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Friday, 25 February 2022 06:28

Abba Kyari was a farce waiting to happen - Azu Ishiekwene

Abba Kyari’s response in July after the US Attorney General’s Office Central District of California issued a warrant of arrest against him following his indictment in a case of internet fraud involving Ramon Abbas, otherwise called Hushpuppi, was the earliest warning sign that the Nigerian end of this affair might descend into a farce. The US authorities might have taken the allegations against Kyari seriously, but his response suggested, without a doubt, that he knew his way around the charges, and he was going to get justice on his own terms. Abba Kyari, a deputy commissioner of police in charge…

Friday, 25 February 2022 06:26

Bad marriage: Women are wailing, men are dying! - Michael West

A foremost Christian faith father expressed his grave concern about the dangerous trend of increasing rate of divorce in the society, and in particular, among Christian couples which is the consequence of bad marriages. In a tone depicting a deep concern, the popular clergy believes that both sexes are endangered species in marital crisis situation that has been leading to tragic deaths of warring spouses. "I don't miss any of your articles on marriage and societal ills. It is appalling to see what the institution of holy matrimony has turned to. By the privileged position some of us occupy in…

Wednesday, 23 February 2022 06:10

Of age and power - Kayode Komolafe

The old debate on the generational shift of power to the youths was rekindled two days ago by former President Olusegun Obasanjo. He called on the old generation of politicians to step aside and collaborate with the younger ones for the purpose of nation-building. The former president spoke at a lecture organised by the Murtala Mohammed Foundation. It was an occasion to honour the memory of former Head of State General Murtala Mohammed, who was assassinated at 38 on February 13, 1976. Obasanjo, who was Murtala’s deputy, became Head of State at 39 after the tragic incident. The call for…

Sunday, 20 February 2022 06:19

Aregbesola, political treachery and the Ijebu-Jesa sermon - Festus Adedayo

Chinua Achebe’s Tortoise folktale in his highly celebrated Things Fall Apart, among other motifs, excoriates an act of betrayal as evil. In having Ekwefi, one of his characters, narrate the proverbial cunning and treachery of the Tortoise to her daughter Ezinma, Achebe attempted to paint a moral canvass suggestive of the fact that traitors always take fatal leaps that eventually lead to their unraveling. Like the tortoise, they break their shell carapace. This is Ekwefi’s narration: There once lived a very avaricious Tortoise whose greed knew no bounds and which eventually became its tragic flaw. One day, with the general…

Sunday, 20 February 2022 06:18

Anointed for good deeds - Taiwo Akinola

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor …. and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised ~ Luke 4:18. Introduction: Touching lives with the transforming power of the gospel of Jesus Christ sometimes looks very easy, but it is not always so. You definitely need Someone bigger than you — the Holy Spirit Himself — to excel in the spiritual arts of doing good and touching other lives for God on earth! Quite unfortunately, many people remain oblivious of this…

Sunday, 20 February 2022 06:16

Article of faith: From faith to faith - Femi Aribisala

All men are born blind. Even those of us who can see are also blind. We think we can see because we see natural things. But, in reality, we are blind because we cannot see spiritual things. Spiritual things, of course, are far superior to natural things because God is spirit. The irony here is that those physically blind can circumstantially be better off than those who have natural eyesight. They may be blind naturally but can see spiritually, while those who can see naturally may be blind spiritually. Blind Bartimaeus Bartimaeus was naturally blind, but he recognised Jesus as…

Friday, 18 February 2022 06:11

Where’s the coup next? - Azu Ishiekwene

There's a severe, earth-baking drought in the Horn of Africa. About 13 million people in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Djibouti are in the grip of acute hunger. The rains have failed in three consecutive years, prompting the driest conditions experienced in the region in 41 years. This ought to be one of the heaviest burdens on the minds of African leaders: how the continent can rally support and assistance for people in that region. At the moment, it is not. It’s just another item on the news left for the World Food Programme under the United Nations and the international…

Friday, 18 February 2022 06:09

‘My hubby is lazy, I want to quit!’ - Michael West

The reality is staring at us in the face about complicated marital issues bedeviling many homes these days. In the ages gone by, divorce was nearly a taboo. It was like a stigma which was considered a dent on the family name and as an aberration against the conjugal institution. Beyond sexual immorality as a ground for divorce, today, the reality is that other issues like physical and verbal assaults, domestic violence, neglect, nagging, hot jealousy, bitterness, infidelity and acts of irresponsibility as well as frustrating one’s purpose or vision are recurring factors that engender increasing cases of divorce. Society…

