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Friday, 17 September 2021 05:15

Ex-lovers and their deluge of affection, cravings - Michael West

Have you wondered why some people refuse to let go of their former partners after breakup? Even as married, why do some jilted partners still feel nostalgic about their ex-lovers? Are you aware that several relationships and homes have broken up as a result of the distractions from exes? Silently, this scourge is plaguing many relationships and it is hunting marriages to instability. Because it is a strong affair, many spouses keep secret dates with their exes. They hardly do a day or two without "checking on" each other online in bids to stay in touch. They appear more tolerant…

Thursday, 16 September 2021 05:35

There are no Muslim names, no Christian names - Tola Adeniyi

Journalism, like Islam, has its own five pillars: Information, Education, Entertainment, Instruction and Commentary. Today, I’ll fulfill one of the cardinal pillars in journalism by giving information and education. And I will do it by way of a sermon. Yeshua, the great Prophet of God gave His own sermon that shook the world of His time to its very foundation. And here is a glimpse of that most memorable sermon. It is called the Sermon on the Mount. This is the greatest sermon Yeshua preached. The Lord’s Prayer, the Beatitudes and the golden rule are in this sermon. Yeshua delivered…

Thursday, 16 September 2021 05:34

Tremor as Wike, Akeredolu spit fire... - Bola Bolawole

Two governors from the southern part of the country talked tough last week – and that was good for our democracy and for the madness fast enveloping every part of the country, spreading rapidly westward and southward like wild fire in the harmattan from its “home” in the Northeast. Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers State gave the North a piece of his mind on the raging controversy over who collects Value Added Tax (VAT) – the Federal, State or even Local Government - while Ondo State’s Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu responded sternly to irascible, self-opinionated, and terror-propagating Miyetti Allah in its…

Monday, 13 September 2021 05:44

A wrong turn for World Bank concessional lending - Jayati Ghosh & Farwa Sial

The International Development Association is the part of the World Bank that is meant to help the world’s poorest countries. Its explicit mission is “to reduce poverty by providing zero to low-interest loans and grants for programs that boost economic growth, reduce inequalities, and improve people’s living conditions.” The IDA provides around a quarter of its financing in grants, and the rest in concessional loans that can be repaid over 30-40 years, including a grace period of up to ten years. In the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, the IDA committed nearly $30.5 billion to low-income countries. Next month,…

Sunday, 12 September 2021 05:56

Tale of VAT, the lazy grasshopper and the ant - Festus Adedayo

There is this ancient fable of the ant and grasshopper that best explains the Nigerian fiscal federalism duel. Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, amplified it recently. Ants, you know, are one of the most hardworking, organized and purposeful animals on earth. Extremely hardworking and industrious, myths that have existed for ages about these insects talk about their tireless industry and empathy for one another. Ants are also seen as the closest neighbor of man. In them is a unique prowess and organizational power that have survived centuries. The pervasive presence of the ant makes the world to believe that it…

Sunday, 12 September 2021 05:55

How to enjoy the glorious liberty of the sons of God - Taiwo Akinola

Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God ~ Romans 8:21. Introduction: Total liberty should be an inalienable right of every man. He may look now altogether unknown and unsought, uneducated and underexposed. He may even appear poor as poverty itself. But, no matter what, he has a birthright to be free, and he ought not to be content until he finds it and enjoys it fully. It is quite obvious that the world today is not what it once was, when its Maker pronounced it…

Sunday, 12 September 2021 05:53

Article of faith: Christians are called to judge (2) - Femi Aribisala

Before I met Christ, I was contemptuous of Christians. I regarded them as a bunch of hypocrites. I particularly despised the pretentiousness on display during church services, where the adulterous, the unholy, and the profane put on cloaks of holiness and righteousness. For me, Sunday church services were no better than congregations of play actors and actresses. But after I met Christ, the Lord gave me a dream. In it, a committee had been set up to investigate the affairs of the library of my former research institute and to come up with recommendations for its reform. I was privileged…

