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Thursday, 19 June 2025 04:30

Benue: Tinubu needs to wake up - Abimbola Adelakun

If anyone needed a compelling argument against electing old and lethargic leaders whose breasts the milk of human kindness has long dried, the response by the present administration to the recent killings in the Yelwata community of Benue should suffice. For a round of violence that consumed an estimated 200 people, the press release issued by the government in the wake of the incident severely lacked the urgency and empathy one would expect. It was signed by the President’s media aide, Bayo Onanuga, who sounded just as morally fatigued—perhaps even bored—with the recurrence of Nigeria’s tragedy as his principal. Politics…

Wednesday, 18 June 2025 04:47

How AI will disrupt Big Tech - Charles Ferguson

There is growing public alarm about how generative AI might obliterate established (“legacy”) industries and professions, ranging from lawyers to Uber drivers to accountants. But what is often overlooked is that the first major victim of AI disruption will undoubtedly be the technology sector itself. AI is already starting to cannibalize established giants, and also to reshape the profession of software engineering, with major implications for research, antitrust policy, and safety regulation. Since the invention of modern computers during World War II, technological progress has enabled us to make computers ever more convenient for normal humans. But all those systems…

Tuesday, 17 June 2025 04:35

Africa’s creative boom - Landry Signé

In February, Afrobeats singer Tems won the Grammy for Best African Music Performance. Her achievement underscores the genre’s growing popularity, exemplified by more than 15 billion streams on Spotify. It is also part of a broader cultural renaissance, as Africa’s creative industries – from music and film to fashion – rapidly expand their global reach. African culture’s rise to prominence could play a major role in the continent’s economic transformation, offering significant opportunities for a large and growing youth population. The creative industries are projected to account for 4% of Africa’s GDP and up to 10% of global creative exports…

Monday, 16 June 2025 04:03

Mohammed Lawal Uwais (June 12, 1936 – June 6, 2025) - Chidi Anselm Odinkalu

When he opened the All Nigerian Judges Conference in February 2003, then Chief Justice of Nigeria, Mohammed Lawal Uwais, who died on June 6, 2025, six days short of his 89th birthday, lamentedthe fact that state chief judges in Nigeria “go begging for funds from their governors”; a practice pioneered by the military. It was part of a wider complaint about the historical legacies of judicial corrosion inherited from military rule. It also reflected the values of a man for whom judicial integrity was a way of life, and an independent judiciary was a constitutional mandate of the highest salience.…

Sunday, 15 June 2025 04:15

Before Maryam Abacha gaslights Nigerians - Simon Kolawole

A few months ago, I saw Mrs Maryam Abacha at the Abuja Continental Hotel (formerly Sheraton Hotel). She was about to alight from a car when I caught a glimpse of her. For a 78-year-old woman, she still looked elegant and gorgeous — nearly 27 years after she was shorn of the power and the glory of being Nigeria’s first lady. I imagined how she has coped with the tragedy of losing many loved ones, including her husband and two of her sons, Ibrahim and Abdullahi, over the years. Even though I was never a fan of her husband who…

Sunday, 15 June 2025 04:14

Mighty help in the name of the Lord - Taiwo Akinola

Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth ~ Psalms 124:8. Introduction: Truth be told, times do come in life when we don’t know what to do. Dark and ominous times when evil reports are rampant, when deadly darts are flying and the sparrows are falling, and yet human helpers are sleepy. Something must be done, and urgently too, but we don’t know what to do. The present situation in Nigeria is a classic example of the kind of time described above. Many things are grossly wrong, and something needs be done, but the…

Sunday, 15 June 2025 04:13

We let universities abandon truth in the name of neutrality. Now the bill is due - Owen Anderson

For decades, academic leaders insisted on "neutrality" when it came to life’s most important questions — whether God exists, what defines the highest good, and how to live a virtuous life. But that neutrality was always a ruse. Now the roof is caving in. In Los Angeles, rioters burn police cars, wave foreign flags, and earn praise from elected officials who call them “peaceful demonstrators.” These aren’t isolated incidents. They reflect the long-term effects of a philosophy cultivated on campus and subsidized by taxpayers. The neutrality myth has run its course. The wolves are no longer pretending to be sheep.…

