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Monday, 06 December 2021 05:58

Needless proliferation of unviable airports - Kelvin Osa Okunbor

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…

Sunday, 05 December 2021 06:06

Still on the Southwest and religious bigotry - Bola Bolawole

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…

Sunday, 05 December 2021 06:04

Dowen College, cults and beast in our children’s hearts - Festus Adedayo

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…

Sunday, 05 December 2021 06:03

Recognizing and maximizing your new dawn - Taiwo Akinola

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…

Sunday, 05 December 2021 06:02

Article of faith: Christians are not saved (1) - Femi Aribisala

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…

Friday, 03 December 2021 06:02

Seductive VAT data raises more questions than answers - Azu Ishiekwene

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…

Friday, 03 December 2021 06:01

The flip side of marrying non-natives - Michael West

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…

Thursday, 02 December 2021 05:32

How international institutions die - Ana Palacio

In the aftermath of World War II, the victors established a set of institutions that have underpinned the world order ever since. While those institutions have often been contested, they have proved to be highly resilient. But this does not mean they are invulnerable. On the contrary, their effectiveness may be gradually eroded – especially when they are used as geopolitical pawns. Academic research offers abundant analysis of the factors that boost institutional hardiness, and those that tend to hasten institutional failure. One key message – which my own experience at the World Bank and in the European Union confirms…

Wednesday, 01 December 2021 05:55

The Guardian view on the WTO talks: poor countries can’t be kept poor

Putting off the crunch meeting of the ministerial World Trade Organization won’t defer the chronic malfunctions of the world economy. The currency and debt crises experienced by developing nations, the eurozone’s turn to austerity and the great financial crash are symptoms of a broken trading system built on the global role of the dollar. Deeply embedded within the world’s trade and capital regime is a hierarchy where cheap labour goods from developing nations keep rich world wages down. Meanwhile, elites in the developing world run their nations in order to be able to consume in the manner of the developed…

Tuesday, 30 November 2021 05:55

Breathing life into the UN’s ‘Common Agenda’ - Morenike Babington-Ashaye

It is heartwarming to read through the 2021 Report of the United Nations Secretary General titled “Our Common Agenda,” and to see his assertion that the world is at the inflection point. According to him, “[i]n our biggest shared test since the Second World War, humanity faces a stark and urgent choice: a breakdown or a breakthrough.” A breakdown or a breakthrough has a great impact on the future of the world. This is the honest opinion of an honest individual and I share this opinion having researched for sometime how to create a new world order rooted in equity…

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Monday, 29 November 2021 05:41

The drums of war in Taiwan and Ukraine - Carl Bildt

The vastness of Eurasia is becoming bracketed by belligerence. On the western front, Russia has deployed a growing number of military units to the regions near its border with Ukraine, inviting a flurry of speculation about its motives. And in the east, China’s behavior vis-à-vis Taiwan has grown increasingly worrisome. A widely reported war-game study by a US think tank concludes that the United States would have “few credible options” were China to launch a sustained attack against the island. In both cases, the aggressor’s strategic intent is clear. Chinese President Xi Jinping’s government has made a point of calling…

Sunday, 28 November 2021 06:23

Madam, are these yours? - Tatalo Alamu

Despite the fact that the federal authorities appear to have eaten the humble pie and have taken back their word on the ownership of the diamond-studded braziers, the public and an increasingly vocal bar were in no mood to let the matter pass just like that. It was a case of “trouble dey sleep and yanga go wake am” as the illustrious Abami Eda himself would put things. A new organization with headquarters in the highbrow suburb of Victoria Island calling itself the International Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Politically Exposed Women (ISOPCPEW} has vowed to drag the…

Sunday, 28 November 2021 06:22

OAU at 60: Many firsts, still counting - Bola Bolawole

Great Ife! Great Ife! Africa’s most beautiful campus! Conscious, vigilant, progressive! Aluta against all oppression! Forward ever, backward never! For learning and culture, sports and struggle! Great Ife! I love you! There’s only one Great Ife in the universe! Another Great Ife is a counterfeit Great! Great! Great! Great! Great! On Saturday, December, 2021, all roads lead to the Marriott Hotel, 122 Joel Ogunnaike Street, GRA, Ikeja, Lagos where the authorities of the Obafemi Awolowo University (formerly the University of Ife), Ile-Ife will be conferring “Distinguished Great Ife Alumni Award” on 60 distinguished alumni of the institution. According to the…

Sunday, 28 November 2021 06:20

Lai Mohammed’s subterfuge by moonlight - Festus Adedayo

Last week, as Minister of Information and Orientation, Lai Mohammed, was engrossed in his theatrics on television over the Lagos #EndSARS panel report; I was wrapped in sobriety as I listened to Manchester-based UK pop group of artists called the Hollies. Renowned for being one of Britain’s leading musical groups of the 1960s and into the mid 1970s, especially with their unique and distinctive blend of a three-part vocal harmony style, Hollies’ renown got catapulted to the zenith through their highly evocative song entitled He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother. The song was composed by Bobby Scott and Bob Russell.…

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