The EFCC now claims it has declared Yahaya Bello a fugitive but the real question will be how a compromised and complicit judicial leadership will now treat the nomination of his unqualified wife as a judge and the petition against the declaration of his violent cousin as governor of Kogi State. The judges who currently […]
Yahaya Bello, Yoruba Nation and Portable, By Festus Adedayo
Like Sa’eed, Nigeria’s season of migration to the double life of a butterfly – the season of lies – seems to have come. Such seasons come and go like the ever changing colours of a chameleon and unfold like the rainbow. Beginning with the drama of power in Abuja last week, which involved ex-Kogi State […]
Article of Faith: Fulfilling God’s prophecies (2), By Femi Aribisala
Fates entwined: Bobrisky and OJ Simpson, By Osmund Agbo
The motivation behind the case against Bobrisky remains unclear. Whether he was merely a convenient scapegoat to appease certain aggrieved parties who are unhappy with his boldness in embracing his queer lifestyle, or not, selective punishment is unjustifiable, even for a flamboyant cross-dresser. Earlier this week, Idris Okuneye, better known as Bobrisky, a prominent Nigerian […]
Israel, the untamed hunter’s dog in the wilderness, By Owei Lakemfa
On the other hand, the Israeli dog might have been long gone in the wilderness and can no longer hear the hunter’s whistle. It is like “The Second Coming,” William Butler Yeats’ famous poem: “Turning and turning in the widening gyre/The falcon cannot hear the falconer;/Things fall apart;the centre cannot hold;/Mere anarchy is loosed upon […]
Friday Sermon: With Allah, all our hardships will be solved, By Murtadha Gusau
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of all creation, may Allah extol the mention of our noble Prophet Muhammad in the highest company of Angels, bless him and give him peace and security―and his family, his Companions and all those who follow […]
Zaria conversations on improving security and national unity, By Jibrin Ibrahim
The Nigerian state is undergoing a three-dimensional crisis. The first one affects the political economy and it is generated mainly by public corruption, which over the past four decades has created a run on the treasury at the national and state levels, threatening to consume the goose that lays the golden egg… The second one […]
Private healthcare in Nigeria: A game of Russian roulette?, By Soji Apampa
Is a third world war coming?, By Azu Ishiekwene
If after 77 years, Israel would still not accept the UN’s two-state solution to the problem in Palestine, preferring instead to kill over 30,000 Palestinians in pursuit of the last Hamas; if recourse to the International Criminal Court (ICC) cannot restrain Israel from the widespread carnage in Gaza; if the US, Britain and France will […]
Olayinka Ajao: Rekindling the flame of LAUTECH, By Simbo Olorunfemi
Buoyed by the dream planted in him at LAUTECH, Olayinka Ajao has remained grounded, always looking back to see how he can help those who might have been left behind while ensuring that the flame of the university keeps burning. Beyond other forms of support rendered over the years, he recently decided to up the […]