CHINA’S AGENDA: AFRICANS BEWARE
“Today, China is increasingly authoritarian at home and more aggressive in its hostility to freedom everywhere” (Mike Pompeo’s speech at Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, California, July 23rd, 2020). Simply put, the USA…
CATHOLIC BISHOPS CALL FOR A MONTH OF PRAYERS FOR PEACEFUL ELECTIONS IN EDO STATE
In a letter addressed to all Catholics and the people of Edo State, the Catholic Bishops of Benin City Archdiocese, Auchi Diocese and Uromi Diocese, have issued an urgent call on all Christ’s faithful to pray against violence in the forth coming…
HOW REPENTANT CAN EX BOKO HARAMITES BE?
“The man dies in all who keep silent in the face of terror.” Who should be rehabilitated, and reintegrated back to society? Is it the self-acclaimed repentant Boko Haram members, or the victims of Boko Haram attacks? To answer this question, it is…
IS PEACE POSSIBLE IN A VIOLENT WORLD?
“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled; and do not be afraid” (John 14:27). Sometime in March 2020, during one of my counseling sessions for a family that lost some…
THE NDDC SAGA: A BETRAYAL OF TRUST
Do you agree that corruption in Nigeria is like a cancerous wound; the more one tries to treat it, the more it aggravates? Is there any government sector in Nigeria that is free from the corruption saga? I recently dropped my pen, after writing an…
IS THERE MORE TO AROTILE’S DEATH?
In the wake of the demise of Nigeria’s first female combat helicopter pilot, Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile, there have been speculations regarding the somewhat mysterious circumstances leading to her death. Before now, many Nigerians had engaged…
WHEN THE HUNTER IS HUNTED: THE EFCC SAGA
When one has clear vision, he or she is said to have eagle eyes. An eagle is “any of several large carnivorous and carrion-eating birds in the family Accipitridae, having a powerful hooked bill and keen vision” (“Eagle,” English…
KEMI
Chapter Nineteen “Go forth, the mass is ended, the Priest said, just before kissing the altar.“Thanks be to God,” Kemi heard herself say above the other voices. Her enthusiasm was clearly because she had many things to be thankful for,…
OUR MUMU NEVER DO?
If you’ve ever had to take the Benin/Auchi and Okene expressway (if it can be called that), then you’re probably friends with numerous ‘burrowed pits’ that never die. Hang on a moment. Don’t shake your head just yet.…
PRESIDENT BUHARI AND THE NORTHERN ELDERS: YOUR BEST IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH!
When a man, instead of removing his khaki, wears Agbada on top, many say it is ‘change.’ But I don’t agree with that. It’s simply ‘disguise.’ Please make no mistakes about it. It is ‘disguise’ because he…