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…
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…
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…
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…
EDO POLITICAL BATTLE: DO NOT BE FOOLED!
On May 31st, 2020, I wrote an open letter to all young persons in Edo State, titled, “MESSAGE TO ALL YOUNG PERSONS IN EDO STATE #2020 GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION.” In that letter, I drew the attention of all young persons in the State to the political…
DO NOT DIE IN THEIR WAR: THE EDO STATE SAGA
Preamble If you know the man called Dele Farotimi, then chances are that you have stumbled on his relatively recent book, ‘Do not Die in their War‘. In Femi Onileagbon’s review of the book, he says, “The author tells his truth…and…
27 YEARS AFTER JUNE 12 1993: WHERE IS THE HOPE?
Growing up, I learnt from the penny Catechism of the Catholic Church that “Hope is a supernatural gift of God, by which we firmly trust that God will give us eternal life and all means necessary to obtain it, if we do what He requires of us” (“What is…
COVID-19 AND THE ABUSE OF PUBLIC TRUST: CASES AGAINST THE NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT
“Let someone else take his office” (Acts 1:20). Judas Iscariot was entrusted with the common purse (treasury) of Jesus and His followers. Indeed, a serious position of trust. But painfully, he betrayed that position. By his action, it became…