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Tuesday, 13 May 2025 04:36

Why jihadists can’t win in Nigeria — but can’t be defeated - Julius Ogunro

Islamists are expanding their frontiers in Nigeria. The latest being Mahmuda, an Islamic terror group with ties to Boko haram, terrorising Kwara and several states around it. Because of its cross-border threat, the Beninese government recently closed its borders with Nigeria around the Baruten area. Ansaru, a battle-tested Islamist group also connected to Boko Haram, is active in the North Northcentral, especially in the Kogi area. Its forte is kidnapping for ransom and spreading its twisted ideology of Islamic puritanism. In Nigeria’s northwest, the Islamic terror group, Lakurawa, is gaining ground, increasing its attacks on civilian and military infrastructure, especially…

Monday, 12 May 2025 04:40

Nigeria: The making of a judicial selectorate - Chidi Anselm Odinkalu

Anambra North senatorial constituency comprises seven local government areas (LGAs). These are: Anambra East, Anambra West, Anyamelum, Ogbaru, Onitsha North, Onitsha South, and Oyi. The contest to represent it in the election to the senate in 2007 turned out to be memorable for all the wrong reasons. Voting in the election occurred on 28 April 2007. At the end of the contest, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) returned Joy Emordi, the incumbent senator and candidate of the ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), as the winner. In the race for the party ticket which preceded the election, Emordi beat out…

Sunday, 11 May 2025 03:09

Why not solar panels at Aso Rock? - Dele Sobowale

“We must therefore not shirk from accusing our friends, or praising our enemies, nor need we be afraid of praising or blaming the same people at different times; since, it is impossible that the men [and women] who are engaged in public affairs should always be right; and unlikely they should always be in the wrong. We must therefore detach ourselves from the actors [and actresses] in our story, and apply to them only such statements and judgments as their conduct deserves” – Polybius, c200-118 BC. Once again, I find myself risking being misunderstood by the millions of political opponents…

Sunday, 11 May 2025 03:07

Understanding the dynamics of divine intervention - Taiwo Akinola

But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John. And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth ~ Luke 1:13-14 Preamble: One sobering truth we all must understand and fully internalize is that every living creature is a comprehensive product of God’s supernatural act. For this reason, we will always need His supernatural power to be preserved, maintained and well kept here on earth (1Peter 1:3-5). For instance, before God breathed life into…

Friday, 09 May 2025 04:52

Adesina, Onanuga and the matter of being better off - Azu Ishiekwene

The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwunmi Adesina, ruffled presidential feathers on Monday when he said in a speech during the 20thAnniversary dinner of the financial services company, Chapel Hill Denham, that Nigerians were better off in 1960 than they are today. The Special Adviser to the President (Information & Strategy), Bayo Onanuga, immediately disagreed, saying that Adesina used a narrow, perhaps one of the most contested metrics, to measure the country’s progress. Both Adesina and Onanuga were right and wrong. What’s in a measure? Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the most common measure of the size of an…

Thursday, 08 May 2025 03:52

Is Nigeria 2025 truly better than Nigeria 1960s? - Abimbola Adelakun

Since the Nigerian presidency has devoted itself to responding to every criticism of the government and its administrative failings, it is unsurprising that media aide Bayo Onanuga faulted the recent claim by the outgoing President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, that Nigerians lived a better life in the 1960s going by the GDP per capita. Onanuga argued that Adesina should know that GDP per capita is not the only criterion used to determine whether people live better lives now than in the past. Indeed, it is a poor tool for assessing living standards. Its primary usefulness is in…

Wednesday, 07 May 2025 02:43

Non-governance and Nigeria’s disappearing civic space - Jibrin Ibrahim

Maybe the greatest problem in Nigeria today is the way in which the nation has lost its moral compass, and with it, civic culture. When our youth look at our leaders, they see clearly that there is no good example to copy. Yes, they see what is today called success. The bad guys are very successful. Success is here reduced to its most crass elements, they have stolen massive amounts of money from the treasury and can drink the most expansive whiskies and champagnes, travel round the world and move in convoys of dozens of cars although sadly for that…