Saturday, 11 September 2021 05:48

Guinea needs a bitter pill. But will Africa find it? - Azu Ishiekwene

Zambia’s peaceful and orderly election in August offered a glimmer of hope that Africa’s story might be changing. For the third time in three decades, an opposition leader defeated the sitting president sending a message to the world that the continent may not be the incumbent’s lair after all. Opposition leader, Hakainde Hichilema, didn’t just win; the incumbent, Edgar Lungu, accepted defeat and congratulated the winner. But hopes that Zambia’s election could be a turning point have since dissipated, as soldiers in the West African country of Guinea overthrew the civilian government while the continent was still savouring its Zambia…

Saturday, 11 September 2021 05:46

Baby mamas: Annie stings Tuface, in-laws - Michael West

Let me start by stating that there's nothing new or scandalous about the storm troubling the marriage of gentleman and African Queen crooner, Innocent Idibia aka Tuface and his wife, Annie. Let those who want to feast on the noise realise that disagreement in matrimony is normal. Several homes are undergoing crisis on daily basis for different reasons. While many are able to survive and move on together, some unlucky ones end up in separation or divorce. Either way, none is suicidal or irredeemable. But for the face-off between Tuface and Annie to turn violent as reported on Wednesday is…

Friday, 10 September 2021 05:40

Feminism or misandry? Time to separate the two - Agba Jalingo

The point needs to made to a greater number of misguided young women on social media who refer to themselves as "feminists" that, feminism did not start today. They also need to understand with their myopic world view and parochial sense of history that feminism is not a war against the menfolk or against African norms and traditions as many of them now erroneously believe. For the records and for the benefit of these largely ignorant bibliophobic pseudo-feminists, throughout most of Western history, even when women had started holding important positions in public life in Africa, European and American women…

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Thursday, 09 September 2021 05:44

IPOB sits at home for Buhari - Abimbola Adelakun

Barring last-minute considerations, President Muhammadu Buhari will arrive Owerri, the Imo State capital, today. If the officials of the Indigenous People of Biafra have their way with the sit-at-home order they asked the state residents to observe, it is possible that Buhari’s motorcade will drive through mostly emptied streets. Also, the events organised in his honour likely scaled back to prevent any embarrassing breakdown in law and order. According to IPOB, Buhari is not welcome to any part of “Biafraland”, and everyone must stay away from any event meant to honour him. Knowing how much brutality IPOB has now used…

Thursday, 09 September 2021 05:43

Still on ‘Ambode: Guilty as charged?’ - Bola Bolawole

Straddling the last day in August and the first in September 2021, a two-day national dialogue on girls was held at the Sheraton Abuja Hotel. The dialogue was jointly organised by the Ethiopia-based African Child Policy Forum (ACPF) and their Nigerian counterparts, namely, Africawide Movement for Children (AMC) and Women Arise for Change Initiative (aka Women Arise). Joe Okei-Odumakin of Women Arise and Joan Nyanyuki, Executive Director, ACPF were host and co-host respectively. Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Yemi Osinbajo, declared the dialogue open. Osinbajo’s fluidity as he made his speech “lai wo’we” (without a prepared speech)…

Wednesday, 08 September 2021 05:48

Consensus on development - Kayode Komolafe

Politicians talk of consensus-building as part of their political calculuses. Those who are able to forge a consensus in sharing positions are said to be smarter than those who fight a war of attrition on who becomes what in the system. Beyond partisan politics, patriots with a broader view of nation-building also seek a consensus on the basis of integration. Little attention is, however, paid to the crucial consensus on the concept of development. The lack of this socio-economic consensus is at the heart of the crisis of governance and underdevelopment bedevilling this nation. Poverty, inequality and insecurity are the…

Sunday, 05 September 2021 05:53

And stop press leads to stop ironing - Tatalo Alamu

The last time Okon Anthony Okon was sighted around Mende, he was colourfully dressed and heading for a famous Laundromat in Ikeja. When he was asked about his mission, the impossible boy shot back: “I wan reach dem Washaman for Ikeja. Dem Baba Lekki tell me say dem don take Baba Abiku to cleaners for him mad yabis against dem gobment. So, I wan reach dem people before dem put Abiku inside dem big rolling garawa, or him kaput be dat.” After an evening spent consuming some strong stuff at a birthday party in Yaba, snooper arrived home determined to…

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