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As a young boy attending Sunday services at St. Peter's Anglican Church in Ijare, I frequently heard sermons about the stark differences between heaven and hell. This morning, I was transported back to those formative years. For younger generations or those raised in cities during that time, such an experience might be unfamiliar. In my…
December 4, 2024
By Pelumi Olajengbesi, Esq That a single individual—a public officer entrusted with fiduciary responsibilities—could engage in such egregious financial misconduct in a country where millions still grapple with abject poverty is both astounding and unacceptable. This is, indeed, a case of unimaginable recklessness that underscores the urgent need for unwavering vigilance in the fight against…
December 3, 2024
By Oseloka H. Obaze Nigeria’s paradox is that it is as simple as it is complex. In Nigeria, both the simple and complex are fungible. Primarily, Nigerians make simple and straightforward issues unnecessarily complex. Bad leadership, in turn, compounds already complex issues. The sum total of this byzantine political alchemy is that in her sixty-four…
December 2, 2024
By Owei Lakemfa In the roaring 1970s, the nationalist fervent was at a feverish pitch in the country and, the Pan- Africanist and independence fires were tearing through Mozambique, Angola, Guinea Bissau, Cape Verde, Zimbabwe and Western Sahara. Also, there was fire in Soweto. Our politics was positively influenced by people like Samora Machel, Ruth…
December 2, 2024
In reflecting on Nigeria’s leadership journey, Bishop Matthew Kukah, a Catholic priest, activist, and philosopher, delivers a searing observation: “Almost every leader who came to power did so by accident.” With these words, he stirred an hornets’ nest, igniting a spirited discourse on the nation’s perennial struggle with leadership. Kukah’s critique strikes a resonant chord…
December 2, 2024
As we patiently waited with others for the elevator to arrive on the ground floor of the Nigerian Mission to the United Nations in New York this September morning (only one of the elevators was working!), a few people who recognized him seemed to gasp as they realized that such an eminent global citizen and…
December 1, 2024
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE [email protected] 0705 263 1058 How do you dance to the admiration of all Nigerians? Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey said it all in his song/story on “Ketekete” (horse) and its owner: There is nothing you can do to please the entire universe. No matter your efforts and regardless of the success achieved, some…
December 1, 2024
Festus Adedayo In 1992, Leon Mugesera, a senior politician in the then Rwanda ruling party, gathered a crowd of supporters at a rally held in the town of Kabaya. At the rally, Mugesera labeled the minority Tutsi “cockroaches,” who must be eliminated. He then asked this East African ethnic group to go back to its…
December 1, 2024
It is received wisdom that supportive, high-quality friends in good places are important in human relationships and in advancing personal and group progress. It is also the case in strengthening relationships among nations. Since his assumption of office, President Bola Tinubu has activated the friendship he has built over time in his quest for Nigeria’s…
November 30, 2024
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As a young boy attending Sunday services at St. Peter's Anglican Church in Ijare, I frequently heard sermons about the stark differences between heaven and hell. This morning, I was transported back to those formative years. For younger generations or those raised in cities during that time, such an experience might be unfamiliar. In my…
December 4, 2024
By Pelumi Olajengbesi, Esq That a single individual—a public officer entrusted with fiduciary responsibilities—could engage in such egregious financial misconduct in a country where millions still grapple with abject poverty is both astounding and unacceptable. This is, indeed, a case of unimaginable recklessness that underscores the urgent need for unwavering vigilance in the fight against…
December 3, 2024
By Oseloka H. Obaze Nigeria’s paradox is that it is as simple as it is complex. In Nigeria, both the simple and complex are fungible. Primarily, Nigerians make simple and straightforward issues unnecessarily complex. Bad leadership, in turn, compounds already complex issues. The sum total of this byzantine political alchemy is that in her sixty-four…
December 2, 2024
By Owei Lakemfa In the roaring 1970s, the nationalist fervent was at a feverish pitch in the country and, the Pan- Africanist and independence fires were tearing through Mozambique, Angola, Guinea Bissau, Cape Verde, Zimbabwe and Western Sahara. Also, there was fire in Soweto. Our politics was positively influenced by people like Samora Machel, Ruth…
December 2, 2024
In reflecting on Nigeria’s leadership journey, Bishop Matthew Kukah, a Catholic priest, activist, and philosopher, delivers a searing observation: “Almost every leader who came to power did so by accident.” With these words, he stirred an hornets’ nest, igniting a spirited discourse on the nation’s perennial struggle with leadership. Kukah’s critique strikes a resonant chord…
December 2, 2024
As we patiently waited with others for the elevator to arrive on the ground floor of the Nigerian Mission to the United Nations in New York this September morning (only one of the elevators was working!), a few people who recognized him seemed to gasp as they realized that such an eminent global citizen and…
December 1, 2024
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE [email protected] 0705 263 1058 How do you dance to the admiration of all Nigerians? Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey said it all in his song/story on “Ketekete” (horse) and its owner: There is nothing you can do to please the entire universe. No matter your efforts and regardless of the success achieved, some…
December 1, 2024
Festus Adedayo In 1992, Leon Mugesera, a senior politician in the then Rwanda ruling party, gathered a crowd of supporters at a rally held in the town of Kabaya. At the rally, Mugesera labeled the minority Tutsi “cockroaches,” who must be eliminated. He then asked this East African ethnic group to go back to its…
December 1, 2024
It is received wisdom that supportive, high-quality friends in good places are important in human relationships and in advancing personal and group progress. It is also the case in strengthening relationships among nations. Since his assumption of office, President Bola Tinubu has activated the friendship he has built over time in his quest for Nigeria’s…
November 30, 2024
