“’For I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the LORD, ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future’”. Jeremiah 29:11 Everyone wants to become better; and everyone wants to make progress. However, some may want it more than...
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Let’s face it. Several gender bills were presented before Lawmakers of the National Assembly on March 1, 2022. The Legislative House voted against a bill that was meant to provide for affirmative action whereby women have at least 35 per cent in political parties’ administration. They also voted against...
Mixed reactions have trailed the removal of Gov. Dave Umahi of Ebonyi and his deputy, Dr Eric Kelechi-Igwe from office by a Federal High Court in Abuja. While some residents saw it as a welcome development, others were disappointed with the judgement. Some residents who spoke with the News...
Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufa’i is not to be taken lightly when it comes to fighting terrorism in Nigeria. Not only has been exposed to governance at very critical sectors of our national life at both federal and state levels, what one reads about him in the media suggests...
I must admit my inadequacy today right from the word go. I do not know the meaning of Kyari neither do I know what Hushpuppi means. At the sentimental level it means I want my readers to define and explain to themselves what the hell I am writing about...
I must first of all admit that I went over the bar in calling an elected state governor a demagogue. We were trained to be restrained, whatever the provocation, in our public utterances, especially when handling public officers. Johnathan Ishaku, Emeka Omeahei and Goddy Ike were with me in...
The Minister of Information Alhaji Lai Mohammed last Thursday in Abuja said the government has uncovered 96 financiers of terrorist groups, Boko Haram and the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP). “Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU), which exchanges intelligence on Boko Haram, ISWAP with 19 countries in 2020-2021,...
I set my eyes on President Muhammadu Buhari for the first time in 1981. He cut the figure of what a military man should be: smartly dressed, trim, no flesh to waste etc. He was a commanding officer then on tour of my state, Gongola, which fell under his...
“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against the spiritual wickedness in high places.” (Ephesians 6:12) As mentioned in part 1 of this article, we are both human and spiritual beings. Hence, what we...
Some persons will tell you that struggles are a part of the human life. This mainly emanates from the fact that the human life is finite and has limitations. However, the existence of struggles could be far less important than how the individual is in position to face the...
The National Party of Nigeria invented the whole idea of zoning in Nigeria. It is an invention which many are not ready to give it credit. It all started this way. As it prepared for its primaries in 1978, the party announced that only politicians from the defunct Northern...
Early in 1984, the lot fell on me to cover the Special Military Tribunal in Kaduna that was trying political office holders who were kicked out office by the military and brought before the Tribunal to complete their circle of wrenching ordeals. The trials were held in secret. Then...
Take a pause and think about this: Your life lies in your mind and in the beliefs you hold on to. Your life and how it is taking shape is a function of your beliefs. Your mind is very powerful in shaping INTO BEING the things you want or...
On the 25th December 2011, something happened which completely shook my faith in the continued existence of this country. Worshippers at a Christmas service in Madalla Catholic Church on the outskirts of Abuja were bombed by a fringe Muslim group – Boko Haram. There was a carnage. The response...
If Nigeria were a country in a hurry to build strong, united country and develop itself, Umaru Altine would have been recognized in his time as an instant hero. Over seventy years ago, he was daring enough to take the novel, heroic step which no other Nigerian has taken...
Experts have expressed divergent views over the International Monetary Fund (IMF) advice to the Federal Government to ensure total removal of electricity and petrol subsidies. They expressed the views in interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Thursday. A financial analyst, Mr Johnson Chukwu, said...
Introduction On 2nd November 2021, President Muhammadu Buhari took to the podium at the UN Climate Change Conference Glasgow 2021 tagged COP26 (26th meeting of the Conference of Parties). In what I consider to be President Buhari’s best speech ever, he said: “Without extra and stable power, we cannot...
With presidential election results from all but one of Nigeria’s 36 states counted, and the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Muhammadu Buhari, clearly in unassailable lead, President Jonathan had telephoned Mr. Buhari to concede defeat. At the time the call was made, the Independent National Electoral Commission was...
I watched the film clip released soon after the death of F.W. de Klerk, who as president of South Africa dismantled the apartheid system that he and his ancestors had helped put in place. He died at his home near Cape Town last Thursday. He cast a pathetic sight...
By EMMANUEL YAWE – There is an ongoing narrative one gets trending on Nigeria in the media about the inevitability of the country’s break up. This is obvious as one reads through the print and social media social as well as listens to the electronic media. Often, the break...