The founder of Omega Power Ministries, Apostle Chibuzor Gift Chinyere, on Friday, slumped at a yet-to-identified airport over an undisclosed illness. The apostle, well known for his philanthropic gestures, has been in the news recently, one of which was sending the Happy Boys abroad after the Chicken Republic, where they worked as security personnel, sacked them for dancing while on …

Godwin James is a renowned architect and an unrepentant critic of the extravagant lifestyle of Nigerian politicians. For him, the Nigerian democracy is a government of the politicians, by the politicians and for the politicians, at the expense of the long suffering Nigerians. Though his brother, Idorenyin James is a politician and one of the governorship aspirants of the Peoples …

It doesn’t make sense to weigh tragedies on a scale. How do you measure them? Leo Tolstoy got it right in Anna Karenina when he said whereas all happy families are alike, every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. And so indeed it was on June 14 when it was reported that a boat carrying 750 migrants had capsized near …

The allegations – or do we call them the road to prosperity – that human rights activist and legal luminary, Comrade Femi Falana has forcefully pushed into the public domain in the past one or two weeks are too weighty to be ignored by the Bola Tinubu administration. It is like you have a problem and someone says not just …

The world’s natural reserves are fast diminishing at a worrisome speed, almost two times quicker than mother earth can recreate. This figure is projected to be 2.3 times what is sustainable by 2050. Yearly, 50 million tonnes of e-waste contribute to this, which is tantamount to the size of all commercial aircraft ever made. Hence, achieving a sustainable environment is …

In less than one month in office, Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori has been all over the three senatorial districts to inspect various projects. What stands out though is not merely the tour but the mind with which he embarked on it. He revealed his heart at the inspection of the Ibuzor Road, Asaba when he said his …

Hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims crowded Saudi Arabia’s Mount Arafat on Tuesday, the climax of a potentially record-breaking hajj pilgrimage held in the fierce summer heat. As dawn broke, groups of worshippers recited Koran verses on the rocky rise, where the Prophet Mohammed is believed to have given his final sermon. The ritual is the high point of the …

On Tuesday, 13th June, 2023, I was at the University of Ibadan where I delivered a public lecture titled “The task before Nigeria’s 16th Head of State, Bola Ahmed Tinubu” at the 31st anniversary of the Resurrection Morning Star Society, Chapel of Resurrection of the university. Following is an abridged version of the lecture: “Tinubu is an enigma. To borrow …

While preparing a tribute to mark the passage of the Ozziddism priest that May of 2008, another great man of the arts, the venerable Steve Rhodes also took leave of us – just five days apart. Last month, their 15th anniversaries came with the living embroiled in the hoi-polloi of governance, political transition, disputation, and inauguration. But we are persuaded …

Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dauda Ali Biu has directed the mobilisation of adequate logistics and personnel for the Eid-el-Adha celebration to guarantee safe travels for all road users. According to a statement on Sunday by the Corps spokesperson, Assistant Corps Marshal Bisi Kazeem, the special patrol operations would commence on 26th June and end on …