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Friday, 02 April 2021 05:28

Brazil, Zambia and echoes of a $1.5bn Nigerian repair - Azu Ishiekwene

Brazil has proved a disaster in the management of Covid-19, but there are other areas where we can use their examples. Like what to do about failing refineries. This hot-button topic returned to the front burner after the Nigerian government recently announced plans to repair the Port Harcourt Refinery. That refinery and the ones in Warri and Kaduna have a combined refining capacity of 410,000 bpd, an output far less than the local daily demand, but which all three refineries have only struggled to meet since they were installed. According to a recent report in The Guardian, Nigeria has spent…

Friday, 02 April 2021 05:25

The making of a monster: Paul Kagame’s bloodstained past - Nicholas Shakespeare

In June, Commonwealth heads of government will meet in the Rwandan capital Kigali, a city advertised by their Tutsi host, the 63-year-old Paul Kagame, as ‘the Davos of Africa’. Kagame, Rwanda’s de facto leader since 1994 — and boasting more honorary degrees than Barack Obama, although he never finished high school — has become the ‘donor darling’ of the international community. He is why the World Bank has donated in excess of $4 billion, and why, until recently, the biggest bilateral donor has been the UK. ‘As far as I’m concerned,’ says the Tory MP Andrew Mitchell, ‘he is a…

Friday, 02 April 2021 05:22

When she stops talking, nagging, it's dangerous! - Michael West

The easiest and common sign to identify women truly in love is their inquisitive and attention seeking tendencies. There's a positive dimension to this trait in them. When they call at intervals to "check on you" or find out if you have "eaten" or to know updates on your activities, they are expressly demonstrating love and not feeling insecure or monitoring. In this wise, they usually sound tender, caring and naturally romantic. That's the best a man could get from his "Queen." This same trait could become a stress on the relationship when it is negatively applied. Women are not…

Thursday, 01 April 2021 05:26

Many are the challenges of JAMB but... - Bola Bolawole

Last Saturday, March 27, 2021 the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) held its stakeholders’ meeting with media executives in Lagos. It has become characteristic of JAMB to hold such meetings since Is-haq Oloyede became its Registrar on August 1, 2016. Last year (2020), however, Covid-19 and the nationwide lockdown truncated the meeting. Usually, JAMB at this meeting with media executives expresses its gratitude “for the various supports, criticism, cautions and suggestions" on all its processes as well as "partnering with us in sanitizing the system”. One good thing about JAMB under the leadership of Oloyede is its openness, transparency,…

Thursday, 01 April 2021 05:25

The selfishness at the heart of socialism

Hugo Gurdon Garry Kasparov, the former world chess champion, has commented that he was “enjoying the irony of … [Sen. Bernie] Sanders supporters lecturing me, a former Soviet citizen, on the glories of socialism and what it really means ... In practice, it corrodes not only the economy but the human spirit itself.” The soul-sapping nature of socialism was my subject last week, so I won’t go through the same stuff again, much though it bears repeating. Nevertheless, Kasparov’s comment led to further discussion of socialism after I reposted it on social media, and one respondent, a highly civilized left-wing…

Thursday, 01 April 2021 05:23

The Right says sorry in advance for going fascist

Matt Lewis I became a conservative because I believed the conservative values I grew up with were the best way to bring about human flourishing for the most Americans. I still do. But in recent years it has become clear that significant parts of the conservative movement no longer share this belief (if they ever did). There is a palpable sense that not only are our values incapable of persuading a majority of Americans to support Republican politicians at the ballot box, but that the whole project of liberal democracy is doomed. What had been (in the days of Ronald…

Sunday, 28 March 2021 05:51

Mellor: A life of dedicated service and sacrifice - Bola Bolawole

When I wrote “Soname: Politics loss, the Church’s gain”, it was to celebrate a friend and “egbon”, Akinola Olumakinde Soname, on his investiture as the Lay President of the Methodist Church Diocese of Remo, Ogun State but little did I know that the write-up would catch the attention of “powerful” Methodist establishment people and generate an interest that would compel me to do more on the Methodist church. The story on Soname was well received as it went viral; and I received a call to do more, especially on the Methodist church in Remo in particular. The name of William…

