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Wednesday, 14 April 2021 05:48

So, where are the tribes? - Kayode Komolafe

The simple answer to the above question is that there is no tribe anywhere in Nigeria. In reality, there are instead communities, ethnic groups and nationalities making up the country. Yet in official documents and public discussions ethnic groups comprising tens of millions of people are incorrectly referred to as “tribes.” Hence, from the professor to the senator and from the pundit to the roadside mechanic, comes the conclusion that the problem of Nigeria is “tribalism.” When you make a statement at the police station, you have to indicate your “tribe” on the paper. A line in the Nigeria’s former…

Tuesday, 13 April 2021 05:37

The imperial president and his self-absorption - Nosa Igiebor

President Muhammadu Buhari is hypocrisy personified in very vivid colours. The irony of the cosmic distance between his words and deeds seems to be always lost on him. He and his shrinking army of core supporters think that he shouldn’t, and cannot, be judged by his words and what he does or fails to do as president and commander-in-chief. He’s the imperial majesty who’s beyond any reproach from his ungrateful subjects. That’s why he considers it condescending for him to address the people even during their moments of extreme distress. Enter the two resident Goebellian megaphones of Aso Rock, Femi…

Monday, 12 April 2021 05:39

Yinka Odumakin: Like a candle in the wind - Bola Bolawole

Verse 1: Goodbye Oodua nation's rose/May you ever grow in our hearts/You were the grace that placed itself/Where lives were torn apart/You called out to our country/And you whispered to those in pain/Now you belong to heaven/And the stars spell out your name Chorus: And it seems to me you lived your life/Like a candle in the wind/Never fading with the sunset/When the rain set in/And your footsteps will always fall here/Along Oodua nation's greenest hills/Your candle's burned out long before/Your legend ever will Verse 2: Loveliness we've lost/These empty days without your activism/This torch, we'll always carry/For Oodua nation's…

Sunday, 11 April 2021 05:41

Tinubu: A presidential disaster waiting to happen? - Farooq A. Kperogi

Anyone who has watched Bola Tinubu closely and dispassionately can’t help but notice that the man is not well. He is a walking psychedelic calamity. His endless verbal miscues and nonverbal cues constantly conspire to construct the profile of a man who is battling a troubling internal turmoil, who is held hostage by disablingly malefic inner demons. He appears to revel in his own self-created alternate universe that is always lightyears away from ours. When he speaks and walks, he strikes the observer as a man in a daze, in a cripplingly drunken or narcotic stupor. He slurs his words,…

Sunday, 11 April 2021 05:40

Fayose’s seaside prayers as Nigeria in hands of Mammy Water - Festus Adedayo

At first sight, you would think you had seen Mammy Water, that fish god image created by Sir Victor Uwaifo, famous Joromi singer, Nigerian musician, sculptor and university lecturer. Should you run or obey Uwaifo? In Guitar Boy, Uwaifo sang: “If you see Mami water ohh,/If you see Mami Water ohh,/Never Never you run away,/Ehh, Ehh,/Never run away with your wife ohh.” Or better still, you could think you were watching a dramatized version of Wole Soyinka’s The Trials of Brother Jero. Jero is a satiric comedy that parodies Nigerian religionists’ hypocrisy and cunning, which they garnish with seasonings of…

Sunday, 11 April 2021 05:38

Receiving present help for present troubles - Taiwo Akinola

Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee ~ Isaiah 41:10a. Introduction: Life is a journey, excellence is the target. However, until you receive supernatural assistance, people are bound to see your sweat. Why? The universe is too complex for any human being to exist here without supernatural help. Man's search for supernatural help always begins at the point where he realizes that he is faced with a resistance beyond his power, and that his needs are beyond his human capabilities. Happily, this…

Sunday, 11 April 2021 05:36

Article of faith: The principles of the Christian marriage - Femi Aribisala

Marriage is not man-made; neither is it subject to human design. God is the author of marriage, meaning marriage was made in heaven. The greatest marriage of all is that between God the Father and Jesus the Son. Theirs is the supreme love story; one that is eternal and everlasting. God loved Jesus before the foundation of the world. (John 17:24). The relationship between God and Jesus is the Christian model for the ideal marriage relationship. It gives us the exemplary insight of how husbands and wives should relate to one another. Jesus’ prayer for the Church is also applicable…

