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Thursday, 09 March 2023 05:56

The confessions of Dino Melaye - Bola Bolawole

Politician Dino Melaye needs no introduction to Nigerians; neither is he new to controversies. His theatrics, however, set him apart from other controversial politicians of his ilk. He has traversed the country’s entire political gamut since the return to civil rule in 1999, moving from PDP to AC/ACN and taking shelter in Bola Tinubu’s Bourdillon home when the then President Olusegun Obasanjo turned the heat on him before he joined the New-PDP to pull the rug from under the feet of President Goodluck Jonathan. Therefore, the coming to power of Muhammadu Buhari was not without the support of Dino Melaye.…

Thursday, 09 March 2023 05:55

Yorùbá ro’nú, yes, ro’nú! - Abimbola Adelakun

The ethnic irredentists who regularly punctuate the atmosphere with the dog whistle of Yorùbá ro’nú are not sincerely invested in the gains of contemplation. If they were, they would deploy the same gusto to call for a reflection on the Yorùbá condition within this contraption called Nigeria. We would be asked to ponder if this is all there is to our life or if we are being shortchanged by our self-serving leaders and their herd of brownnosers who remind us to use our power of reason only when it potentially benefits the political class. Deploying the force of our thought…

Sunday, 05 March 2023 05:59

My Bola Tinubu odyssey - Festus Adedayo

Since Wednesday, March 1, 2023, as Persians, Carthaginians and Romans did in penal sanction, I was literally hung up for crucifixion. It began the moment Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, announced ex-Governor Bola Ahmed Tinubu as winner of last Saturday’s presidential election. Diatribes, sarcasms and mild verbal whiplashing were reserved for me. Like ice cubes, rebukes of me got generously intermixed with cognac of victory celebrations. It reminds me of celebrated Nigerian journalist, May Ellen-Ezekiel’s piece, Over Cognac, in her column in the Quality magazine of the 1990s. Battling personal medical privations that resulted in delayed childbirth,…

Sunday, 05 March 2023 05:57

Let God arise! - Taiwo Akinola

Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him ~ Psalms 68:1. Introduction Let’s get this straight from the onset: our God is very very powerful (Psalms 62:11). He rules by His power forever, and His eyes behold the nations (Psalm 66:7). All He needs to do is arise and speak, and His counsel will stand fast (Psalm 33:8-9). No wonder Jesus said God is even able to raise up children out of stones (Matthew 3:9). God’s plan for your life is far greater than your ability. Your strength, or anything you…

Sunday, 05 March 2023 05:56

Article of faith: Are Christians disciples of Jesus? - Femi Aribisala

Not likely! Christians cannot be disciples because pastors are not disciples. Jesus asks: “Can the blind lead the blind? Will they not both fall into the ditch? A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone who is perfectly trained will be like his teacher.” (Luke 6:39-40). A disciple of Jesus must be like Jesus. But Christians are not like Jesus. They are like their teachers, the pastors. Jesus says: “Do not be called teachers; for One is your Teacher, the Christ.” (Matthew 23:10). Nevertheless, pastors arrogate themselves as teachers of Christians. Jesus says in His church: “There will be…

Friday, 03 March 2023 06:00

Peter Obi, a salute, a bow - Comfort Obi

I neither flaunt nor use the title, but I am a Princess of an over 150-year-old Royal Home. So, by tradition, I usually don’t bow for, or courtesy before most people. I was told not to do so because “you are Royal.” However, I make exception before some Clerics; some, not all. There are too many fake and lying Clerics that one is tempted, at times, to ask God: ”Almighty, why are you patient with these fake guys?” But today, for Peter Obi, the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party in the just concluded February 25, 2023, Presidential Election, I…

Friday, 03 March 2023 05:59

In praise of ‘no structure’ - Seun Kolade

Whatever you make of the outcome and the controversies surrounding it, the 2023 presidential election has marked a seismic shift in Nigeria’s political landscape. And this is all credit to the vast army of Nigeria’s youth, and the older citizens with them, who sent a strong message to the effect that an end to the old, destructive political order is in sight, and the long-suffering citizens of Nigeria will no longer take it lying down. Tension in the land has not abated, mind. A close friend, who is otherwise apolitical, sent to me the screenshot of the results in his…

