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Sunday, 05 September 2021 05:52

Nigeria’s cat and mouse fight with Amnesty International - Festus Adedayo

Where the cat is a kitten, the court is wretched… No man there would rest at night because of rodents, for we mice would destroy many men’s malt, and you rats would tear men’s clothes were it not for the cat of the court who can pounce on you. If you rats had your way, you could not rule yourselves - William Langland, ‘The Parliament of Rats and Mice’ There is this bitterly hostile rivalry between cats, mice and rats that is as old as antiquity. Unable to find a solution to this constant rodents/cats squabble, Odolaye Aremu, Kwara State,…

Sunday, 05 September 2021 05:50

Asking and receiving supernatural provisions - Taiwo Akinola

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you ~ Matthew 7:7. Introduction: Human needs are diverse and multifaceted, yet God is the supplier of them all. He is our Veritable Source, He is always there for us, and His rich heavenly supplies are also ever readily available. But, they remain in abeyance pending our express demands for them. Your demand is your order for the heavenly resources you expect. And, this order is what we commonly refer to as ‘prayer’ in Bible parlance. Prayer is the soul’s earnest…

Sunday, 05 September 2021 05:49

Article of faith: Christians are called to judge (1) - Femi Aribisala

Christians are full of contradictions. We judge believers and non-believers. We judge situations and circumstances. We even sometimes judge God, our Lord, and maker. Nevertheless, we quote Jesus: “Judge not, that you be not judged. For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.” (Matthew 7:1-2). When we are criticised we often respond by saying: “Don’t judge me.” But believers are called to judge. Indeed, there are many scriptures in the Bible asking us to do so. A whole book in the Bible details the activities…

Friday, 03 September 2021 05:45

Ambode: Guilty as charged? - Bola Bolawole

There is an old English proverb that says “A cat has nine lives. For three he plays, for three he strays, and for the last three he stays” Nine is also considered a magic number, which can also be the reason cats are attributed with nine lives. This is because a cat is seen as able to endure and continue or survive despite near encounters with death or disaster. Thus, the myth endures that cats have nine lives. Another popular idiom or proverb associated with cats is “Curiosity killed the cat”. This also is to warn of the danger of…

Friday, 03 September 2021 05:43

Quest for federalism and its many ironies - Azu Ishiekwene

One month from now, Nigeria’s last batch of states created in 1996 to bring the total to 36, would turn 25 years old. The last batch of six states - Ebonyi, Bayelsa, Nasarawa, Zamfara, Gombe and Ekiti - was created by the military head of state, General Sani Abacha, on October 1, 1996. Post-Abacha, agitation for more states has continued, which is hardly surprising for a country with over 300 ethnic nationalities, where diversity has been disastrously mismanaged in recent times. Till date, no civilian government has created any state and that trend seems set to continue. The exception was…

Friday, 03 September 2021 05:42

'Abeg, forget Buhari wahala, I need a husband' - Michael West

Like the common saying, "different strokes for different folks," the prevailing economic crunch, appalling state of insecurity and rising deaths occasioned by ravaging Cholera and Covid-19 do not count in the reckoning of lonely and desperate single women who long for conjugal fulfilment. In their priority, anxiety for daily survival that bothers many homes is not a concern to the awaiting brides. "It is when you have a home that you can join others to lament the economic woes and disaster that the (Muhammadu) Buhari-led All Progressive Congress, APC's, government has unleashed on Nigeria and on Nigerians. Those groaning either…

Friday, 03 September 2021 05:41

What if the Coronavirus crisis Is just a trial run? - Adam Tooze

Almost two years since the novel coronavirus began to circulate through the human population, what lessons have we learned? And what do those lessons portend for future crises? The most obvious is the hardest to digest: The world’s decision makers have given us a staggering demonstration of their collective inability to grasp what it would actually mean to govern the deeply globalized and interconnected world they have created. There is only one limited realm in which something like a concerted response has been managed: money and finance. But governments’ and central banks’ success in holding the world’s financial system together…

