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Friday, 01 October 2021 06:02

Nigeria: What they said about another 60 years - Azu Ishiekwene

This is the time of year when we moan about everything wrong with Nigeria. Quite often, we do so not necessarily from a place of spite but out of frustration and hopelessness. It’s true that the life of a nation is not necessarily measured in biological age. But most might agree that if potential, that hackneyed word so often ascribed to Nigeria, was a child, it should have come of age at 61. Yet, even by the most gracious of accounts, this Nigerian child is stunted, a problem offspring not only to its parents, but also an enigma, if not…

Friday, 01 October 2021 06:01

Mixed blessings of ‘hired’ spouses, in-laws and parents - Michael West

In the years gone by, 'hired' parents and 'borrowed' in-laws were a necessity for an urgent arrangement to fulfill “all righteousness” in the process of solemnising a marriage. It used to be a family affair in which people other than the biological parents of the intending spouse(s) were engaged or asked to represent the real parents in absentia. It is a practice that is common with orphans, those in the diaspora as well as those involved in disputed relationship which their parents disapproved of but they choose to go ahead to marry. Not much issues have been reported about the…

Thursday, 30 September 2021 05:57

Still on the VAT brouhaha - Bola Bolawole

What you are about to read is an intervention on the ongoing battle over the Value Added Tax set in motion by the Rivers State governor, Nysom Wike. Scripted by two of Nigeria’s foremost Leftist ideologues, Jaye Gaskia and Toye Olorode, a retired professor of Botany, it throws light on the raging controversy while also proffering a way out of the financial crisis knocking on the country’s door. Known for their pro-poor, pro-people, and pro-masses polemics and activism, Gaskia and Olorode, in “Statements of facts about the Value Added Tax”, gave hard punches to the ruling class for running the…

Thursday, 30 September 2021 05:56

How much does how much we hate each other matter?- Thomas B. Edsall

As Trump rose to the presidency, one explanation that swept political science was the power of polarization, specifically a phenomenon known as affective polarization, but a keen group of scholars now suggests that this approach is inadequate. It would be hard to describe the state of political competition in America more accurately than as “a poisonous cocktail of othering, aversion and moralization” — the subtitle of an article, “Political Sectarianism in America,” published by 15 important scholars in Science magazine in November 2020, including Eli Finkel, Peter Ditto, Shanto Iyengar, Lilliana Mason, Brendan Nyhan and Linda Skitka. The Science essay…

Tuesday, 28 September 2021 05:45

Buhari: Dead end of the mythic presidency - Chidi Amuta

In the pantheon of Nigerian rulers, President Muhammadu Buhari occupies an uncontestable stool. He is the first leader to return to power on the strength of a faulty myth rather than on a record of demonstrable achievements. The political marketers of the Buhari candidacy in the count down to the 2015 elections were armed mostly with nothing concrete beyond a lingering myth. Somehow a Buhari myth had accumulated in our public consciousness. It was a myth of honesty, personal discipline, considerable integrity, spartan lifestyle, patriotic commitment, fidelity to transparent and effective governance with minimal tolerance for corruption. Above all else,…

Monday, 27 September 2021 06:00

Remembering Moremi Ajasoro - Bola Bolawole

History is replete with women of valour who not only towered head and shoulders over the men of their own time and age but who also left their imprints in the sand of time. Having attained the status of demi-gods, such women, in some cases, are worshipped till date by devotees. Statues stand in their recognition, keeping their memories alive while History books continue to recall their heroic acts. Scriptures record outstanding women like Prophetess Deborah, wife of Lapidoth. Where men feared to tread, Deborah led the army of Israel to defeat Sisera and deliver Israel from the oppression of…

Sunday, 26 September 2021 05:49

Nigeria’s huge market of blood and human sacrifice - Festus Adedayo

Last week marked the 20th anniversary of the discovery of the torso of a young boy by the bank of River Thames in London. On September 21, 2001 to be precise, this dismembered body, found near Tower Bridge in Central London, United Kingdom, was putting on an orange-colour girls’ shorts. Paraphernalia of voodoo enveloped his remains. Sighted by an IT consultant, Aidan Minter, the Metropolitan Police immediately rallied its marine support unit to retrieve it but, 20 years after, the limbs and head are yet to be recovered. This find wasn’t new. The Metropolitan Police dealt with such phenomenon periodically.…

