When Chief Hannah Idowu Dideolu Awolowo, popularly recognised by her initials, HID, is buried on November 25, the closure will open another chapter of post-Awoism after the death of her husband, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, the legendary Nigerian political titan and progressive leader who died in 1987. She lived to a ripe old age; her death […]
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How many people in the hall took it seriously when Prof. Moses Akinola Makinde recommended what he called “Abraham Lincoln’s option”? The retired professor of Philosophy took the matter of Nigeria’s redemption to another realm in his lecture to mark the 17th Convocation and Investiture of New Fellows of the Nigerian Academy of Letters (NAL) at […]
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Certain developments in the country show that official terrorists don’t have a monopoly on terrorism. Evidently, the power of terrorism can encourage power terrorism. People in power can do things that make them no better than terrorists. It is unclear to what extent the extension of the anti-terror war was due to fraud-related factors. The […]
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Although the story is still developing, it is unflattering that two major media players are facing weighty corruption-related allegations: Raymond Dokpesi, founder of DAAR Communications Plc, owners of African Independent Television (AIT) and Ray Power; and Thisday publisher Nduka Obaigbena. Corruption is no respecter of persons or institutions. It only respects self-respect, which may act […]
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Perhaps the ultimate tribute to motherhood came from Pope John Paul 1 who said at a prayer session on September 10, 1978; ”We are the objects of undying love on the part of God. We know: he has always his eyes open on us, even when it seems to be dark. He is our father; even […]
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It is two years since the Bishop Ajayi Crowther Diocese in Iseyin, Oyo State, organised a fundraiser on October 26, 2013, for the completion of a new church building for the Bishop Ajayi Crowther Memorial Anglican Church in Osoogun, the birthplace of the illustrious 19th century cleric who in 1864 was ordained as the first African […]
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It is not only a question of justice, but also a question of honour. Concerning the controversial 2015 terror-war mutineers now sentenced to 10 years in prison after a death-sentence review, Nigeria’s military authorities demonstrated a nauseatingly narrow appreciation of the connection between justice and honour. Injustice, no matter how well dressed, is dishonourable. Not […]
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When rebellion is inspired by hallucination, sooner or later the rebels will demonstrate that they operate beyond the realm of reason. The signs of disorientation are beginning to show more unmistakably in the affairs of Biafra’s promoters. It is not that Nigeria’s federalism is perfect, but the imperfection can be perfected without the complication of […]
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How much has Nigeria changed since its first and perhaps most far-reaching military coup was carried out 50 years ago? It was a coup for change. But was it a coup of change? Could it have happened without bloodshed? The Prime Minister, a federal minister, two regional premiers, and top Army officers from the Northern […]
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How much of it was extravagant exaggeration when Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Acting Chairman Ibrahim Mustafa Magu spoke against corruption in the boardroom of The Nation on January 20? “The impunity is too much,” he declared. Then he painted a picture of personal pain. He said:”Sometimes I shed tears in the morning before […]
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IRONICALLY, the more evidence that the power of PR will not always work for power, the more the powerful seem to depend on it to work wonders. Interestingly, the testimony of a publicity specialist on January 28 during the trial of the beleaguered spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh, at the Federal […]
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It is clear that the complications connected with the rehabilitation of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway are crying for clarification. Ultimately, clearing up the issues that make the project unclear cannot be divorced from the rule of law. A violation of the rule of law facilitated failure in the first place; and attention to the rule of law […]
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It may not be an extravagant exaggeration to paint General Murtala Muhammed as a hurricane. His brief rule as a military head of state in the 1970s had the intensity of a hurricane. So intense was his touch, and so consequential, that the effects and after-effects endure as the country remembers his assassination 40 years […]
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WHERE justice can be bought and sold cannot be called the temple of justice. It may be more appropriately labelled as the market of justice. A temple is not a place for buying and selling, except for those who are controlled by market forces. The temple concept is at the core of the justice business, […]
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Caught in the crossfire of a battle between the Osun State government and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) opposition, native doctors must be wondering about a cross they have to bear. It is a heavy cross indeed. The weight of the cross was highlighted by the Osun State chapter of the PDP which alleged that […]
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No doubt, Rev. Chukwuemeka Ezeugo, better known as Rev. King, will die many times before his death. Indeed, he has died many times before his death. But when will he really be dead? In other words, when will the quirky General Overseer of the Lagos-based Christian Praying Assembly die by hanging following the Supreme Court’s February […]
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There is always a price tag, even when the service is prayer, which ought to be priceless and not pricey. The cost of prayers revealed by a former Executive Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Aminu Baba-Kusa, is indeed costly. But it is necessary to distinguish between the cost of prayers and the costliness […]
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Two major concession agreements and the disagreements about them highlight the major factors that militate against the success of Public-Private Partnership (PPP) in the country. Ironically, the political factor facilitates and frustrates. The news that an Arbitration Tribunal reached a decision in favour of Resort International Limited, concessionaire of the Federal Secretariat Complex in Ikoyi, […]
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In Nigeria, the study of History isn’t dead; but that doesn’t necessarily mean it is alive. Perhaps it is in that twilight zone where life and death commingle. It was fitting that a concerned senior citizen seized the opportunity of a celebration of history to prompt cerebration on history. In his speech during the celebration […]
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this is the first time in the history of Nigeria that two states are collaborating to develop their agricultural potential,” Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode declared at the March 23 signing of a Memorandumý of Understanding between Lagos and Kebbi states toward a much-needed agricultural revolution in the country. This magical moment in Lagos may […]
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