Thursday, 02 March 2023 06:00

What does Peter Obi do next? - Abimbola Adelakun

Those whose understanding of Saturday’s presidential election is that the Labour Party played the “spoiler” for the Peoples Democratic Party miss the significance of the moment. As of now, the PDP is effectively dead and the LP is the new opposition party. The PDP presidential candidate might have won many votes, but they lost on multiple levels. There are enough reasons to be suspicious of the outcome of the figures from the election, but if the results from a place like Enugu are anything to go by, the PDP will hardly recover. Their role from 2023 upwards will be mere…

Thursday, 02 March 2023 05:59

Mahmoud Yakubu: This second slap is louder - Segun Sanni

The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) under Mahmoud Yakubu has become the national umpire institution which plays a wicked trick on Nigerians at the last minute of the game. This is particularly when the damage is most atrociously awful and devastating. Deception, at the most sudden and most destructive, has been Yakubu’s trump card against Nigeria and Nigerians since he came into office but we failed to pay close attention to the enormity of his dangerous games up until now. The seed of the current crisis was indeed sown in the 2019 presidential election but Nigerians did not complain about…

Wednesday, 01 March 2023 12:54

INEC, Obi, and Nigeria’s electoral scars - Chiawolamoke Nwankwo

Assessment of the presidential and National Assembly elections conducted on Saturday, and which spilled over to Sunday, is the staple in public discourse at the moment. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was called out by voters and political parties after the results of the 25 February polls were not transmitted immediately from polling units to the INEC Result Viewing Portal as the law stipulates. The umpire repeatedly assured the public that the integrity of the elections will be like no other, also magisterially declaimed further by President Muhammadu Buhari, who wants to leave this as a legacy. However, for…

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Monday, 27 February 2023 05:38

Omolaye-Ajileye: A judge’s bitter-sweet exit from the Bench - Bola Bolawole

Penultimate Tuesday, I flew from Lagos to Abuja and thereafter travelled by road to Lokoja, the capital of Kogi state, to witness activities marking the retirement of a Kogi State High Court judge, Alaba Andrew Omolaye-Ajileye, as he attained the age of 65 years. The exit of this quintessential, cerebral, bold, courageous, even audacious, judge from the Bench was marked with mixed feelings. There was the feeling of sadness and a sense of great loss as everyone regretted that he was leaving at a time his expertise in the new field of electronic evidence would be greatly needed as Nigeria…

Monday, 27 February 2023 05:37

Let us accept God’s choice through us - Hassan Gimba

As you read this, the nation is awaiting the results of the presidential election held two days ago – some anxiously, some eagerly, and some with their hearts in their mouths, but all are hopeful for a new dawn because, depending on the results, hopes for a better nation can either be actualised or marred. There are 18 presidential candidates, out of which we have the “big four”, among whom we expect the next president of Nigeria to emerge. They are Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Peter Obi of…

Sunday, 26 February 2023 05:16

Consequences of our votes - Festus Adedayo

It is the day after. Fogs are gradually clearing (or not clearing) from the face of the firmament. Though we may not see as clearly as American singer-songwriter, pop star and reggae musician, Johnny Nash, saw when he magisterially pronounced that “I can see clearly now,” we can at least see beyond the ridges of our noses. Whichever way, there are consequences. In philosophizing consequences, Yoruba go into the thrills and frills of the Egungun festival to explain what was and what is. Masquerade festivals – E’gun Odun – are moments of plenty, wild frenzy and flexing of muscles. For…

Sunday, 26 February 2023 05:12

The overflowing goodness of God (4) - Taiwo Akinola

Singing of the Faithfulness of the Lord I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations ~ Psalms 89:1. Introduction In every individual life, family, business and nation are shadowed days when it seems like the sun has finally withdrawn its shining and the clouds have taken over. These may come in diverse forms: a regime of spiritual hostilities, days of great financial anxiety, times of personal health challenges or periods of national political turmoil. Even sometimes, all that one has lived for may seem washed…

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