By Bolanle BOLAWOLE “Comment is free, but facts are sacred”- Charles Prestwich Scott . . . LET ME state from this starting point that I am an accidental journalist, sort of; just like Nasir el-Rufai, ex-governor of Kaduna state, described himself as an accidental civil servant. But let no one mistake the reference to el-Rufai […]
By Owei Lakemfa IT WAS Palm Sunday, March 29, “The Year of Our Lord” 2026. Terrorists dressed in military-style uniforms, and riding motorcycles, arrived in Angwan Rukuba, a district of the picturesque city of Jos. They opened fire indiscriminately killing at least 27 persons. Dozens were injured. There was an immediate outcry. So...
By Olukorede Yishau OBAFEMI HAMZAT’s tale is, in many ways, that of a Lagos political tradition that prefers the patient man to the noisy one, the understudy to the showman, the one who waits his turn and, crucially, knows when to step back. When, in 2018, he stepped down for Babajide Sanwo-Olu at the decisive […]
By Owei Lakemfa It was too quick. Humanity heaving a sigh of relief on Tuesday, April 7, 2026 when a two-week ceasefire in the United States/Israel-Iran war came into effect. The very next day, one of the most savage attacks in the war took place in Lebanon. Israel, a sidekick of the US, carried out […]
By Bola BOLAWOLE PRUSSIAN WAR strategist, Carl von Clausewitz, defines war as the continuation of politics by other means. In other words, when diplomacy fails, nations resort to war to achieve the same objectives they had set out to achieve with diplomacy. Thus, war is not an end in itself but a means to an […]
By Babafemi Ojudu A FRIEND of mine, Caxton Matanmi, put up a simple post on Facebook not long ago: “I AM A PACIFIST! I HATE ALL WARS. SAY ‘YES’ IF YOU ARE LIKE ME. GOD BLESS THE PEACEMAKER.” It was short. Almost too simple for the weight of the subject. No long arguments. No historical […]
By Babafemi Ojudu HISTORY IS not a passive record; it is an active force. It shapes memory, guides judgment, and ultimately determines how men are weighed long after they are gone. To distort it is not a harmless indulgence. It is an assault on truth itself. Indeed, as the philosopher George Orwell warned, “Who controls […]
By Owei Lakemfa It was Palm Sunday, March 29, “The Year of Our Lord” 2026. Terrorists dressed in military-style uniforms, and riding motorcycles, arrived in Angwan Rukuba, a district of the picturesque city of Jos. They opened fire indiscriminately killing at least 27 persons. Dozens were injured. There was an immediate outcry. So...
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE “I am proud of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria…” “Which senate are you talking about – our rubber-stamp senate or the senate of the Republic of somewhere else?” “I mean our own senate and not another! For the very first time, I watched them speak like men with balls, […]
By Owei Lakemfa HUMANITY FOUND its collective voice on March 25, 2026, by situating the 400 years of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and categorising it. Also, it sought ways of honouring the millions who lost their lives in the evil trade, and how justice can be ensured. This United Nations (UN), Resolution was passed under […]
