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In Turkish Writer, Elif Shafak’s well reverred view, passing information today is no big deal. If you don’t have it, you can google it. But passing knowledge is not as routine a task as passing information. “Knowledge”, however imperfect, requires depth and focus and a capacity for introspective sobriety. Knowledge also comes with wisdom and […]
Continue ReadingA marriage conceived out of true love can slowly drift into isolation if the emotional bond is not nurtured. Many couples do not understand the importance of emotional connection in building a healthy marital relationship that can be observed daily to keep you connected even when you are miles apart. The secret of many lasting […]
Continue ReadingLast week, those in charge of the railway in Egypt were sacked by their government, after two train derailments occurred within a period of one month – no excuses. Closer to home, Kemi Adeosun, the former Minister of Finance, resigned from her position in the face of her NYSC Certificate scandal. Yet, here we are […]
Continue ReadingFounded by the proprietor of Elder Dempster Agencies, Alfred Lewis Jones in 1894, the British Bank of West Africa was meant to facilitate the importation of silver currency into the region, where Jones held a monopoly. The bank therefore had a clear historical and business advantage from the beginning, with the imprimatur of the British […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim, also known as Pantami, is busy fighting off those who accuse him of holding extreme Islamic views. He seemed particularly frightened by claims that the United States of America, USA, sees him as an extremist. I laugh at this because America is, in fact, […]
Continue ReadingIs the Lagos State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission law based on the right thing to do and, or the common good? As a keen observer of Nigeria’s political climate, political expediency is embossed into and inosculated with this law. It looks calculated and crafted to help and advance the political fortunes of some powerful people in […]
Continue ReadingAfter Nigerians criticised the National Broadcasting Commission for trying to strong-arm the television station, Channels TV, over their interview with the spokesperson for the Independent People of Biafra, Emma Powerful, a more contrite version of them addressed the public to clarify that they merely warned Channels TV to “check their excesses.” They said since the IPOB organisation had been […]
Continue ReadingDisturbing videos are making the rounds on WhatsApp. As Boko Haram insurgents invade a northern town with their armoured vehicles, they are being hailed by young boys and girls who act as though they are watching a movie. The videos also come with a message that sums up the state of our country and the […]
Continue ReadingThe tragedy is not just that Isa Pantami did it. It is that he will get away with it, and with Buhari at the helm. It is not that he will get away with it. He has already. The bigot with fantasies of blood and death is our minister. Live with it. He decides the […]
Continue ReadingI don’t, with all respect, agree with the position of the federal government in retaining Sheick Dr. Isa Pantami as a cabinet minister. No person, Muslim or Christian, would express Dr. Pantami’s extremist views in the way and manner he variously did, and at the same time hold a ministerial office, and be left alone […]
Continue ReadingSinger ReekadoBanks is of the opinion that Nigeria is on the brink of a civil war. In a tweet posted on his handle, ReekadoBanks alleged that politicians are doing everything to enable a civil war because ”their schemes thrive in havoc and when there’s a divide”. His tweet reads: “Nigeria is on the brink of […]
Continue Reading“Omo, wetin dey shele. What’s gwan man?” “Helloooo. Are you okay?” “Yeah, yeah, my bro” “Can you speak English? I don’t get your drift. All these your what’s gwan, and yeah, yeah, I hope you have not gone to take your thing again. If you want to engage me in a conversation, then speak straight […]
Continue ReadingA normal southern Nigerian citizen would be shocked to hear cries of ‘Jihad now’ or ‘give us sharia or death’ or ‘it is sharia or bloodshed.’ In the fundamentalist north, what will shock the street will be if the rabble refuses to lick blood from the plate of those cries. The huge support which Isa […]
Continue ReadingIn September 2019 in New York, Nigeria ruler Muhammadu Buhari was asked: “Nigeria has a very young population; perhaps you might highlight what a pathway for a resilient future looks like?” On the calendar, it was the 74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, and General Buhari was participating in the Climate Action Summit. […]
Continue ReadingPresident Buhari’s Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Sheikh Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, could have casually slithered through public office with scant notice if he could delete his past. Unfortunately he cannot run faster than the jagged shadows from his past. In these parts, a ministerial portfolio with an oversized office and some fancy title […]
Continue ReadingDr. Isa Ali Pantami, minister of communications and digital economy, has been at the centre of a litany of controversies for two weeks non-stop — an unusually lengthy period in the Nigerian news cycle. A newspaper had reported that Pantami, who is also an Islamic cleric, was on the US terror watch list because of […]
Continue ReadingAll the South-west governors sat and agreed to set up Amotekun, a regional security outfit over a year ago. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu keyed into that agreement on behalf of Lagosians. But several months down the line, Sanwo-Olu has failed to establish Amotekun in Lagos State. Of the six South-west governors, he is the only one […]
Continue ReadingIn Law, Ignorance is not an excuse. Confessing to a crime is not immunity against trial. Again, the fact that an offence was committed years back does not mean the offender will escape justice. The person can be put on trial anytime the facts of the crime emerge. That was why the American government put […]
Continue ReadingJudas Iscariot was a whistleblower. He snitched on Christ. He was an insider in Jesus Ministry. In fact, he was the treasurer, but a thief, stealing from the common-wealth. He was also treacherous and cheap. For 30 pieces of silver, he threw eternity away. Redemption was too late for him. He committed suicide on the […]
Continue ReadingA people who elect corrupt politicians, impostors, thieves, and traitors are not victims… but accomplices. – George Orwell I know I must be sounding like a broken record but I have to say it again and again without any equivocation that those currently strutting around for elective positions, particularly for the position of the president […]
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