The NBA and the Insurgency, By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
On the night of 17 September 2012, insurgents assassinated Zanna Mallam Gana, Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice of Borno State. Mallam Gana was killed in his home in Bama where he had gone to spend the week-end. In response to his killing, the institutions for the defence of the rule…
Responsibility in The Heart of Darkness, By Adeolu Ademoyo
Why is Jonathan, Shettima, and Abubakar still keeping their jobs? Tons of colonialist literature were written on Africa during the dark ages of enslavement and colonialism. Joseph Conrad’s “Heart of Darkness” was one of the negative classics. When Mr. Conrad wrote “The Heart Of Darkness,” given the data he presented,…
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Chibok Girls in the Wider Human Rights and Security Considerations, By Kolawole Olaniyan
When President Goodluck Jonathan assumed office in May 2011, he identified persistent violence and crime as a major problem confronting the country. He promised to “confront this threat against our collective peace and security, and bring the perpetrators to justice.” But recent events have shown that the president has failed…
What These Girls Could Have Been, By Hannatu Musawa
The story of almost 300 of our girls being abducted by a bloodthirsty and diabolical bunch of criminals has gripped the Nigerian public and the world at large for the past couple of weeks. From Nigerians in the country and all over the world to global heads of states, celebrities,…
Goodbye Nigeria, Welcome Oduduwa Republic, By Femi Fani-Kayode
“If they ever tell my story let them say I walked with giants, men rise and fall like the Winter wheat but these names will never Let them say I lived in the time of Hector, tamer of them say I lived in the time of Achilles”- the Iliyad, Homer.…
Leadership and Relevance, By Taiwo Odukoya
The hand of the diligent will rule… (Proverbs 12:24a) In a brilliant article titled ‘Here Today - Gone Tomorrow’, Mark Miller tells a story I found particularly instructive. He said: "I stopped by our local Honey Baked Ham store to pick up some smoked turkey for sandwiches. When I arrived,…
Article of Faith: A Kingdom not of this World, By Femi Aribisala
Know this for certain: if it is popular in the world, then it cannot be of God. God says: “as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.” (Isaiah 55:9). Jesus goes even further to reveal that…
Boko Haram, Nigeria and the rest of the World, By Goodluck Jonathan
“Let me state clearly from the outset that what started as a local insurgency in North Eastern Nigeria has now evolved into the new frontier of the global war of terrorism against our civilization.” (more…)
NEXIM: Development Finance, Nigeria’s Economic Growth, and Job Creation, By Chinedu Moghalu
NEXIM’s total credit in local and foreign currencies to Nigerian businesses exceeded N87 billion and $300 million respectively. (more…)
Nigeria at war with itself, we must pray, By Henry Oqua
“Whether they are called communal clashes in the English language, or acts of terror, we have them everywhere now.” (more…)
