By Owei Lakemfa THE UNITED States is becoming increasingly schizophrenic as it tramples on territories around the world. One of the first instances was when it imposed increased tariffs on many countries as a political weapon to cow the world. Over 90 countries have been affected with Brazil, whose President, Lula Da Silva, stood up […...
By Olukorede Yishau MY DEAR country Nigeria faces evolving security threats: banditry, cybercrime, urban kidnapping, and community conflicts driven by economic distress. These are not challenges that require a strong police chief. They require a trusted one. And, in recent years, Tunji Disu has come off almost all his assignments in sparkling...
By Bola BOLAWOLE “ARE YOU no longer from Ondo State? You used to advertise that place as your dear native land!” “Don’t mind him! Despite all the earth-shaking events taking place there, he has kept mute. Kidnappings, killings, protests…” “The state celebrated its 50th anniversary; yet, nothing was heard from him. Is it because you […]...
By Owei Lakemfa The dynamic Kano State Government under the able leadership of Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf on February 18, 2026, the first day of the Ramaddan fast, captured a dozen Nigerians. These prisoners of religious war were apprehended for three types of assault against the religious observance. Eight were captured by the Hisbah Religious ...
By Tunde Rahman A FEW days ago, the National Assembly completed the review of the 2022 Electoral Act, harmonising differences in the amendments passed by the two chambers. In a move highlighting the importance of the new electoral law that will guide the 2027 election process, President Bola Tinubu quickly followed up on Wednesday, February [&...
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE I watched the video of a traditional ruler from Igboland, Eze Ogbunechendo of Ezema Kingdom, HRM Igwe Lawrence Okolie Agbuzu OON, CFR, making three controversial statements at the first National Traditional and Religious Leaders Summit held in Abuja last Tuesday. The first was his contention that there was nothing like the...
By Owei Lakemfa AFRICA IS in the vile grip of insecurity. This was the verdict of the African Union, AU, Heads of State 39th Summit which held on February 14, 2026, in Addis Ababa. This should call for a state of emergency. But this was not part of the Summit outcome. It was business as […]
By Babafemi Ojudu NEWS OF the death of Jesse Jackson has prompted a flood of tributes across the world. Many of them rightly celebrate a man who stood, for decades, at the barricades of the struggle for civil rights in the United States (US), marching, organizing, speaking, and insisting that Black lives carried the same […]
By Bola BOLAWOLE If I am to tell, I will say that Nigeria’s problems revolve around her sacred cows. Each and everyone of this country’s problems – be it corruption, insecurity, bad governance, infrastructure deficit, rigged elections, name it – they all revolve around and are traceable to sacred cows. If only we can find [&helli...
By Owei Lakemfa THE INAUGURAL lecture of Professor Wole Soyinka in the 1980/81 period at the then University of Ife, now Obafemi Awolowo University, was expectedly explosive. Its title, “The Critic and society: Bathes, Leftocracy and Other Mythologies”, left no one in doubt that this was an ideological offensive. It was the famous...
