity. There is a particular time of the year when Ondo City seems to remember itself. As August gives way to September and the signs of the annual […]
Brussels and Chibok (2)
ERUESE’S mother knew what was going on, even if she did not encourage it. She put her daughter in harm’s way and is complicit in the so called abduction.
Nigeria’s democracy:Three steps backward
DEMOCRACY- ‘government of the people, by the people and for the people’- has generally been accepted as the best instrument of perfect governance all over the world.
How social media can save relationship
It almost cost me everything. First, it took away my dress sense then gradually it ate away my self-confidence. I just couldn’t look at myself in the mirror when I am all bare. But I tried to keep my chin up. At 35, I wasn’t getting any younger and the body changes were only logical […]
Port Hacourt killings: Have we accepted Jungle Justice?
What happened on the 5th of October 2012 was a tragedy beyond imagination. The lives of Chidiaka, Ugonna, Tekana and Lloyd were snatched by fellow human beings and more importantly fellow country men and women. Four young men had dreams and great plans for the future. These dreams led to their enrollment in the University of Port Harcourt. The four were loved brothers, cherished sons, wonderful friends, ordinary citizens, leaders of tomorrow. They had no criminal background.
Kanu vs DSS: Persecution or prosecution
THE Nnamdi Kanu Saga has received national and international media coverage in the past few months. Only two weeks ago hundreds of ‘Biafrans’ and supporters of the Biafran cause staged peaceful protests in front of the Vatican, headquarters of the Catholic Church in the world. There had been similar protests by the Biafran supporters in some European capitals. It is therefore timely now to address pertinent issues on the matter.