Tuesday, 06 May 2025 04:32

Nigeria’s GDP: Like Peter Obi, like Akinwunmi Adesina – Bayo Onanuga

A few days ago, outgoing AfDB President Akinwumi Adesina claimed that Nigerians today are worse off than in 1960, basing his conclusion on figures that do not align with available data. According to Nairametrics, he claimed that Nigeria’s GDP per capita in 1960 was $1,847 and that it is $824 today. The quoted figures are not correct. According to available data, our country’s GDP was $4.2 billion in 1960, and per capita income for a population of 44.9 million was $93, not even one hundred dollars. Our country’s GDP did not rise remarkably until the 1970s, when crude earnings ballooned.…

Monday, 05 May 2025 04:26

Blessed are the crooked judges - Chidi Anselm Odinkalu

When he was a Justice of the Court of Appeal in the Port Harcourt Division, during the tenure of Mohammed Bello as Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Alloysius Katsina-Alu was the subject of allegations of serious misconduct which ended up before the Advisory Judicial Committee (AJC), the predecessor to the National Judicial Council (NJC). Upon finding the allegations established, the AJC determined that Katsina-Alu would be denied elevation beyond the Court of Appeal. Less than one decade later, he was a Justice of the Supreme Court. In 2009, he assumed the office of CJN. On 30 April, the NJC, this…

Sunday, 04 May 2025 04:46

Ayo Adebanjo: An illustrious patriot, a rare gem - Kalu Idika Kalu

Death does have its unmistakeable sting! How else can we explain the inevitable shock even when it’s “almost expected” as probably imminent? Pa Ayo Adebanjo, solid in frame, mind and character passed on at the ripe age 96! He was active from his vibrant early youth, and soldiered on long after the departure of his icon, the late sage and leader, Obafemi Awolowo, ‘baba ‘layinka, iwo l’agbojule’!!! His contributions in social and political activism spanned nearly eight decades!! His ‘eloquent’ involvement is chronicled in detail elsewhere in the obsequies!! He was a powerful voice for all progressive elements, regardless of…

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Sunday, 04 May 2025 04:45

Opening the prison doors - Taiwo Akinola

For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth; To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death ~ Psalms 102:19-20. Introduction The realities which surround living in this world make the ministry of deliverance a very major feature of the messianic assignment and an essential element in the gospel program (Isaiah 61:1-3; Luke 4:18). That is a truth we all must allow to settle down pretty well in our belief systems. For the avoidance of any ambiguity, bondage depicts a state of slavery…

Sunday, 04 May 2025 04:43

Article of Faith: The mind of Christ (3) - Femi Aribisala

Can a man hide his thoughts from God? No! You cannot pretend in your thoughts. Thus saith the LORD; Thus have ye said, O house of Israel: for I know the things that come into your mind, every one of them. (Ezekiel 11:5) As he thinks in his heart, so is he. (Proverb 23:7) If you are a child of God, it will be evident from the abundance of your thoughts and the abundance of your speech. For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. (Matthew 12:34). Jesus said to Peter: “Get behind Me, Satan! You are…

Saturday, 03 May 2025 04:27

A tribute to my leader, my predecessor, and my pillar: Pa Ayo Adebanjo - Oladipo Olaitan

The passing of our revered leader, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, has left a void that words alone cannot fill. He was not just a leader but a father, a mentor, and an unwavering pillar of strength in my life and in the struggle for a just and restructured Nigeria. Pa Adebanjo was central to my political journey, playing a decisive role in my election to the Federal House of Representatives and my emergence as Leader of the Alliance for Democracy in the House. His wisdom, guidance, and unshakable principles were the bedrock upon which many of us built our political careers.…

Friday, 02 May 2025 04:55

Atiku, not Tinubu, is the wrecking ball - Azu Ishiekwene

There’s a concern that Nigeria could soon become a one-party state, not by law, like in China, but through subterfuge – or in legal terms, de facto – similar to Cameroon, Uganda, Equatorial Guinea, or even Rwanda, where the ruling parties are inflicting a slow, painful death on the opposition. Those who express this concern have given many reasons. The clearest and most troubling, it seems, is the wave of defections to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) that has depleted the main opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Wave after wave Apart from Federal lawmakers from Osun to Kaduna and…

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