To those who have not heard his name, Bamidele Aturu was a Nigerian lawyer, human rights activist and conscientious objector who lived an exemplary life. Aturu was born in 1964 and died in 2014 at just 49. In his short lifespan, Aturu did what Napoleon could not do. Having studied Physics at the NCE Level he would eventually end up …

The drum bells rang loud and clear in Uyo recently, producing distinctive and resonant sound as Akwa Ibom State marked its 35th anniversary. Listen carefully; the sound waves from the clanging bells still travel across the length and breadth of the country – and even beyond. On 23rd September 1987, General Ibrahim Babangida’s administration created Akwa Ibom state from the …

There is fire in Ouagadougou. And who’s to say where it’s catching next? For the second time in eight months, the military in Burkina Faso struck in a palace coup that removed military leader Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba. The coup leader, Captain Ibrahim Traore, cited the same excuses Damiba gave for seizing power in January as reasons for his removal; namely, …

Next Monday, Leke Joseph Abejide, the member representing Yagba federal constituency in the House of Representatives, will be conferred with the title of Maiyegun of Egbe. Egbe, a major town in Yagba West Local Government Area (LGA) of Kogi State, is host to a number of historic institutions. The famous Sudan Interior Mission Hospital was established in the community in 1952 …

What goes around, goes around, goes around/Comes all the way back around – Justin Timberlake For they shall sow wind and reap a whirlwind – Hosea 8:7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap  – Galatians 6:7. When the five governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) giving their party’s …

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere – Martin Luther King The struggle for the soul of the Nigerian university system between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) continues into the eighth month. It has come with a series of fireworks ranging from taking ASUU to the Industrial Court; to the threat of proscribing …

Now that the campaigns towards the 2023 elections have started, what will the candidates campaign with? The stars of the campaigns are the presidential candidates – Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP). Thousands of elective posts will be up for grabs …

May I herein solemnly bear witness that Nigerian politicians are geniuses at playing politics. They can scheme and strategise, manipulate and manoeuvre, plot and politick for 40 days and 40 nights non-stop just to score a political goal. They, however, do not know — or care about — the core purpose of politics and power. They almost always end up …

Africa is expected to be one of the world’s super powers; but due to a myriad of challenges that plague the continent, it is one of the poorest – and often regarded as the dark continent. The narrative of the continent is that of war, poverty, terror, corruption, disease. And irrespective of the standards of education and achievements, it is …

Sometime in May when the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) extended its three-month old strike by another three months, I weighed in on the matter, describing the move as unconscionable, considering the fact that the union was “dealing with people who are either stone deaf or genuinely unreasonable”. Of course, my appeal to both feuding parties to see reason …