By Babafemi Ojudu I WAS sixteen when I left secondary school. My father believed that education should be followed immediately by responsibility. A young man, in his view, had to begin to work, earn something and learn to fend for himself. He therefore found me a job in the old Ondo State Civil Service, and […]
By Bolanle Bolawole THE DUST raised by Archbishop John Onaiyekan over the closed-door meeting the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) had with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is yet to settle; thanks be to opposition politicians and other sundry Tinubu opponents who never miss any opportunity – real or imagined – to drag the ...
By Owei Lakemfa LIFE IS in flux and labour in Nigeria is caught in its crosswinds. To navigate the strong currents of change, and produce a compass, the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), Port Harcourt Zone, turned to the union’s 2003–2005 president, Louis Brown Ogbeifun. They asked the 71-year-old...
By Olukorede Yishau POLITICAL PARTIES, like men, often think history is a story about other people’s past until it knocks on their own door and when it does, it rarely asks whether they were once popular, but it asks a simpler question: What did you learn? It is the lack of this understanding that makes […]
By Nduka Uzuakpundu THIS IS stating the truth. Bola Ahmed Tinubu (G. C. F. R.), President and Commander-in-Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, said, the other day, that all was fair in politics. He did not say, precisely, that, as in war, all – including the use of armoured tanks, rifles, F-16 fighter jets, […]
By Bola BOLAWOLE “TINUBU HAS called the independence of the EFCC into question – except the EFCC can emulate the president by summoning up courage to tell him ‘No, Sir, we have the powers to do what we did and do not take instructions from you!’ Anything short of that compromises the EFCC, damaging its […]
By Rimamnde Shawulu AS BANDITRY, kidnapping and insurgency spread across Nigeria, some traumatised communities are reportedly turning to charms, ritual fortification and ancestral spirits for protection. But can these practices defend poorly armed villagers against terrorists carrying assault rifles and operating organised criminal networks? T...
By Tunde Rahman WITH JUST a few days before the August 15 Osun State governorship election, the political calculus is already shifting. The election is a two-way horse race between incumbent Governor Ademola Nurudeen Jackson Adeleke of the Accord Party (AP) and his challenger, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Asiwaju Munirudeen B...
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE THE CATHOLIC Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) recently held a closed-door meeting with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu after which one of the bishops, John Onaiyekan, Bishop Emeritus of Abuja, went public with the contents of the meeting. The public was aghast when the president was reported as saying that hunger has been...
By Owei Lakemfa GIANNI INFANTINO, the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) President who stole into office about a dozen years ago on the back of a coup against Sepp Blatter, may be on his way out. He has become like an orphan caught with his hand in the till. The 2026 World Cup had […]
