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Sunday, 02 June 2024 04:45

Article of Faith: God’s open reward (2) - Femi Aribisala

God’s open reward comes to those who pray without ceasing. This means praying at all times. It is not about praying in churches or at prayer meetings. It is about praying as Jesus commends, in spirit and truth. (John 4:24). Those who pray without ceasing think about the Lord at all times. We live in the consciousness of God. Paul refers to this as: “walking in the spirit.” (Galatians 5:16). We try as much as possible not to lose our consciousness of God, not even for a moment. Some people thought I was crazy when I said having sex with…

Saturday, 01 June 2024 04:50

Tinubu: One year of ‘governing’ through gimmicks - Jibrin Ibrahim

To distract Nigerians from the first-year poor performance in governance, the President and his cronies in the National Assembly decided to divert attention from ongoing criticisms by passing and signing the Bill on reverting to the old National Anthem. Yes, another gimmick as Nigerians complain bitterly about deepening poverty, growing hunger, rising insecurity and the general nonchalance of the governing class. The old anthem would allegedly promote peace, unity, and prosperity more effectively than the one in use. Lawmakers claimed that the current anthem, introduced during military rule, does not fully reflect Nigeria’s democratic values and commitment to nationhood. The…

Friday, 31 May 2024 04:44

The pathologies of a throne - Azu Ishiekwene

For the deposed Kano Emir, Aminu Bayero, it was not a matter of if but when. The moment the Supreme Court upheld Governor Abba Yusuf's election in January, Bayero knew the governor would need the throne to pay his debt. During the campaign, the governor promised that if he were elected, he would revoke the sharing of the Kano Municipal Emirate between two Bayeros among the four new emirs and restore the throne’s singular pre-eminence. Of course, he won. But before the ruling of the Supreme Court in January affirming his election, two lower courts had ruled in favour of…

Thursday, 30 May 2024 04:42

One year of Tinubu: The man, the myth and the mediocrity - Abimbola Adelakun

This week last year, two things were enthroned in the Nigerian political space. One was the man, Bola Tinubu, who was sworn in as the president. The other was the myth of the man as a headhunter endowed with a unique instinct for sourcing the right talent and an astute administrator. So much was this idea of Tinubu as administrative capacity believed that his supporters were sure he would—to use the language of former Abia state governor Orji Kalu—forward Nigeria to all forwardness. Well, it is one year now, and we might as well start asking how that myth has…

Wednesday, 29 May 2024 04:25

My lord, the felon - Chidi Anselm Odinkalu

Mohammed Ladan Tsamiya probably believed he was a commodities trader who happened also to moonlight as a Justice of the Court of Appeal. To him, both vocations seemed to provide mutually reinforcing revenue streams. Sometimes, he transacted business as one, while doing the other. In keeping with this tendency, it was an unsuccessful transaction in the sale of beans that brought his vocation as a judge to an untimely end. The story began with the 2015 elections. In Abia State, South-East Nigeria, the parliamentary elections in 2015 were not without controversy. Nnamdi Iro Oji, a losing candidate in those elections,…

Tuesday, 28 May 2024 04:43

Granting autonomy to Local Governments undermines federalism principles - Akinyemi Onigbinde

In a federal system of government, such as the one we claim to be running, granting autonomy to local governments undermines the principles of federalism. Successive military leaders from certain sections of Nigeria have used their power to create local government areas in their regions, giving them demographic and fiscal advantages over other sections, which provide the bulk of the fiscal resources that all tiers of government rely on. This autonomy is a subversion of federalism and should be rejected by all who value democracy within a federal system. In a true federal system, regions, provinces, or states are the…

Monday, 27 May 2024 04:38

Sanusi Lamido and Kano’s royal ding-dong - Farooq A. Kperogi

Kano’s Muhammad Sanusi II has been rethroned the exact way he was initially enthroned and dethroned: in the melting pot of the politics of vengeance and recrimination. And he just might be dethroned yet again by this, or another subsequent partisan government, given Sanusi’s infamous incapacity to rein in his tongue and to understand the wisdom in restraint and tact, which his position requires of him—and, of course, the juddering, hypocritical contradictions between what he says and what he does. Recall that when he worked at the UBA, Sanusi had derided then Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso as a scorn-worthy “rural…

