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Sunday, 20 December 2020 05:12

The higher life of love (2) - Taiwo Akinola

For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life ~ John 3:16. Introduction Often, we get caught up in the externalities of Christmas - the evergreen songs, the dazzling lights, the designer wears, the Christmas shows on television, and the gifts wrapped in colorful packages. But this season is so much more than that. We must rather keep the steady flame of Christ’s love burning in our hearts always, and especially now. We cannot afford to indulge in mere sentimentalities over the birth of…

Sunday, 20 December 2020 05:11

Okon is remanded for bigamy - Tatalo Alamu

As the date for the celebrated trial of Okon for bigamy drew nearer, the house has been a beehive of activities with well-wishers and sympathisers coming and going. Some notable lawyers have shown up waiving their hefty consultation fees as a gesture of respect and solidarity with the embattled boy. The entire house had been converted into an Efik sanatorium milling with small creek crooks, drunken hell-raisers and other miserable specimens of humanity. Snooper had been wondering why all the fuss about the crazy lad, as if he would be the first person facing the prospects of some spell in…

Friday, 18 December 2020 05:14

The Sam I knew - Azu Ishiekwene

I first met him after the 2003 election, which his candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari, lost. I was then Editor of PUNCH and Sam Nda-Isaiah, was founding member and Publicity Secretary of The Buhari Organisation (TBO). He came to see me about the coverage of Buhari, which obviously displeased him. He barged into my office, flinging the door wide open, before I had time to figure out if he even knocked. His voice preceded him, booming over the office partition and giving my secretary no chance to announce his presence. “Azu,” he pulled a seat, “you people are not being fair…

Friday, 18 December 2020 05:12

Marriage: Wrong choice, a ‘killer’ pitfall - Michael West

The season is here again. Adult singles are usually in frenzied mood for life partners or companions, as it were, during yuletide. Festive periods seem to spike anxiety as pressure on them by family members, parents in particular, does increase. It is legitimate to be married, happy and be fulfilled but this ultimate life attainment appears difficult for many to achieve. God wants everyone to be fulfilleud and it is His desire to grant the aspiration of every being in that regard. There's no specific moment for the singles to scout for life partners. Every day is a good day.…

Thursday, 17 December 2020 05:19

What blood flows in Buhari's veins? - Bola Bolawole

It is not only in Nigeria that politicians speak with their head on their neck when campaigning for votes but turn to something weird once in power. Take, for instance, George H. W. Bush. As the Republican presidential candidate, Bush categorically pledged there would be no new taxes: “Read my lips – there will be no new taxes” he said at the 1988 Republican National Convention as he accepted the nomination on August 18. Two years down the road, wrote Dan Goodman in the TIME: “As Congress squabbled in search of a budget, Bush during three dizzying days switched his…

Thursday, 17 December 2020 05:18

Buhari: Demented or indifferent? - Abimbola Adelakun

On Friday, hundreds of schoolchildren were abducted in Kankara, a community in Katsina State. As of the time of writing this, more than 300 of those schoolchildren were still missing. This shameful development is a recrudescence of the 2014 Chibok girls’ abduction in Borno State. About 125 of those girls have yet to return home. Only time will tell what has become of them. Then, there was the Dapchi abduction that happened in 2018 in Yobe State. Though those schoolchildren were recovered, one of them, Leah Sharibu, was left behind. As we are wont to do with all these deeply…

Thursday, 17 December 2020 05:17

The North must solve the Buhari conundrum - Ikechukwu Amaechi

Why didn’t students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State – who were rustled, literally, like cows by terrorists on Friday, December 11 – get clearance from the military before going to school that fateful day? That was the question I waited to hear from Garba Shehu, President Muhammadu Buhari’s Assistant on Media and Publicity, immediately the 333 lads were abducted from their dormitory and herded into one of the ungoverned spaces that dot all the nooks and crannies of this country where non-state actors hold sway. Penultimate week when Boko Haram terrorists murdered rice farmers in Kwashabe village…

