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Wednesday, 11 October 2023 04:47

Tinubu’s certificate forgery and foreign policy implications - Bola Akinterinwa

President Bola Tinubu’s alleged certificate forgery is a tip of the iceberg in the political governance of Nigeria. In fact, on 20 February 2023, eighteen Nigerian nurses were charged to court for certificate forgery. On 13 March 2023, The Vanguard newspaper (Lagos, Nigeria) reported another case of 43 Nigerian nurses charged for certificate forgery. They were accused of engaging in a scheme to sell false and fraudulent nursing certificates. And perhaps more disturbingly, the Texas Board of Nursing has also charged more than 75 Nigerian nurses to court for engagement in falsification of certificates. This situation shows clearly that Tinubu’s…

Monday, 09 October 2023 05:12

‘Capitalism is dead. Now we have something much worse’: Yanis Varoufakis on extremism, Starmer, and the tyranny of big tech

What could be more delightful than a trip to Greece to meet Yanis Varoufakis, the charismatic leftwing firebrand who tried to stick it to the man, AKA the IMF, EU and entire global financial order? The mental imagery I have before the visit is roughly two parts Zorba the Greek to one part an episode of BBC series Holiday from the Jill Dando era: blue skies, blue sea, maybe some plate breaking in a jolly taverna. What I’m not expecting is a wall of flames rippling across a hillside next to the highway from the airport and a plume of…

Sunday, 08 October 2023 05:14

Tinubu’s certificate, open society and its enemies - Festus Adedayo

Who is the man who today sits atop the presidency of Nigeria? What is his name? Who are his parents? Who are his childhood friends? What was his childhood like? What primary school did he attend? Where did he attend secondary school? Or, the university? Is he a criminal? Is he a serial forger? On account of the above, can we trust him? Can he be trusted with the destinies of over 200 million Nigerians? Can the rest of the world trust him as the embodiment of Nigeria? Last year, I wrote about the history of certificate forgeries and identity…

Sunday, 08 October 2023 05:13

Exercising dominion over territorial spirits - Taiwo Akinola

When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace: But when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils ~ Luke 11:21-22. Introduction Times come in our individual lives, families or nations when we are faced with dangerous challenges. At such times, if you don’t know the way out, you remain under the desperate circumstances. Albeit, having problems has never been a problem, but not knowing how to come out of them. Happily, we have long discovered through search…

Sunday, 08 October 2023 05:12

Article of faith: But God (1) - Femi Aribisala

If I were to ask you for the two most powerful words in the Bible, you might not be able to answer. Well, I am going to tell them to you today because God visited me in a dream. In the dream, I saw myself preaching those two words. I woke up and immediately decided to study them in the Bible. What I discovered amazed me and strengthened my faith. I discovered that the two words He gave me were two of the most powerful words in the Bible, if not the most powerful. These two words are: “But God.”…

Saturday, 07 October 2023 04:44

Nigeria: The looming explosion - Jibrin Ibrahim

The strike by the Nigerian Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress earlier set for this week has been postponed. The labour unions were ready to go into an unlimited strike action, following the inability or unwillingness of the Federal Government to introduce significant palliatives that would assuage the intense sufferings of workers confronted by a cost of living crisis that has made feeding, transportation, medical care, etc., almost impossible for the working class. When I listened to President Bola Tinubu’s Independence Day address, the main message I heard was that he is aware of the suffering of the people…

Friday, 06 October 2023 04:22

Are you in that number saved by Uzodimma? - Azu Ishiekwene

In a country of 133 million multidimensional poor, with youth unemployment at 53.40 percent, it would be a pity if anyone looking for an opportunity to earn a living missed the chance to hear the Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma recently. In a campaign speech for his second term, Uzodimma promised, as my father would have said, what Napoleon in all his extraordinary conquests and ambition could not even have dreamed of. In my humble view, it’s Japa 2.0, a giant leap forward for the youth delivered in a moment of creative genius, the last of which was seen when…

