I am not the Pope and therefore not qualified to bestow sainthood. But even the Pope does not canonise the living, yet here I am, with neither authority nor jurisdiction, calling someone a saint. And this person is alive and in our midst. We were all here when his retirement was announced from a family…
Away from the happenings in the Middle East, and in the light of a lack organisation by opposition, I wish to reiterate a point I made about this time in 2023. Whether you like him or not, studying President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s political career is basically studying applied Nigerian power politics in slow motion. There…
THE QUIET MATHEMATICS OF GRACE In the hush before dawn, when Redemption City still slumbers beneath the Nigerian sky, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye rises to pray. His voice, sometimes a whisper, sometimes a thunderclap, weaves through the air in Yoruba and English, carrying the weight of a nation’s hopes and the intimacy of a child’s…
The Nigerian music industry faces significant challenges regarding the payment of music royalties, despite the global success of Nigerian music. These challenges stem from a combination of structural inefficiencies, legal disputes, technological gaps, and a lack of awareness among artists. Many artists sign unfavourable contracts with record labels that give away their rights and long-term…
“There was a sustained media war waged by the West against my late father because he was one man with the courage and resolve to never bow to their manipulative schemes. They blacklisted Nigeria during that period, blocking access to many international opportunities, all in an effort to force him to crawl on his knees…
The Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency has referred the controversy surrounding resurfaced tweets allegedly linked to singer Simi to the Commissioner of Police for preliminary investigation. The Executive Secretary of the agency, Lola Vivour-Adeniyi, disclosed this today during an interview saying the agency could not ignore the allegations. The controversy erupted after Simi…
In the cutthroat arena of Nigerian politics, where loyalty is currency and betrayal is the ultimate power play, President Bola Tinubu wields his blade with Machiavellian precision—slashing through allies the moment they outlive their usefulness, leaving a trail of discarded pawns in his wake. “Men are so simple and so much inclined to obey immediate…
The head has always held a prominent and spectacularly unique position in human evaluation and in most cultures it has been accorded spiritual significance. The head is regarded in biblical terms as both the symbol of authority and source of authority in human relationships. The biblical Jesus is regarded as the head of the Church…
One of the greatest challenges the opposition has is this man. He’ll stifle opposition because he understands “psychological rigging “. Pastor Tunde Bakare calls him “Wake keep.” I disagree that he’s a compound dunce. He knows what he is doing. He understands that an average Nigerian is ridiculously fearful. He understands the psychology of a…
There were two House of assembly seats contested for in Rivers state yesterday, Wike’s candidates in APC won both. In Abuja, all the six area council chairmanship seats were contested for, the APC candidates he supported won five while his faction of PDP won the only one that APC lost. But the most interesting one…
