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Sunday, 26 July 2020 05:07

Can Buhari separate two chickens in a fight? - Festus Adedayo

Hassan Ayariga, founder of the All People’s Congress (APC) of Ghana, in a recent viral video, publicly reminded Nigerians that their country had become a butt of jokes in international discourses. Right before our very eyes, Ayariga rudely poked his hands into our eyeballs. Nigerians are however taking the insult in their strides because they know Ayariga had their balls in his palms. “(President) Nana (Akufo-Ado) is 72 years old and weak already, sleeping every moment he gets; (he) cannot be the president and if he wins, he is not the one who can manage (the country)… Nana has a…

Sunday, 26 July 2020 05:05

The legacies of Nicholas Okoh in The Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion - Folu Olamiti

In our world today, the biggest challenge to the church of God is how to maintain sanity in mankind in the midst of trending unusual behavioral patterns fast gaining social acceptance especially among the younger generation. It is no more odd to see people shamelessly identify themselves publicly as lesbians, gays, bi-sexuals and transexuals as the political authorities in many countries have legitimized these deviant and anti-social behaviours under the guise of freedom, not minding the immoral implications and the resultant surge in dangerous crimes. Ironically, these abominable social trends have crept into many churches globally even as some members…

Sunday, 26 July 2020 05:04

Fighting to the finish - Taiwo Akinola

I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness…and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.” - 2 Timothy 4:7-8. Introduction The Apostle Paul, a man widely (and rightly) regarded as a Christian leader for all time, was a true exemplar of the Christian way of life. As we learn from his writings and accounts of others, in all that he did, he was truly an ambassador of the Gospel to the Gentiles, a father to…

Sunday, 26 July 2020 05:03

Meditation: The true living (2) - Kola Oyefeso

From this week we will be dwelling on the nitty gritty of meditation and to start off, that invaluable saying of Christ in Luke 10 vs 2 comes handy. It reads: “THE HARVEST IS PLENTIFUL BUT THE LABOURERS ARE FEW.” In another breath He says; MANY ARE CALLED BUT FEW ARE CHOSEN.” I have explained beforehand my inclination to quote the Bible and I need not repeat the sine-qua-non with the little space I am devoting to this weekly column given the time handicap of the readers. If the readers are ready, I can make this series a daily affair.…

Thursday, 23 July 2020 05:39

Not corruption but banditry - Bola Bolawole

I considered three other titles before settling for the one above: Banditry and not corruption; brood of vipers; and a nest of bandits. A nest of killers was how the Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, described the then ruling party, PDP, after the assassination of sitting Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Bola Ige, a crime which remains unresolved and unpunished to this day. Can we say in good and clear conscience that no one in the ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration – or in the succeeding administrations - knew who or what killed Bola Ige? Brood of vipers was how Jesus Christ…

Wednesday, 22 July 2020 05:16

Reorganising Nigeria’s Left politics - Edwin Madunagu

There is a contradiction between an enduring desire of the Nigerian Left (the aggregate of Nigerian Marxists, socialists and fragments of radical democrats), on the one hand, and the actual history of Nigeria’s Left politics on the other. That contradiction can be stated like this: Nigerian Leftists have always hoped to found a substantial and respectable pan-Nigerian organization that is capable of permanently and continuously coordinating their revolutionary strategies and popular-democratic struggles regardless of the electoral agenda, time-tables and timelines presented to the nation by Nigeria’s ruling class and its governments. But what we have had in practice is that…

Monday, 20 July 2020 05:45

Ibrahim Chatta: The resurrection of Stanislavski (a review) - Tola Adeniyi

Not since the display of energy and passion by Duro Ladipo as Sango at Koso, Kola Ogunmola as Lanke Omu in Palmwine Drinkard, Sonni Otti as Danda in Danda, Jimi Solanke as Overamwhen Nogbaisi in Overamwhen Nogbaisi or Columbus Irosanga [not in his role as powerful chief priest Igbudu in the 2003 Nollywood blockbuster movie Issakkaaba but the young Irosanga who almost set both the stage and audience ablaze with his act in Port Harcourt in 1975] have I been literally thrown off my seat by Ibrahim Chatta last week. Covid-19 had locked me down and locked me up with…

