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And the boy died in agony! His mouth was sore swollen, writhing in pains all over his boyish body frame, unable to stand on his feet neither was he able to walk. He was crushed, dehumanized and tortured to his untimely grave. A Nigerian future leader was cut short. His bright future was shattered. His parents became bereaved in the broad daylight. While other parents came to pick their children back home from the school, the innocent soul was committed to Mother Earth in grief! What an irrecoverable loss! That was the fate that befell Sylvester Oromoni, a 12-year-old student…
Frank Kokori, remember him? He was the petite but fire-spitting General Secretary of NUPENG who led the oil workers’ strike that crippled the entire country and held the Sani Abacha military junta by the jugular, until he was arrested on August 19, 1994 and the strike crumbled. Kokori was thrown into solitary detention in Bama prison where he remained until the death of Abacha (8 June, 1998). Abacha’s demise threw open the prison door for Kokori's release by the succeeding military regime of Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar on June 16, 1998. Kokori’s “crime”, like that of many other civil society activists…
A little more than a year after the first success of a Covid-19 vaccine in a clinical trial, a sense of dread has struck much of the world. The Omicron variant of the coronavirus, first publicly identified on November 24th, may be able to circumvent the defences built up by vaccination or infection with covid-19. The World Health Organisation declared that Omicron poses a “very high” global risk. The boss of Moderna, a vaccine-maker, warned that existing jabs may struggle against the heavily mutated new variant. Faced with the ghastly prospect of yet more lockdowns, closed borders and nervous consumers,…
There seems to be needless competition in establishing aerodromes without due regard to the feasibility of the venture. In the circumstances, authorities are “forced” to spend revenues earned from four viable terminals in Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt and Kano to subsidise operations in the 20 other airports managed by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN). Because of necessity, we are giving space to Kelvin Osa Okunbor who examines the rationale behind establishing unviable airports by state governments and wealthy individuals. Could it be as a result of genuine interest in the economic well-being of citizens that informs the rush…
A saying of the elders is that for as long as lice persist on the head, blood will be a common feature on one’s fingers. That is one reason why we are dwelling on the vexed issue of religious bigotry in the Southwest again today. The protagonists of religious bigotry in the geo-political zone are not relenting – but many thanks for the firework that has clipped their wings and taken the wind off their sail. The other reason is that feedback is an integral part of communication; it is two-way affairs unlike the “Rediffusion” of old which our people…
In the last one week in the American and Nigerian cities of Michigan and Lagos, 1983 Nobel Literature winner and British author, William Golding, was literally woken up from the dead. Golding, novelist, playwright and poet, wrote the highly celebrated novel, Lord of the Flies. If you underestimate the holy writ’s admonition that foolishness resides (is bound up) in the heart of a child, then you need to read this Golding’s 1954 debut novel. Woven round myriad thematic concerns, chief of which was the innate bestiality in man, Lord of the Flies, as a name, derived its etymology from the…
Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee ~ Isaiah 60:1. Introduction: This year has been very remarkable in many respects, especially in the manifestation of God’s kindness. God has chosen to distill upon His people the dews of His goodness and the rich abundance of heaven in several ways, more than we can name one-by-one (Psalm 65:11). Please make no mistake about it: every experience He has allowed in your life — the sweet acceptance or the brick walls, the joy or even the anxious moments, etc. — have all…
I was invited to conduct a teaching programme in a neighbouring church in Lagos. Out of the blue, at the beginning of the session, the Lord asked me to lead members of the congregation in singing a popular Christian song. This continued every day for the first five days of the programme. Each day, the Lord would come up with another song that dealt with the topic at hand. However, every song that He gave me turned out to be unscriptural. Each song was based on a misunderstanding or misapplication of the word of God. He would then require me…
In the last two Mondays two newspapers – Daily Trust and Nigerian Tribune – have published data on the collection of Value Added Tax (VAT) in the first eight months of 2021. The reports have shed more heat than light. On Monday, November 22, Daily Trust published an exclusive story entitled, “Kano beats entire five South East in VAT collection.” In the tradition of the newspaper, the story was a serious attempt to explain, in numbers, the tangled mess that VAT sharing has become in recent times. The newspaper said that in the first eight months of 2021, Kano State…
Have you been privileged to listen to the heartfelt complaints and longings of Africans, Nigerians in particular, who engaged in interracial marriages with the white or Asians? What looks fanciful, enviable and admirable couples' life to the outside world are not always the bed of roses or a Paradise of sorts in reality. Beyond the facade of glitters and razzmatazz of superficial exotic lifestyle, there exist some voids and cravings that the African spouse is longing for in the relationship which only his/her kinsfolk could fill. This does not necessarily depict the situation in every interracial marriage or relationship, not…
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