A CONVERSATION WITH BISHOP MATTHEW HASSAN KUKAH
PART 1: “OAKS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS”: BISHOP KUKAH AND HIS NATION By Toyin Falola “…provide for those who grieve in Zion – to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called […]
ICPC boss backs CBN over virtual assets, cryptocurrencies
The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, has said virtual assets and cryptocurrencies are risky for implementation in Nigeria. Speaking during his presentation to the Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and Other Financial Institutions during its hearing on the Central Bank of Nigeria’s decision to stop […]
Insecurity: Buhari has failed Nigerians, says Civil rights groups
Some 68 civil rights groups in Nigeria have called on president Muhammadu Buhari to act now and come to the rescue of hapless citizens who are at the mercy of bandits and kidnappers. In a statement released at the weekend, the groups said, “Nigeria is in dire straits. All over the country, Nigerian citizens, including […]
Junaid Mohammed dies at 73
The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives in the Second Republic, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, is dead. He was 73. According to a Daily Trust report, his son, Suleiman Mohammed, confirmed the death. According to him, his father took ill about three days ago, and died at his residence in Kano around 10pm. Mohammed was […]
Falola, History professor bags D. Litt from U.I.
By Olayinka Oyegbile Nigeria’s world-renowned professor of History and African Studies, at the University of Texas, Austin, Toyin Falola, has completed his academic D.Litt. from the University of Ibadan. With this, Falola, 68, becomes the first academic awardee of the D.Litt. in the Humanities. In pursuing the academic degree, he enrolled for the course like […]
Buhari directs security agencies to free kidnap students
*Niger shuts boarding schools President Muhammadu Buhari has called on all security agencies to ensure the freedom of all the students who were kidnap in Niger State on Tuesday night. A yet to be specified number of students and staff of Government Science College, Kagara, Niger State, have ben abducted. President Buhari directed the armed […]
The ‘Sokugo’ spirit and AK-47
Don’t be reckless with other people’s hearts, don’t put up with those who are reckless with yours – Mary Schmich It must have been over four decades ago that I read Cyprian Ekwensi’s 1962 novel The Burning Grass published under the imprint of the now rested African Writers’ Series edited by the immortal Chinua […]
Labour, civil society groups restate opposition to National Water Bill 2020
By Olayinka Oyegbile For the umpteenth time, Civil Society Groups (CSOs) met in Lagos on Wednesday, February 10, 2021 to restate their vehement opposition to the National Water Bill 2020 before the National Assembly. The CSOs made up mainly of the Amalgamated Union of Public Corporations, Civil Service, Technical and Recreational Services Employees (AUPCTRE), Public […]
LEADERS TODAY, NOT OF TOMORROW
By Toyin Falola Youth participation in politics and their role in government is one that has gained traction amongst Nigerian youths in the last two decades. Discussing this subject at a well-attended lecture at the University of Texas at Austin on February 9, 2021, under the title, “Youth, Politics, and the Future of Nigeria,” […]
Buhari names new EFCC chair
President Muhammadu Buhari has sent the name of Abdulrasheed Bawa for confirmation to the Senate as Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). In a letter to the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, President Buahri said he was acting in accordance with Paragraph 2(3) of Part1, CAP E1 of EFCC Act 2004. Bawa is […]