Sunday, 19 July 2020 05:30

Honouring the glorious invitation, COME! - Taiwo Akinola

Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest ~ Matthew 11:28. Introduction: Supernatural rest is still abundantly available to everyone, saints and sinners alike, no matter what we may have experienced in terms of trials, toils and perplexities. But, only through Christ Jesus. Rest is good, and more so that it’s a gift from God (Genesis 49:15; 2 Samuel 7:1). David testified to this in Psalms 23:2-3: “He makes me lie down in green pastures .... beside the still waters”. Solomon also experienced it and he enjoyed great wisdom, wealth and…

Sunday, 19 July 2020 05:29

Meditation: The true living - Kola Oyefeso

Since the onset of the pandemic, I have engaged the readers in a couple of subjects, aimed at making life meaningful on the earthly field and I started with Science and Philosophy. Going forward on that, I took on Religion and Mysticism and tried to explain their primary aim, which is to unite us with our Creator. All along, I made my objective very unambiguous that I was not out to knock or promote any religion or sects over the other. My purpose is to challenge anyone to shake me off my illusions and parri-pasu goad the readers to on…

Friday, 17 July 2020 05:31

Covid-19 and schools: Let them learn - Leader, The Economist

All around the world, children’s minds are going to waste. As covid-19 surged in early April, more than 90% of pupils were shut out of school. Since then the number has fallen by one-third, as many classrooms in Europe and East Asia have reopened. But elsewhere progress is slow. Some American school districts, including Los Angeles and San Diego, plan to offer only remote learning when their new school year begins. Kenya’s government has scrapped the whole year, leaving its children idle until January. In the Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte says he may not let any children return to the…

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Friday, 17 July 2020 05:19

Magu and the menace of friendly fire - Dare Babarinsa

Ibrahim Magu was a powerful man. If you look at the list of his clients you will surmise too that he must have powerful enemies. But Muhammadu Buhari, the President of the Republic was once with him. That has changed now and that means all the difference for Magu. How the current drama would play out finally is not clear yet, but as of now it seems safe to conclude that the once powerful boss of the all-powerful Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, is now past tense. In the corridors of power that is. Whether he would eventually be…

Friday, 17 July 2020 05:18

After the Liberal International Order - Joseph S. Nye, Jr.

If Joe Biden defeats Donald Trump in November, the question he will face is not whether to restore the liberal international order. It is whether the US can work with an inner core of allies to promote democracy and human rights while cooperating with a broader set of states to manage the rules-based international institutions needed to face transnational threats. Many analysts argue that the liberal international order ended with the rise of China and the election of US President Donald Trump. But if Joe Biden defeats Trump in November’s election, should he try to revive it? Probably not, but…

Thursday, 16 July 2020 05:02

Are riots justifiable? - Peter Singer & Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek

The protests that followed the brutal police killing of George Floyd have at times become violent and caused considerable damage to public and private property. But riots are not always indefensible, and we can use three criteria to assess that question. In late May and June, following the brutal death of George Floyd under the knee of a police officer in Minneapolis, mass protests against systemic racism took place across the United States and around the world. Floyd’s death followed many previous police killings of unarmed African-Americans who were not behaving violently. Most protests were peaceful, but some turned into…

Tuesday, 14 July 2020 05:33

China as economic bogeyman - Dani Rodrik

Many Western economists presume that governments are not very good at identifying industries that merit support, and that domestic consumers and taxpayers incur the bulk of the costs. By the same logic, if Chinese policymakers effectively targeted activities where social benefits exceed private benefits, then it is not clear why foreigners should complain. As Covid-19 spread from China to Europe and then the United States, pandemic-stricken countries found themselves in a mad scramble for medical supplies – masks, ventilators, protective garments. More often than not, it was to China that they had to turn. By the time the crisis erupted,…

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