IN recent days, reports that some Igbo community leaders in Lagos are considering the installation of an “Obi of Lagos” have sparked heated debate. Many Yoruba voices have described it as a provocation, with some even issuing threats. But before we let emotions run wild, we need to step back and ask ourselves an honest […]
By Olufunke Omoyemi-Baruwa FOREIGN policy once carried a certain mystique: long-term strategies, carefully negotiated alliances, and doctrines that shaped international order for decades. It was statecraft rooted in principles, predictability, and the projection of national interest. Today, that world feels like a relic. In its place is a chaotic landscape where diplomacy often takes a […]
THE President, Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) and Presiding, Sword of the Spirit Ministries, Bishop Francis Wale Oke yesterday said there is a powerful apostolic mantle placed on Nigeria by the Holy Spirit, symbolising a divine repeat of the biblical events in the Upper Room on the Day of Pentecost. This is as the cleric […]
Migration is not backward; it’s nature’s survival manual EVERY year, Nigeria becomes a busy airport for feathered travellers. Our international bird migration pathways include the West African flyway, where birds from Europe migrate south to winter in the Sahel and sub-Saharan Africa. Key sites like the Hadejia-Nguru Wetlands are their favourite rest stops—nature’s version of […]
BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE WE must teach our history. I cannot find any reason why Nigeria history is not being taught in Nigerian schools. This is a terrible mistake. What are we afraid of? Whose idea is it, that teaching Nigerian history will be unhealthy to our nation? This must be one of the mediocre […]
AWAY from a repertoire of depressing stories, Nigeria recently recorded some uplifting news. Before the euphoria of the Super Falcons’ 2024 WAFCON triumph could fade, the country had yet another reason to celebrate. The national basketball team, D’Tigress, claimed their fifth consecutive FIBA Women’s AfroBasket title, decisively defeating Mali 78–64 in Rabat, Morocco. Around the […]
BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE THE person who cries loudest when a stone is thrown into the market is the one who has been hit. To him, everything is about tribal affiliation. For someone to grow, he or she must at some point learn whether his interaction is positive or negative with the people around him […]
By PAMELA OLSON EARLIER this month Ezra Klein interviewed an internationally respected expert in war crimes and genocide, Phillippe Sands. It’s a good discussion but was hard for me to listen through. It’s painful to contemplate all the people I know who are ‘Gaza denialists.’ One of them, a rabbi, is an acquaintance […]
BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE IT takes time to form a country. It takes patience and dedication to change attitudes. When people from disparate places and cultures are brought together to form a Nation, it is never easy. In the long run, the tears and toil are worth it because the interactions lead to expansion of […]
ALARM bells have been ringing from environmental authorities, over the likelihood of flooding from this year’s heavy rainfalls. They are urging citizens to evacuate from flood plains and for public agencies to redouble their efforts in forestalling the disaster before it occurs. In this context, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has put a lot of states […]