Saturday, 10 April 2021 05:37

The urgency of tackling Nigeria’s security situation - Nasir El-Rufai

No one who is in a position of responsibility can deny the necessity for firm action in the form of proactive and sustained offensives against the criminals who menace us. Such security operations will not only cripple the outlaws, but will also reassure ordinary citizens, bolster the morale of the security agencies and provide an alternative focus for the energies that are being dissipated on fractious endeavours. The situation in which the security agencies mostly only react to cases of banditry and abduction is unacceptable. We are in a war with these terrorists, who are challenging the sovereignty and monopoly…

Friday, 09 April 2021 05:51

For Buhari, the jury is in... - Bola Bolawole

And “the die is cast” (Alea iacta est) as the character, Suetonius, said unto Julius Caesar, in English writer William Shakespeare’s drama of the same title, “Julius Caesar”. Nigerian leaders have scanty regard for the opinion of their own people but tremble before foreign leaders and peoples, especially if they are English or American. Nigerian journalists fare no better. Nigerian leaders snub Nigerian journalists but travel abroad to address foreign media and announce policy decisions. Nigerian leaders harry citizens who criticize or advise them but dare not try such with foreigners. Always, mum's the word when foreigners take our government…

Friday, 09 April 2021 05:47

The audacity of anarchy - Azu Ishiekwene

There was a BBC News story in February that caught me between laughter and bemusement. The news channel reported, in very strong language matched only by the alarming reactions of the persons interviewed, a spate of stabbings across parts of south London that left at least one dead. It’s sad that anyone should take the law into their own hands, and sadder still that even one innocent person should suffer injury or die from such senseless attacks. One of the law enforcement officers interviewed, Ade Adelekan, obviously with Nigerian roots, described the south London incidents as “shocking” and went on…

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Friday, 09 April 2021 05:45

Incest: A soaring sexual, family absurdity - Michael West

It is rudely disgusting reading stories of incestuous relationships in families in our society these days. It is happening as if the taboo has become a norm. The ugly incident has become a daily news item in the media. Why this is so deserves to be looked into, and attempt to address the moral plague. What is it that should attract a father to his own biological daughter? Whatever her age, beauty, body features, height or natural endowment, I still can’t come to terms with any rational opinion about it. Sincerely, I don't know. I can't fathom the urge that…

Monday, 05 April 2021 05:26

Mission schools: Will Akeredolu walk the talk? - Bola Bolawole

In January this year, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State announced the readiness of his government to return both primary and secondary schools to their original owners – but with a caveat. Certain conditions have to be met. Missionaries have been upbeat in demanding a return of their schools. The pendulum of arguments for and against has swung here and there. In Ondo state, for instance, the Catholic mission had engaged Akeredolu’s predecessor, Olusegun Mimiko, on the vexed issue of the return of mission schools. According to those who claimed to be familiar with the matter, Mimiko played hide-and-seek with…

Monday, 05 April 2021 05:25

Covid vaccine passports would be a draconian disaster. This is why

Kaylee McGhee White The Biden administration is reportedly working with technology and travel companies to develop coronavirus vaccine passports that would show proof of vaccination as the country begins to return to normal. It is not clear how often these credentials would be required, if at all, but at this point we should assume the worst. Stadiums, concert venues, movie theaters, offices, and even other countries may start requiring proof of vaccination, according to CNN. And that’s just the start. If the federal government pressures private businesses, such as restaurants, to also begin requiring vaccine passports, they will have no…

Sunday, 04 April 2021 05:44

Baba Lekki defends detained cows

To Alamala Magistrate Court where Baba Lekki is embroiled in legal combat to free cows detained for trespassing and causing aggravated injury to farmland. He had earlier secured a habeas corpus for the rude and unruly bovines to be produced in court pending the determination of the substantive suit. The presiding magistrate, Anthonio Peregrino-Domingo, is a no-nonsense former prize-wrestler of Brazilian ancestry who had stowed away to Liverpool to read law in the sixties. A hush fell on the court as soon as the case was called. The atmosphere was straight out of a Kafka novella. Many people could not…

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