Wednesday, 16 December 2020 05:14

The North and its failed political industry - Dan Agbese

Audu Ogbeh, immediate past minister of agriculture and chairman, ACF, was recently quoted as saying that politics is the only industry in Northern Nigeria. His statement intrigues me for two reasons. One, I have often wondered why the north which has ruled the country longer than all the other regions put together is in dire straits. If it is only the industry, then it must be an industry that has failed disastrously. Two, his statement reminds me of the famous statement made long ago by the late Yusuf Maitama Sule. He said: “The northerners are endowed … with leadership qualities.…

Monday, 14 December 2020 05:29

The biggest hoax in 60 years? - Sonala Olumhense

On Thursday, Justice Sylvanus Nsofor, Nigeria’s Ambassador to the United States, died at 85. I condole with his family. He was a well-educated lawyer who attracted the attention of General Muhammadu Buhari in 2003 when he delivered a favourable minority judgment in the presidential candidate’s election appeal. When Buhari finally took office in 2015, the debt to Nsofor was one he was determined to pay, but by the time he appointed him as US ambassador in 2017, Nsofor was so old he could barely make it to the biggest dance on the diplomatic circuit. It was an appointment which suggested…

Monday, 14 December 2020 05:28

Yoruba: Put on your thinking cap - Bola Bolawole

I found the piece published here today a compelling read. Titled “The Chinese and Fulani Only Need Patience with Yoruba over South-west Nigeria”, it was authored by my “egbon”, Babafemi A. Badejo. Please enjoy it! “On December 6, 2020, Aderinwa was on my mind as I played golf at the Sadique Baba Abubakar Golf Club, Shasha, a suburb of Lagos. Aderinwa Badejo is the new addition to my family. He is my third grandchild. Since he was born outside Nigeria, he was given his name virtually on December 5, 2020. Yoruba people of whatever religion gave a child a name…

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Monday, 14 December 2020 05:27

Return of the city-state

Jamie Bartlett Nation-states came late to history, and there’s plenty of evidence to suggest they won’t make it to the end of the century If you’d been born 1,500 years ago in southern Europe, you’d have been convinced that the Roman empire would last forever. It had, after all, been around for 1,000 years. And yet, following a period of economic and military decline, it fell apart. By 476 CE it was gone. To the people living under the mighty empire, these events must have been unthinkable. Just as they must have been for those living through the collapse of…

Sunday, 13 December 2020 05:24

For how much longer can we endure Buhari? - Festus Adedayo

Two anecdotes, told by keynote speaker, Adeolu Akande, at a congregation of lawyers in Ibadan, Oyo state last week, drew the graph of the gripping state of the Nigerian union, in the most spellbinding manner. Two other narratives which strengthened his argument, came in the form of news stories which dominated the media during the same week. The first anecdote narrated by Akande, Chairman of Nigerian Communications Commission, (NCC) was one he was told by a Senator whose team had visited Somalia as parliamentary delegation to the war-torn country, some years ago. Somalia, you will recall, is a mono-ethnic nation…

Sunday, 13 December 2020 05:23

The higher life of love (1) - Taiwo Akinola

A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another ~ John 13:34. Introduction: We are gradually approaching that time of year when the whole world, knowingly or unknowingly, prepares to celebrate with us the birth of Jesus Christ, our Saviour. However, believers must spend the season to reflect more on the love, hope and joy that the Saviour brought into the world. Yes, as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, this has been a year like no other. However, that only makes it even more needful…

Friday, 11 December 2020 05:31

How we remember Maradona - Azu Ishiekwene

When the news of the death of Diego Maradona broke, I was in a friend’s office. Our initial spontaneous reaction was sorrow and regret. And then we drifted, almost as if we had rehearsed it, to the next thing: who is football’s all-time greatest? Maradona or Pele? My friend wasted no time in declaring that for him, it is and always will be Maradona. He spoke about the Argentine’s prodigious talent, talked about his imagination and gushed, above all, about his artistry and genius. Maradona announced himself on the world stage with the World Youth Championship in 1979, where he…

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