The proposed legislation to send mainly African and Arab asylum seekers and immigrants that are attempting to settle in the United Kingdom to Rwanda by the British Government coupled with the threat by the leaders of a Swedish political party to publicly "drench the Koran in pig's blood" and "burn it" puts a lie to the assertion that Europe is a bastion of religious freedom and tolerance. It also proves that she is NOT the much touted eager and successful racial and cultural melting pot that she claims to be or a shining example of a righteous, equitable and just…

The 2023 presidential race, which many predictions have described as a race to nowhere, gathers momentum all the same! The theatrics of Rotimi Amaechi, the Minister of Transportation, who ran round the field in an orchestrated show of fitness as he made his presidential declaration, added drama – and distraction - to the race last week! But don't mind Amaechi; if fitness is all that is required, then, we should head to Oyingbo or Oke-Odo market in Lagos to scout for presidential candidates! In the two leading political parties of APC and PDP, most of the early risers and late-comers…

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) was founded in 1978. Its predecessor, the Nigerian Association of University Teachers (NAUT), was formed in 1965 covering academic staff at the University of Ibadan, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, University of Ife and University of Lagos. According to its founders, ASUU is a trade union whose objectives include regulation of relations between academic staff and employers, encouraging the participation of its members in the affairs of the university system and the nation, and protecting and advancing the socio-economic and cultural interests of the nation. It is supposed to be…

Since Vice President Yemi Osinbajo formally declared his candidacy for the presidency, the theme of treachery has been circulating in the political space notably propounded by the camp of Bola Tinubu, the other candidate for the exalted office. Osinbajo’s entry has been depicted as an act of disloyalty towards a political benefactor, a rebellion by a heedless son against a benevolent father and a grand betrayal. On the morning of April 15, Good Friday, residents of Abuja woke up to the sight of posters across the city featuring a photograph of the Vice President with the caption “The Judas who…