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Thursday, 06 May 2021 05:40

The dangers of data-based certainty - Diane Coyle

Economists are rushing to embrace the use of big data in their research, while many policymakers think artificial intelligence offers scope for greater cost-effectiveness and better policy outcomes. But before we entrust more decisions to data-based machine-learning and AI systems, we must be clear about the limitations of the data. Friends of mine who work in the arts and humanities have started doing something unusual, at least for them: poring over data. This is due to the pandemic, of course. Every day, they check Covid-19 case numbers, how slowly or quickly the R factor is declining, and how many people…

Wednesday, 05 May 2021 05:43

Uniting against foreign invaders, murderers - Femi Fani-Kayode

PRESS RELEASE If those that are charged by the Constitution to defend and protect us refuse to do so, no force on earth or in hell can stop us from protecting and defending ourselves. We will NOT allow these accursed foreign invaders and barbaric terrorists that have plagued and blighted our land to impose their will and have their way. We will NOT be anybody’s ritual sacrifice. We will NOT go down quietly like lambs to the slaughter. We will NOT be meek and mild and allow ourselves to be liquidated, exterminated, subjugated or enslaved. We will resist the evil…

Wednesday, 05 May 2021 05:41

Unifying the great rivers of Niger and Benue - Femi Kawonise

A Nigeria united as one would be one of the most formidable forces the world has ever known. Appreciating or conceptualising this would cast to mind the cataclysmic events that ensued in the Roman empire which spelt the beginning of the end of the great Roman civilisation. Right before the Roman Empire had a downward decline they had always thrived by making sure the border tribes were never united. They kept this stratagem by sowing seeds of distrust and discontent between the border tribes (destroying the only thing that could make the borders unify and become stronger). That ignoble seed…

Monday, 03 May 2021 05:37

Hobson’s choice: To pay or not to pay? - Umar Yakubu

The hardest choices require the strongest wills – Thanos of Avengers. I recall a movie by one of my favourite actors, Mel Gibson, titled, Ransom. The plot was about a multi-millionaire’s son being kidnapped with the assistance of crooked police officers. The ransom payment of $2 million was agreed to be delivered by Mel Gibson, the father. On his way to the drop off, he changed his mind and decided to go on live television and announce a reward of $4 million, double the amount, for anyone who assists in the return of his son alive. As with human materialism,…

Sunday, 02 May 2021 05:24

Crimson as colour of Mrs. Tinubu’s wolf and sheep allegory - Festus Adedayo

Did Itsekiri, Delta State-born Senator representing Lagos in Nigeria’s National Assembly, Mrs. Oluremi Tinubu, nee Ikusebiala – interpreted, meaning, “death’s most fitting analogy is a sleep” – wife of the Asiwaju of Lagos, All Progressives Congress (APC’s) National Leader and ex-Lagos State governor, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, know the implication of stirring the hornet’s nest? That was what she did last week when she introduced the wolf and sheep allegory into the current national discourse on the security situation in Nigeria. Last Tuesday, at the thick of a dense discourse which had the Nigerian Senate dedicating its plenary to discussion of…

Sunday, 02 May 2021 05:22

How to obtain lasting victories! - Taiwo Akinola

Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil ~ Ephesians 6: 10-11. Introduction: Your level of understanding must increase before you can access the joy and lasting victory in Christ Jesus. No man ever got to his defined place in destiny through ignorance. You just must know your onions; you’re what you know! Ignorance of the truth is highly punishable in the realm of the spirit (Hosea 4:6). It is a very costly…

Sunday, 02 May 2021 05:21

Article of faith: Abounding in the abundant life - Femi Aribisala

How often have you heard this kind of testimony in the church? “Praise the Lord, I was blessed yesterday. Someone blessed me with N100,000.” But is N100,000 a blessing? Can money really be a blessing? What if I use the money to shoot cocaine and end up in the hospital? Would it still be considered a blessing? If a blessing is a blessing, surely it would remain a blessing, come rain or shine? It should not be possible for a blessing to end up bringing adversity. Clearly, many of the things Christians consider to be blessings are nothing of the…