Friday, 18 February 2022 06:06

The risk of nuclear disaster in Ukraine - Bennett Ramberg

Russia’s large-scale military mobilization on Ukraine’s border has grim historic precedents. But should the Kremlin pull the trigger, it will encounter a hazard that no invading army has ever faced before: 15 nuclear power reactors, which generate roughly 50% of Ukraine’s energy needs at four sites. The reactors present a daunting specter. If struck, the installations could effectively become radiological mines. And Russia itself would be a victim of the ensuing wind-borne radioactive debris. Given the vulnerability of Ukraine’s nuclear reactors and the human and environmental devastation that would follow if combat were to damage them, Russian President Vladimir Putin…

Thursday, 17 February 2022 06:29

Of the politics of ‘bad belle’ and ‘bad blood’ - Bola Bolawole

It was in April 2021 and the occasion would ordinarily have been innocuous but for the fact that the star actor was former two-time Head of State and newsmaker par excellence, Olusegun Obasanjo. Obasanjo was being inaugurated as a trustee of the Abeokuta Club. Abeokuta, specifically Owu or, better still, Ibogun-Olaogun, is the generally-recognised birthplace of Obasanjo. Headlined “MKO Abiola: Why IBB cancelled 1993 election” a news medium reported the story this way: Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has insinuated that former Head of State, Ibrahim Babangida (IBB), cancelled the June 12, 1993 election presumably won by MKO Abiola due to…

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Thursday, 17 February 2022 06:19

Abba Kyari owes Nigeria more than the USA - Abimbola Adelakun

Since the report of suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police Abba Kyari’s alleged involvement in a drug ring hit the airwaves on Monday, the question of whether he will be extradited to the United States of America to face justice for pending infractions has also resurfaced. About nine months ago, Federal Bureau of Investigation had declared Kyari wanted over his association with internet fraudster Ramon Abbass (aka Hushpuppi). Kyari was alleged to have (ab)used the instruments of the state entrusted to him by privately punishing Hushpuppi’s criminal associates. Kyari was suspended from duty and is being investigated by a panel set…

Wednesday, 16 February 2022 06:16

Osun and the Cup Final of political feuds - Bamidele Johnson

An accident waiting to happen? Perhaps. What is certain is that unless a quick resolution is found, the Aregbesola-Tinubu fall-out will deliver industrial-scale carnage. Hints of that have already manifested, with Aregbesola peeling off his dansiki or agbada, so to speak, to launch the first public offensive via a stream of words that cannot be filed under praise and worship. The riposte to that, as claimed by those in Osun, particularly Aregbesola partisans, was a rain of bullets on the Interior Minister's convoy. This feels different, very different, because Bola Tinubu and Aregbesola, publicly at least, have always sung from…

Wednesday, 16 February 2022 06:13

Practical alternatives to ASUU’s overused strike weapon - Olarinre Salako

On Monday February 14, 2022, Nigerian Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) was reported to have resolved to go on yet another strike. This will be a “one-month comprehensive and total strike to compel the Nigerian government to accede to our requests,” several national newspapers and online media reported ASUU to have said. Nigerians by now know the problems with the public university education and why ASUU has been perennially fighting to solve the problems. I will address these problems in the course of suggesting the solutions shortly. What Nigerians also know is that ASUU has consistently used ONLY ONE…

Monday, 14 February 2022 12:43

Techno-optimism and the rule-of-threes: Why the world will soon enter an era of mass flourishing

Mark Mills Historically, periods of mass flourishing are underpinned by technological revolutions. Currently, we are undergoing a technological revolution unlike anything the world has ever seen. KEY TAKEAWAYSMaturing technologies in the realms of information, machines, and materials are paving the way toward an explosion in human progress and productivity. In this excerpt from the book The Cloud Revolution, Mark Mills describes how "overnight success" stories like the iPhone are actually built upon previous technologies, which themselves often took decades to develop. Ultimately, technological revolutions of the kind we are now experiencing bring greater per capita wealth, improved health and well-being,…

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