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By Owei Lakemfa Anthony Ijaola Ayinla Asiwaju was unaware when he delivered his inaugural lecture on December 12, 1984 that it would change his life forever. More importantly, that with that step, he was transforming our consciousness of the seemingly inanimate colonial boundaries of Africa into the living things that they are in reality. The…
December 30, 2024
Former President Jimmy Carter — who died in his hometown of Plains, Ga., on Sunday — was reviled by Republicans and ridiculed by essentially everyone else after he left office in 1981. But in recent years, Carter’s one-term presidency has been reevaluated, and a more balanced view of his time in office has emerged. Here…
December 30, 2024
My dear 2024, Letter writing may be a lost art in this digital age, yet there are moments when the weight of reflection demands the intimacy of a letter. So, dear 2024, consider this a heartfelt note from a Nigerian seeking to encapsulate the whirlwind of emotions, events, and transformations that have unfolded over the…
December 30, 2024
BY TONNIE IREDIA Reliance on oil as the only source of revenue by successive governments in Nigeria has for long left the country in a dilemma of inadequacy of funds for development. Among other things, this encouraged the country to approach foreign creditors for huge loans that future generations may never be able to repay.…
December 30, 2024
By Farooq Kperogi I am shattered beyond words can express by the sudden passing of my dear friend and brother, Ndagana Baba Alhaji. His loss feels like a wound that words cannot heal. I first wrote about Ndagana on September 29, 2019, when he was honored with the Bob Freeman Humanitarian Award for "working to…
December 29, 2024
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE [email protected] 0705 263 1058 The usual controversy that surrounds Jesus Christ during this period of the year is whether or not He was born on Christmas Day. There are religious sects and scholars who posit that Jesus could not have been born in December but somewhere in October or November. He was…
December 29, 2024
By Owei Lakemfa The New Year 2025 promises to be full of conflicts, most of them avoidable. The hottest spot might be in the Middle East where fierce proxy conflicts are going on with Israel at the centre. Only the naïve would think that the wars Israel has been involved are entirely fought by it,…
December 29, 2024
By James Edet On this poignant day, December 28, 2024, we gather in heartfelt unity to pay tribute to a true titan of our beloved land, a luminous embodiment of patriotism and an unwavering pillar of integrity, the revered Akparawa (Comrade) Amah T. Amah. As we lay his earthly form to rest in the tranquil…
December 28, 2024
In 1991, Nigeria was in the full throes of the interminable transition to civil rule programme of General Ibrahim Babangida. The effort by the regime in 1991 to relocate their terminal date from 1992 to 1993 coincided with a planned meeting in Ibadan, south-west Nigeria, of the leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students…
December 26, 2024
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By Owei Lakemfa Anthony Ijaola Ayinla Asiwaju was unaware when he delivered his inaugural lecture on December 12, 1984 that it would change his life forever. More importantly, that with that step, he was transforming our consciousness of the seemingly inanimate colonial boundaries of Africa into the living things that they are in reality. The…
December 30, 2024
Former President Jimmy Carter — who died in his hometown of Plains, Ga., on Sunday — was reviled by Republicans and ridiculed by essentially everyone else after he left office in 1981. But in recent years, Carter’s one-term presidency has been reevaluated, and a more balanced view of his time in office has emerged. Here…
December 30, 2024
My dear 2024, Letter writing may be a lost art in this digital age, yet there are moments when the weight of reflection demands the intimacy of a letter. So, dear 2024, consider this a heartfelt note from a Nigerian seeking to encapsulate the whirlwind of emotions, events, and transformations that have unfolded over the…
December 30, 2024
BY TONNIE IREDIA Reliance on oil as the only source of revenue by successive governments in Nigeria has for long left the country in a dilemma of inadequacy of funds for development. Among other things, this encouraged the country to approach foreign creditors for huge loans that future generations may never be able to repay.…
December 30, 2024
By Farooq Kperogi I am shattered beyond words can express by the sudden passing of my dear friend and brother, Ndagana Baba Alhaji. His loss feels like a wound that words cannot heal. I first wrote about Ndagana on September 29, 2019, when he was honored with the Bob Freeman Humanitarian Award for "working to…
December 29, 2024
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE [email protected] 0705 263 1058 The usual controversy that surrounds Jesus Christ during this period of the year is whether or not He was born on Christmas Day. There are religious sects and scholars who posit that Jesus could not have been born in December but somewhere in October or November. He was…
December 29, 2024
By Owei Lakemfa The New Year 2025 promises to be full of conflicts, most of them avoidable. The hottest spot might be in the Middle East where fierce proxy conflicts are going on with Israel at the centre. Only the naïve would think that the wars Israel has been involved are entirely fought by it,…
December 29, 2024
By James Edet On this poignant day, December 28, 2024, we gather in heartfelt unity to pay tribute to a true titan of our beloved land, a luminous embodiment of patriotism and an unwavering pillar of integrity, the revered Akparawa (Comrade) Amah T. Amah. As we lay his earthly form to rest in the tranquil…
December 28, 2024
In 1991, Nigeria was in the full throes of the interminable transition to civil rule programme of General Ibrahim Babangida. The effort by the regime in 1991 to relocate their terminal date from 1992 to 1993 coincided with a planned meeting in Ibadan, south-west Nigeria, of the leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students…
December 26, 2024
