Category: Features
PERSPECTIVE – Kukah’s cross of nationalism and the burden of Buhari’s Presidency
Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah. By Dr Bolaji O. Akinyemi Who is Luis Farrakhan? That was the very first word that reverberated from an old TV set when justice was being done to a nice meal.…
PERSPECTIVE – Duplicitous British judiciary, revengeful American bully and unbowed Assange
Julian Assange. By Owei Lakemfa. It was a marvel that WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, was still standing on his feet this Monday, January 4, 2021 as the British courts stopped his extradition to the United…
PERSPECTIVE – Hassan and Hussein Sunmonu: Indomitable African lions at 80
Comrade Hassan Sunmonu. Comrade Owei Lakemfa. By Owei Lakemfa In their beloved city of Oshogbo, Osun State, two indomitable African lions: Hassan Adebayo and Hussein Oyekanmi Sunmonu, are turning 80 this Thursday, January 7, 2021.…
PERSPECTIVE – Bakare didn’t defend Tinubu; he defanged him
Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, left, in a hug with Pastor Tunde Bakare. By Farooq A. Kperogi Pastor Tunde Bakare’s trending video on Bola Ahmed Tinubu, for which he is receiving caustic flak from the Nigerian online…
FOR THE RECORD – A nation in search of vindication (Homily from Mount Sokoto)
Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah. President Buhari, left, and Bishop Kukah. Christmas 2020 Message BY Matthew Hassan KUKAH Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto 1. Another Christmas with Dark Clouds of Death: Let me paraphrase…
PERSPECTIVE – No more the war of the sexes
Hungary's Parliament House. Comrade Owei Lakemfa. By Owei Lakemfa The Hungarian Parliament in Central Europe on Tuesday, December 15, 2020 made a startling discovery that: “The mother is a woman, the father is a man.”…
PERSPECTIVE – The proof Buhari needs
President Buhari. By Sonala Olumhense President Muhammadu Buhari celebrated his 78th birthday on Thursday. For the event, he could not have picked a worse location on the almanac or on the map: his hometown of…
PERSPECTIVE – Alleged Plot to assassinate Ned Nwoko and Police probe of Gabriel Ogbechie
By Delta Fresh Vision DELTA FRESH VISION, an NGO committed to social justice and good governance is aware that there has always been this lingering suspicion that the Idumuje-Ugboko crisis is being fueled by some…
DIALOGUE WITH MY COUNTRY – The North and its failed political industry – Weep my brother
Mr. Dan Agbese. By Dan Agbese Chief Audu Ogbeh, immediate past minister of agriculture and chairman, ACF, was recently quoted as saying that politics is the only industry in Northern Nigeria. His statement intrigues me…