Friday, 30 April 2021 05:43

Pantami's playbook - Ray Ekpu

Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, is not sitting pretty on his ministerial chair right now. He seems to be squirming in his chair or, to put it more forthrightly, he seems to be swimming in hot water, because he has loads of serious allegations levelled against him. He has not been able to answer the questions asked satisfactorily. Every day there are audios and videos that tumble into the Internet that seem to lift the veil on his past, a very, very ugly past, if all the information turns out to be true. One of the pieces…

Friday, 30 April 2021 05:42

During war time, fathers bury their sons - Dare Babarinsa

We are counting the bodies from Greenfield University, near Kaduna. First, they brought three bodies. Then they brought two. And they say they are bringing more and to show a grieving nation the mutilated remains of its future. Which other country in the world eats its own children? The kidnappers and murderers of the Greenfield University students are spitting on the face of President Muhammadu Buhari, the Commander-in-Chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces. He has almost one million men and women under arms wearing the honoured uniforms of the Nigerian Army, the Nigerian Navy, the Nigerian Air force, the Nigeria…

Friday, 30 April 2021 05:40

‘Follow me to the market…’ - Azu Ishiekwene

Everyone has their meal of the day, and mine happens to be dinner. Having dinner, for me, is a ritual, but one that has evolved over the years. Back in the day, I would not dare have dinner without first taking my bath. My mother said it was “unclean” to eat before brushing your teeth in the morning and taking your bath; or to have dinner before taking your bath, as if you had just been rescued from the pits or planned to eat with all parts of your body. I didn’t understand it but asking Mama too many questions…

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Friday, 30 April 2021 05:38

Single women pant: 'Where are the men?' - Michael West

Even in a situation of famine, epidemic or civil unrest, people still crave for their desires and fulfilment. The rate might be much lower compared to peaceful and stable atmosphere; but despite the confusion, insecurity and looming economic doom, it is somewhat interesting that single women are still longing for relationship. This goes to show that all hope is not lost on Nigeria and her resilient citizens. I decided to discuss this issue because I have been receiving calls from some single women (widows, single mothers and mature singles) who had previously indicated interest in subscribing to Hook Up in…

Thursday, 29 April 2021 05:43

Birds of a feather... - Bola Bolawole

As they say, birds of a feather flock together; meaning “people of the same sort or with the same tastes and interests will be found together”. In other words, “those with similar interests or of same kind tend to form groups.” According to Google, the phrase “birds of a feather flock together is at least 470 years old. At some point, a birds flocking behaviour started to be applied metaphorically to people who acted in a similar way, and now today, we have this saying” “Show me your friend and let me tell you who you are” is another saying…

Tuesday, 27 April 2021 05:44

Engagement with the Nigerian Left - Edwin Madunagu

About three years ago, a young comrade of mine who was then a student of History and International Relations at the Federal University Lafia, Nassarawa State of Nigeria, asked me a loaded personal question. He told me he prepared the question after consultation with one of his lecturers who had been following my public writings. The part of his question that is of immediate relevance here can be reframed like this: Why is it that my published writings are mainly, if not exclusively, on “socialism”, “Marxism” and “revolution”? And why is my method “historical” and my style “pedagogical”? In response,…

Monday, 26 April 2021 05:43

Futility of farcical Peace Conference - Tola Adeniyi

One wonders when the so-called Nigerian leaders, in agbada, in babanriga, in wrapper, in uniforms and in other assorted costumes will learn to be honest with themselves and with the people at large. It's irritating, provocative, and insulting to our collective sensibilities and sensitivity to have them parading the land in photo-ups talking about peace. Even school children that are being daily bullied and assaulted by their colleagues know that there can never be peace in such educational institutions. It is elementary politics that there can never be peace without justice and equity. Rather than gather to mouth peace, people…

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