By Femi Aribisala A lawyer asks Jesus about the prerequisites of attaining eternal life. Jesus tells him to love God and love his neighbour. Then he asks: “Who is my neighbour?” Jesus’ answer leads to the story of the Good Samaritan. In that story, the neighbour of the Jew turns out to be the despised […]

Not to know is bad. Not to wish to know is worse – African proverb Loyal readers of this great paper with fairly long memories will remember me as a weekly columnist who took a break. It turned out to be a lot longer than I planned, but I am glad for the opportunity to […]

By Ladesope Ladelokun ORDINARILY, freezing the bank accounts of terrorists should be greeted with cheers for money is the oxygen that gives terrorism life. Little wonder it is argued in some quarters that we are half way to bidding farewell to the eruptions of Boko Haram if the sources of funds are cut off from […]

Bandits, Monday morning, went haywire, abducting students of Bethel Baptist School in Kaduna; Peter Jediel, the Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress in Taraba, even as news emerged that Boko Haram had taken hostage Rev. Fr. Elijah Juma Wada of the Catholic Diocese of Maiduguri since June 30.

Hard knocks, weekend, greeted comments by Kaduna State governor, Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai, that the Federal Government could not decisively tackle Boko Haram insurgents, bandits and kidnappers the way it handled Mazi Nnamdi Kanu because they are different from the case of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, leader.