Sunday, 28 March 2021 05:24

Why Pombe Magufuli can never grow on Nigerian soil - Festus Adedayo

Statesman and late President of Senegal from 1960 to 1981, Leopold Sedar Senghor, through his philosophy of negritude, believed that Africa and its culture had manifest contributions they can make to European thought. Same for Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana who fought vigorously to build an ideology he labeled “a New Africa, independent and absolutely free from imperialism.” In the same vein, musical colossus, Robert Nesta Marley, sang for the actualization of “Africa for Africans” and Tanzanian politician, political theorist and anti-colonial activist, Julius Nyerere, promoted a political philosophy he called Ujamaa. A Swahili word for 'extended family' or 'brotherhood,' the…

Sunday, 28 March 2021 05:21

How to deploy our angels of harvest! - Taiwo Akinola

And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice ... Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap ~ Revelation 14:15. Introduction: Supernatural harvest talks of an increase that surpasses human understanding, an increase that is inexplicable and clearly beyond the natural. It is an increase orchestrated by supernatural input. Harvest time comes when the “corn” is ripe, by the mercy of God. Hence, supernatural harvest is a definite work of God’s grace, whereby all the enemies of harvest are beaten out by the power of the Holy Spirit.…

Sunday, 28 March 2021 05:20

Article of faith: Accepted in the beloved (1) - Femi Aribisala

When I gave my life to Christ, some sins in my life disappeared immediately. However, most of my sins persisted. No matter how hard I tried, I could not overcome them. I would sin, repent, sin again, then repent again. This became a never-ending cycle and I was frustrated with myself. I am supposed to be a new creation in Christ Jesus, but the old creation would not leave me alone: “I want to do what is right, but I can’t. I want to do what is good, but I don’t. I don’t want to do what is wrong, but…

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Saturday, 27 March 2021 05:27

Ilorin and Dare Babarinsa's crisis of ignorance - Is'haq Modibbo Kawu

I have just read Dare Babarinsa's typically disrespectful piece about Ilorin, which he titled "Ilorin and the crisis of identity". He actually should be pitied. This is because he made a futile effort to stroll the shores of the history of our people, with an arrogance that left little, for the manner that we, the Ilorin people, understand ourselves; who we are; our aspirations and what we make of our own history! When he started by describing Ilorin as a "Yoruba" city, he assumes that it's an uncontested fact, especially after he regaled his readers with the over-cited history of…

Friday, 26 March 2021 05:25

Ilorin and the crisis of identity - Dare Babarinsa

Ilorin, the capital of Kwara State, is a Yoruba city. It is now in the throes of a self-inflicted crisis caused by the hijab, the head covering favoured by Muslim laity for their women folks. It is also loved by some Christians, especially the Catholics. It originated from the Middle-East where women are subjected to strict code of fashion. But in Yorubaland, fashion has never been a matter of contention. Now this. The case, I am told, is in the court. Some of the Muslims in Ilorin, apparently with the sympathy of the Governor, do not want to wait for…

Friday, 26 March 2021 05:22

My vaccination story - Azu Ishiekwene

It wasn’t planned. I was seeing off my neighbour and friend on Thursday evening when one of the officers of our estate residents’ association called out to me. He was in knickers and shirtsleeves, with his right hand clutching his left shoulder. “I’ve just been vaccinated,” he said. “Would you like me to put your name forward for it tomorrow?” After what I have seen in the last one year – Covid-19 related deaths first becoming statistics, and then statistics becoming people, and people having faces, and faces becoming friends and relatives – news of the discovery of vaccines was…

Friday, 26 March 2021 05:21

Unmasking a veiled source of marital woes - Michael West

A lot of people are suffering in diverse ways, in particular, in their marital pursuits but not due to their own wrongdoings. They labour, sweat and work so hard to make things work out but their efforts are not yielding desired results. Tales of agony and frustration daily characterise their situations. They often wonder on how they came about their helpless circumstances. I do hope many lives will be liberated through this insight. I'm a proponent of parental inputs in the process leading to marriage. Relationships supported by parents have turned out more successful than the ones they opposed. Being…

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