Sunday, 26 September 2021 05:48

The beginning of Bible success and great endings - Taiwo Akinola

And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden ~ Ezekiel 36:35. Introduction: It serves the pleasure of the Almighty God to present His children to the world as living testimonies of His goodness and kindness. And, He is ever eager to see us enjoy His pact of plenty, success and breakthrough upon the earth. Life remains petty and miserable until its coasts are enlarged. But, as it is very clear from scriptures, pettiness, misery and woes are all contrary to God’s primordial passion for man (Genesis 1:26-28). Outstanding success on earth, therefore,…

Sunday, 26 September 2021 05:46

Article of faith: Prayer of redeemed against fear (2) - Femi Aribisala

The fearful are determined to save their lives by themselves. Tell the Lord: “Make me understand that whosoever will save his life will lose it: and whoever will lose his life for Jesus’ sake will find it.” Believe and speak: “Jesus is my Saviour. I don’t need any other Saviour. I cannot save myself. Only Jesus can save me.” “Let me not act out of fear. Let me not be asked why I did something, and I say I did it because I was afraid. Let me say I did it because I believe. Let me say I did it…

Friday, 24 September 2021 05:54

Where to wait for Buhari’s successor - Azu Ishiekwene

There is no greater evidence that Nigeria’s political elite are cut off from citizens than the disconnected, cold portrayals in the news headlines. While citizens are fighting existential battles – skyrocketing prices, insecurity, striking doctors and rising unemployment – politicians are busy fighting over party chair. They are worried about where the next president will come from, and also the size of the red carpet for Nigeria’s most cringeworthy political rolling stone, who returned to the ruling party last week with a baggage of mush. The two groups – the political elite and citizens – are in two different worlds,…

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Friday, 24 September 2021 05:50

Intimacy: Avoiding pitfalls, regret in marriage - Michael West

A 53-year-old widower called to complain about a single mother of three he's proposing to marry. He said "she's too independent minded and she flocks with a coterie of friends that usually congregate at her place. Besides, she likes attending social functions a lot. Yet, she doesn't toy with prayer meetings and vigils in her church. She barely have time for herself let alone for me. But, honestly, I love her." In the course of our discussion, it was clear that they're good individuals in their respective spaces but coming together as man and woman would need being in close…

Tuesday, 21 September 2021 05:51

Eat the rich! Why millennials and generation Z have turned their backs on capitalism - Owens Jones

The young are hungry and the rich are on the menu. This delicacy first appeared in the 18th century, when the philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau supposedly declared: “When the people shall have no more to eat, they will eat the rich!” But today this phrase is all over Twitter and other social media. On TikTok, viral videos feature fresh-faced youngsters menacingly raising their forks at anyone with cars that have start buttons or fridges that have water and ice dispensers. So should the world’s billionaires – and fridge-owners – start sleeping with one eye open? Hardly. It’s clear that millennials (those…

Monday, 20 September 2021 05:47

Succession dispute in Nigerian universities: Matters arising - Bola Bolawole

Succession dispute is now a recurring decimal in our universities; the choice of vice-chancellors has become battle royal that has turned the Ivory Tower, a supposed citadel of learning and training ground of the leaders of tomorrow, into battle fields where all manners of weapons are deployed. Shenanigans unbecoming of trained minds and outlandish behaviour which many would have thought were the exclusive preserves of politicians now rear their ugly heads amongst our academicians. Why has the choice of vice-chancellors become real war, rendering the universities asunder and turning eggheads into gladiators of the type that make political thugs green…

Sunday, 19 September 2021 06:07

Baba Lekki becomes Sarkin Tulasi of Kelenusonu Republic - Tatalo Alamu

To the pristine Egba forest near Ogunmakin this wet and soggy morning for what was billed as an international press briefing by the newly self-ennobled sovereign of Kelenusonu Republic, Lambert Adebiwonnu Adesokan, Elegiri 1. In Yoruba linguistic parlance, Kelenusonu means shut up or mind your language. In the general atmosphere of fear and trembling that followed the Igboho uprising, the ancient combatant had retreated to this idyllic haven of his great grandmother and carved out a piece of the land which he promptly named Kelenusonu with himself designated as Sarkin Tulasi. There, he proceeded to hold court among swinging monkeys…

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