Thursday, 05 October 2023 04:44

Tinubu’s certificates, Atiku’s moral victory - Abimbola Adelakun

With the United States court mandating that Chicago State University release some of President Bola Tinubu’s records, Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party candidate and Tinubu’s rival in the last general elections, won a moral victory bigly. While this might not translate to legal gains in the upcoming Supreme Court, many Nigerians seem thrilled by the turn of events. I understand that feeling. This is one of the rare instances where a court judgment repudiates the almighty power that the Nigerian presidency embodies. For a nation where it is near impossible to compel its leaders to answerability, watching a higher…

Wednesday, 04 October 2023 05:02

6 major findings about Tinubu from the CSU documents - Farooq Kperogi

Both pro- and anti-Tinubu news outlets and blogs are selectively reporting the documents that Chicago State University handed over to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar yesterday. Here are 6 non-partisan tidbits I discovered from poring over them: 1. Chicago State University’s Office of the Registrar affirmed that Bola A. Tinubu indeed attended the university “from August 1977 through June 1979” and was “awarded a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with Honors on June 22, 1979.” The registrar also swore to this under oath. The penalty for lying under oath in America can be steep. It is punishable by up…

Monday, 02 October 2023 04:19

Saudi Arabia’s new nationalism - Bernard Haykel

Saudi Arabia is undergoing a nationalist transformation. During this year’s Saudi National Day, on September 23, people across the Kingdom – especially the young people who constitute a majority of the population – turned out in droves to wave flags, dance, and marvel at military flyovers. Promoted by Saudi Arabia’s de facto leader, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (widely known as MBS), the surge in patriotic displays sheds light on the motivations behind the country’s recent political and economic reforms. Begin with the foreign-policy front, where Saudi Arabia has agreed to a détente with Iran, facilitated by China; entered into…

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Sunday, 01 October 2023 04:33

The Mohbad in Nigeria at 63 - Festus Adedayo

Humour and laughter often serve as a powerful tool in driving home words that may otherwise be difficult to communicate. An example is Nigeria celebrating her 63rd anniversary and yet enmeshed in several dysfunctions that cannot be explained. One of the many popular jokes about the Nigerian crisis available on the streets has attempted to humourize the ailment and drive home the complexity of the Nigerian problem. It goes thus: “There is absolute (turmoil) – economic collapse, political commotion, wars, social dislocation, tsunamis, etc – in the world, and all nations decide to meet God in Heaven to ask for…

Sunday, 01 October 2023 04:32

The incredible power of a focused Christian life - Taiwo Akinola

For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed ~ Isaiah 50:7. Introduction: Focus is very important in anything you do. It is a major key to progress, and a quintessential elevator to higher performances in life. Those who focus on what they want to achieve, prosper; those that don't, struggle all through life. Lack of focus is the main problem that stalls many people in their journeys in life. Those who have lost focus rarely arrive at…

Friday, 29 September 2023 05:01

A school crime scene that won’t go away - Azu Ishiekwene

In the Bible, Keren-happuch was the youngest of the three beautiful daughters of Job, who against the norms of a patriarchal society, inherited her father’s vast latter-day wealth along with her two other sisters. But in the sometimes inexplicable twist of fate, this is the story of another Keren-happuch whose sun set before it rose. Her story as told by her mother was hard to follow. Even if I had eaten the head of a tortoise, the fabled medicine for anhedonia, the woman’s story, especially her futile search for justice, would still have broken my heart into many pieces. Perhaps…

Friday, 29 September 2023 04:59

Propaganda and lies as governance tools - Ikechukwu Amaechi

In the last four months since Bola Tinubu became Nigeria’s president, many Nigerians have watched in utter horror as the administration continues to fumble. The missteps are simply unacceptable, more so for a government that claims to be on a self-assigned mission of renewing the hope of longsuffering citizens. But I doubt if any discerning Nigerian is surprised at the embarrassing slipups and gaffes. In fact, what would have been surprising is a situation where Tinubu, in Aso Rock, levels with Nigerians. It is in the character of those who are presently allocating the country’s collective values, authoritatively, to deploy…

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