Saturday, 14 June 2025 04:44

The road to ‘Federal Republic of Bola Tinubu’ - Tunde Olusunle

I've just watched a four-minute video clip of Alex Otti, the Abia State Governor, commissioning a humongous haul of 14 road projects in one day in Aba, the major commercial hub in the state. My interest was not in the ceremonial cutting of tapes and ribbons at every turn during the exercise. More than that, I was swayed by the bonding, the connectivity of Otti with regular folks, his kinsmen and women. As Otti walked the streets of the famous Enyimba City, his people, evidently overwhelmed by the good works of their leader, wanted to touch him, to hug him,…

Friday, 13 June 2025 04:37

A tribute to Uncle Sam at 90 - Azu Ishiekwene

I encountered the relic of his presence long before I met Sam Amuka, known as Uncle Sam. Inside a room in the far corner of the old Kudeti PUNCH building, predominantly constructed of plywood and steel frames, there was a wooden armchair that had been a fixture in Uncle Sam’s office when he served as managing editor. When I joined PUNCH as a staff writer eight years after his departure in 1981, this piece of furniture was in my first office, sitting like a totem in a shrine, while stories about Uncle Sam floated in whispers. The stories could not…

Thursday, 12 June 2025 04:39

Abacha, MKO, and another June 12 - Abimbola Adelakun

Sometime in March this year, I gave a young woman a ride in my car. The radio was beaming out King Sunny Ade’s track where he elegantly eulogised the late Moshood Abiola. The young woman’s eyes opened in recognition as she listened to the song. “MKO Abiola! I heard so much about the man that I went to read about him on Wikipedia. I read they killed him and all that.” I was taken aback. This young woman was probably in her late 20s or early 30s, but she had only learned about MKO through Wikipedia? That much time had…

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Sunday, 08 June 2025 04:34

As Tinubu’s government celebrates in London - Solana Olumhense

There are about 30 places around the world named London after, well, London, England’s capital. About 18 of them, including three key cities, are in the United States. In Nigeria, there is a “small London,” as the village of Abiriba in Abia State is informally called. And then there is a “London” in Delta State, located about 117km from Asaba. Nigerians swear by London. We dream of it. We own chunks of it, sometimes out of the blue, and sometimes leaving our piece behind when we die. It is awash with Nigerian wealth. London is where we once tried to…

Sunday, 08 June 2025 04:32

How to secure God’s glory in a Christian family life - Taiwo Akinola

In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will: That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ ~ Ephesians 1:11-12. Preamble: One gets really sad to observe the evils that the devil does in many homes across the world today. It’s even more shocking but equally instructive to read that some menand women in the Bible also missed their glorious destinies because of diverse satanic ploys. Looking closely at the lives and times ofSamson, Solomon,…

Sunday, 08 June 2025 04:31

Article of Faith: Election and predestination - Femi Aribisala

Jesus says: “You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you.” (John 15:16). When did He choose us? “He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world.” (Ephesians 1:4). Since He chose us, that means we were predestined: “(He) predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will.” (Ephesians 1:5). What is the good pleasure of God’s will? The good pleasure of God’s will is the salvation of souls. So, Jesus says: “Do not fear, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to…

Friday, 06 June 2025 05:07

Understanding the flight announcer - Azu Ishiekwene

Boarding announcements were not an issue when I used to commute in Lagos by danfo, the ubiquitous yellow buses, or molue, the mass-transit lorries, which were improvised for public transportation. The conductors often had a melodious and entertaining way of calling passengers that was enjoyable to hear. They called out in a drawl, accompanying each announcement with a warning for passengers to board with their change in hand or risk a “forced marriage,” which meant giving a fixed sum, usually a bank note, to two or more passengers to share at disembarkation. Flying is a luxury – or should be…

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