The Three Musketeers and the Lone Ranger: Two great African families
Suave, exact, and unbothered. Where Ronald sees the piece, Gilbert sees the puzzle, and, more importantly, sees how the pieces lock
The phones no longer ring By Reuben Abati
By Reuben Abati As spokesman to President Goodluck Jonathan, my phones rang endlessly and became more than personal navigators within the social space. They defined my entire life; dusk to dawn, all year-round. The phones buzzed non-stop, my email was permanently active; my twitter account received tons of messages per second. The worst moments were […]
Senator Patrick Leahy: With ‘friends’ like this by Femi Fani-Kayode
The United States government helped Boko Haram immensly by refusing to classify them as a terrorist organisation until 2014 and by refusing to sell us arms to fight them. Worst still, they imposed an international arms embargo on us so that we could not buy arms from anyone else in the international community. When asked why they are doing this to us they tell us that it is because of the Leahy Act which prohibits them from selling arms to governments that violate the human rights of their own citizens.
Between $148bn and $150b: Where they stash Nigeria, other African nations looted funds abroad
Quite often when you read newspapers, listen to the radio and watch television in the West, you will are bombarded with how poor and corrupt Africans are. However, you will never watch, read or hear anything in these media outlets on the role played by Western banking institutions; property development and estate companies; technology corporations; oil and mining cartels; defense and engineering companies; and Western political and business elite in promoting corruption in Africa.
Divine change
Everything that will stand as an attacker of your life shall be disgraced this year. The bible says that any tree not planted by God shall be uprooted. Believe God and you shall be established, believe His prophet so shall you prosper. No matter the design or plan of the devil and his agents concerning you and all your concerns, know for a surety that they shall surely fail. Who is he that has spoken and shall come to pass when the Lord has not spoken. Listen, no matter your present circumstances God has the final say always. His word is final authority. His word is forever settled in heaven.
JAMB should reverse the redistribution of candidates in the spirit of human rights
When an individual makes up his/her mind to embark on an adventure, the direction he goes is determined by several factors. It will be unfair for an outsider who was not privy to the considerations to forcefully redirect the adventurer without due consultations with him.
