The inauguration, last week of the newly-elected President of Senegal, Bassirou Diomaye Faye will be recognised for its significance in sealing the long struggle of the Senegalese to halt the …
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Questionstorm: Why critical thinking matters in Africa
African youths often participate in witch-hunting campaigns. They blindly and dogmatically believe in witches, sanction, instigate, and commission witch and demon hunting and exorcism in their families and communities. The …
Read More »The bastardisation of religions in Nigeria
I feel disgruntled as a devout Muslim! The Holy Quran aptly posits that there should be no compulsion in religious beliefs. The post The bastardisation of religions in Nigeria appeared …
Read More »Invest in women and foster inclusion
Recently, the International Women’s Day 2024 with the theme “Invest in Women: Accelerate Progress” was celebrated globally. Although the United Nations mainstreamed this event in 1977, its origin is actually …
Read More »Is there hope for the third force?
Peter Obi shook the political establishment in 2022 when he chose to run as presidential candidate of the obscure Labour Party. He captured the imagination of the youths. The post …
Read More »Skyrocketing price of cooking gas is shameful for Nigeria
The trending astronomical increase in the price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) known as cooking gas, no doubt is troubling; considering that Nigeria, as an oil-producing country, harbours vast quantity …
Read More »Another round of bank recapitalisation
Another round of bank recapitalisation is here and for the next two years between April 1, 2024 and March 31, 2026, the nation’s 25 commercial and six merchant banks are …
Read More »Reflection that makes for progress
It cannot be for nothing that we human beings are endowed with the faculty with which to reflect, to weigh and examine, to think and in the words of a …
Read More »Seven lessons of Okuama calamity
Has Nigeria learnt any lessons from the Okuama massacre? Will the incident repeat itself or offer profound lessons against future experience? In the journey of life, no individual or nation …
Read More »Glorification of Igho Natufe as an octogenarian – Part 2
Professor Omajuwa Igho Natufe is an intriguingly intriguing fellow, an intriguingly intriguing old chap of the Safarian hue true and true. He can/could be agreeably agreeable and disagreeably disagreeable at …
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