Mr. President, Don’t Let The Cry From Rivers EclipWednesday, April 23, 2025
There are moments in a nation rsquo;s history when silence does more damage than speech. When a single phrase, uttered carelessly or with quiet calculation, reveals the power dynamics that shape a country more honestly than any official address. In Nigeria today, that moment has arrived. When a p ...
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Why A Psychopath Wouldn’t Hesitate To Cause Another Global Financial Crisis – IfWednesday, April 23, 2025
Would you want a psychopath looking after your pension? Or what about your shares? In a recent talk at the Cambridge Festival of Science, I spoke about the latest research relating to a psychopath rsquo;s love of money, greed for power, and willingness to harm other people financially for personal g ... |
Pope Francis Dies: An Unconventional Pontiff Who Sought To Modernise CatholicismWednesday, April 23, 2025
From the moment of his election in 2013, Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the man who became Pope Francis, proved himself to be unconventional. Shedding much of the formality of previous papal elections, he appeared for the first time on the balcony of Saint Peter rsquo;s Basilica in a simple white cassock ... |
A Nation On Edge As The Poor Cannot Sleep From Hunger, The Rich Cannot Sleep FroTuesday, April 22, 2025
In a country where silence has become a symptom of suffering, hunger keeps the poor awake while fear robs the rich of peace. Can Tinubu rsquo;s government bridge the widening gap before it is too late? In today rsquo;s Nigeria, the night tells the story the government refuses to admit. When the s ... |
Reno Omokri: Patriot Or Stomach Infrastructure Apostle?Tuesday, April 22, 2025
In Nigeria 39;s tumultuous political landscape, where loyalty shifts like the wind and ideology often takes a backseat to self-preservation, Reno Omokri stands as a glaring symbol of the contradiction between public advocacy and personal ambition. Once a fierce critic of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu ... |
Who Is Playing Rivers State Like A Political Chessboard?Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Rivers State, one of Nigeria rsquo;s most strategically important states politically and economically, has lately become a theatre of absurdity, where the rules of democratic governance have been replaced with the treacherous tactics of a chessboard. The unfolding drama, characterized by betrayals, ... |
Hakeem Baba-Ahmed: A wake-Up Call For Yoruba EliteTuesday, April 22, 2025
The Yoruba Referendum Committee is not privy to all that transpired during Hakeem Baba-Ahmed rsquo;s tenure as Special Adviser (Political) to President Tinubu, whose office was located in the Vice President 39;s wing. However, we are surprised by the reasons he gave for his resignation mdash;rangin ... |
Christianity Is Changing In South Africa As Pentecostal And Indigenous ChurchesTuesday, April 22, 2025
Studies show that South Africa is one of only three countries in the world where religious participation has increased in recent years. The other two countries are Italy and the US. The 2022 Census data show that South Africa rsquo;s Christian adherence has once again increased. However, the kind ... |
Kukah’s 2025 Easter Message: Worth Digesting And Ruminating OverMonday, April 21, 2025
In a time when most religious homilies have been reduced to performative sermons void of national relevance, Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto continues to remind Nigerians that the pulpit can still be a place of truth, courage, and accountability. His 2025 Easter Message ... |
Nigeria’s Auto Industry is in Need of Government SupportMonday, April 21, 2025
Nigeria rsquo;s automotive sector which was once seen as a path to industrial growth and job creation is now arguably stalled. This indeed calls for concern as it reflects deeper national problems. Despite being Africa rsquo;s biggest economy with over 220 million people, it 39;s saddening that we ... |
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