Femi Fani-Kayode makes conceit solemn. He is the sui generis of narcissism. His arrogance dovetails with his foul temper and cutting tongue. There is no shade of modesty, temperance and grace in the son of Remilekun Fani-Kayode (Fani Power).The mealy-mouthed politician takes the “H” in hubris. He is the undisputed crown prince of double-speak. I […]
Nigeria’s blasphemy laws have been of focus locally, nationally and internationally following the arrest and detention of Nigerian humanist, Mubarak Bala, the sentencing to death of a Muslim singer, and the imprisonment of a 13- year-old boy for blasphemy in Kano State in Northern Nigeria. It would appear that Muslim theocrats – within the police […]
Ibe Pascal Chinedu Arogorn It is implausible to imagine on how some people in kano state Nigeria have been Chained for years in a locked place filled with darkness by their relations. On August 14,Crimefacts News reported how a 32-year-old Kano man, Ahmad Aliyu who had been locked in a room by his father and […]
If truly “over 1400 Boko Haram terrorists including their commanders and arms suppliers have been killed in the past two months or since 11th April 2020”; with “about 1000 earlier killed between 1st and 9th of April 2020 by Chadian soldiers led by its President Idris Derby; 1400 “repented” or “low risk Boko Haram combatants” released in Feb […]
By Matthew Hassan Kukah Yes, you are right, the title for his article draws inspiration from Phil Collins’ song titled, “What Happened On the Way To Heaven?” The almajiri and his spiritual father, the mallam, are now the poster persons of all that is negative in the face of Islam in northern Nigeria. The life […]
By Muazu Jibril Muazu The declaration of President Muhammadu Buhari as the winner of the 2015 presidential polls in what was widely accepted as free, fair and credible election, is a situation of interest to history and a test of evocative power play, as well as a understanding of the political terrain that Nigeria has […]
By Chiamaka Okafor Nigeria still hates its women. That sounds ridiculous, I know. Sadly, it is as true as the fact that we were all conceived by the coming together of a sperm and an egg. Walk with me. Nigeria still hates its women. It is sixty years of existing as a nation through thick […]
By Osmund Agbo The year was 1970 and the day was January 15. On that date in history, Major-General Phillip Efiong, Biafra’s chief of general staff and interim head of state announced the end of the two-and-a-half year armed conflict that took the lives of an estimated two million human beings. Though General Gowon had […]
By ‘Tope Oriola His performance was so epic that he managed to win reelection in 2019. That meant that billions of naira were entrusted to him for another four years. I have had some interesting conversations about Ganduje. His is a classic case of judging a book (for very valid reasons) by its cover — […]
By Festus Adedayo Two pieces of literary works – Williams Stevenson’s thriller, Ninety Minutes at Entebbe and the film, The Last King of Scotland (2006) – plot the graph of the gradual emergence of despots. They were both x-rays of Ugandan despot, Idi Amin Dada of Uganda. Stevenson’s was an account of the June 27, […]