Thursday, 02 September 2021 05:52

What does the DSS really do? - Abimbola Adelakun

Last Thursday, the Department of State Services issued a press statement to deny they dispersed doctors attending a recruitment for Nigerian doctors intending to migrate to Saudi Arabia. The denial was typical of the inelegant press releases the DSS churns out - a rambling word salad, full of feigned indignation, and signifying the characteristic ruse of reducing every issue to a matter of “national security.” This particular statement even read like a chatterbot cranked it up. Notably, it did not deny that the DSS was present at the venue of the recruitment. Given how much that recruitment embarrassed the Nigerian…

Thursday, 02 September 2021 05:50

The audacious mirage – Our collective hope is on trial! - Yemi Akinbamijo

Our streets wail, unlike yesterday! I have seen the clips where women cried and wailed on the streets of Jos as though in delirium. The hope for peace is fleeting and the agony of the unthinkable impending pogrom beckons. The remains of the fallen compatriots – the evidence of the unkept oaths of office taken by the leaders to preserve lives now plague our conscience! My heart bleeds, I ache, and my discomfort is unending. How long is ‘too long’? What started like a finger, became a fist and then an arm, then metamorphosed into the untamed hydra-headed monster. The…

Wednesday, 01 September 2021 05:49

After the fall of Afghanistan, where next for global Jihad? - Leader, The Economist

In yemen they set off fireworks; in Somalia they handed out sweets; in Syria they praised the Taliban for providing a “living example” of how to “bring down a criminal regime” through jihad. Around the world, jihadists were elated by the fall of Kabul. Through willpower, patience and cunning, a low-budget band of holy warriors has vanquished America and taken charge of a medium-size country. To Muslims who yearn to expel infidels and overthrow secular states, it was evidence that God approves. The ripple effects could be felt far and wide. In the next few days President Joe Biden will…

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Tuesday, 31 August 2021 05:50

The dangers of stereotyping - Dan Agbese

At our meeting of the Northern Media Forum last week, a member told us he was worried about the news media stereotyping the Fulani as being responsible in all cases of banditry and kidnapping in the North-West geopolitical zone. He said the Fulani too are victims of these crimes but that no one wants to believe that. He raised an important point that I need to address here to underline the dangers of the easy resort to stereotyping in the news media and the damage it does to inter-ethnic and individual relationships. The routine reportage of kidnapping and banditry in…

Sunday, 29 August 2021 06:01

America's prayer? Not three more years of 'Sleepy' Joe Biden - Tom Leonard

On a card in his breast pocket, Joe Biden keeps a tally of members of the U.S. armed services who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan. Until Thursday, none had died on his watch. The deaths of at least 13 American servicemen and more than 150 others in a double suicide bomb and gun attack in Kabul has plunged Biden into the greatest crisis of his presidency. It has also helped reveal the essence of the man who said he would lead us out of the chaos of the Trump era. A politician who came to power on a ticket…

Sunday, 29 August 2021 06:00

Commodore Olawunmi and the maladies this time - Festus Adedayo

An early morning inferno broke out in Circus Maximus, Rome on June 19, 64 A.D. It spread like bushfire through the ancient city. Emperor Nero Claudius Caesar’s reaction was immediate: he scapegoated Roman Christians of the time and inflicted a persecution scarcely heard of in Roman history on them. Highly chagrined by the nauseating no-holds-barred interview granted by Retired Commodore Kunle Olawunmi on Channels television last week which exposed its security underbelly, the current Nigerian government found the template of this Roman emperor, renowned for debaucheries and political murders, fascinating. It thereby went on a route similar to Nero’s, unleashing…

Sunday, 29 August 2021 05:58

Available now: Glorious Heavenly resources! - Taiwo Akinola

And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready ~ Luke 14:17. Introduction: God is always open-handed to supply His people with all good things that appertain to life and godliness, but mortal men are not always well positioned to receive them because of lack of adequate knowledge. We know from fundamental wisdom, and basic laws of demand and supply also confirm it, that any good thing being anticipated must be available in order to complete any supply transaction. In this regard, I am highly enthused to inform…

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