Monday, 27 May 2024 04:37

Kano’s Game of Thrones and our National Anthem - Hassan Gimba

What is happening in Kano should be of concern to not only the Kanawa or Northerners but to all Nigerians. Kano, as we all know, is the heartbeat of the North. If Kano is economically buoyant, it cascades down to the rest of the North and reflects on the nation’s GDP. Conversely, any chaos or breach in security will affect other parts of the North, thereby stretching the capacity of our security agencies with all the attendant consequences. This is why the ongoing ”Game of Thrones” in the ancient city of Kano should concern every Nigerian. There were some misgivings…

Sunday, 26 May 2024 04:57

Emir Sanusi and battle of Kwatarkwashi - Festus Adedayo

The duo of Abba Yusuf, governor of Kano State, and the Nigerian presidency stand the risk of plunging Kano back into the year 1893. Their weapon would be politics and votes of the over 2 million people of Kano. In the year 1893, in the words of highly rated scholar on Northern emirate administration, C. N. Ubah, a bitterly disputed succession battle plunged the Kano emirate into anarchy and civil war. Indeed, the Kano royal family had overtime been a hotbed of divisions and acrimony. Beginning from the first civil war fought in Kano in 1565, the royal house of…

Sunday, 26 May 2024 04:56

The release of destiny helpers - Taiwo Akinola

For at that time day by day there came to David to help him, until it was a great host like the host of God ~ 1 Chronicles 12: 22. Introduction There are many subtle satanic conspiracies to keep you in a box from the day you were born till your sojourn here on earth is over. However, God has also mercifully put into the hands of some people all you will ever need to live happily here on earth. In fact, God has positioned these people and some other elements of creation ahead of you to make your life’s…

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Sunday, 26 May 2024 04:54

Article of Faith: God’s open reward (1) - Femi Aribisala

There are fundamental differences between what God does and what man does. God is not a man. His ways are different from those of men. His reward is different from that of men. Jesus insists we must choose between the things of God and those of men. We cannot have both, not the least because the things of men are the things of Satan. Ephemeral Rewards Jesus identifies three instances where we must seek only God’s approval, not man’s: when we do charitable works, pray, and fast. He says if we do any of these secretly, God will reward us…

Friday, 24 May 2024 04:45

One year of Tinubu - Azu Ishiekwene

It wasn’t five months after President Bola Tinubu took office when folks started asking, how far? In middle class and elite social circles in Nigeria, that question, or its variant – how market? – is often reserved for people whose sympathy for a cause or person is imperiled. I often pushed back by saying that given the enormity of problems that the Tinubu government faced at inception, five months or so were inadequate to judge. And that was not just a convenient deflection. There are, of course, American presidents who made a mark after 100 days in office, notably, Franklin…

Thursday, 23 May 2024 04:40

Why the US can’t win the trade war with China – and shouldn’t try - Qiyuan Xu

Allegations about China’s manufacturing overcapacity have sparked heated discussions among policymakers. During her visit to China in April, US Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen argued that “when the global market is flooded by artificially cheap Chinese products, the viability of American and other foreign firms is put into question,” adding that it was the same story a decade ago. Yellen is partly correct: the Sino-American trade war has strengthened, not weakened, China’s export competitiveness. In 2023, China accounted for about 14% of total global exports, up 1.3 percentage points from 2017 (before the conflict began). More striking still, China’s trade…

Wednesday, 22 May 2024 04:39

Tinubu a symbol of collective suffering - Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa

Bola Tinubu has been a politician for the better part of his life. He has the uncanny reputation of seeking to do the impossible, in very difficult circumstances. By his own declarations, the presidential ambition has been in the works for a very long time, so he was well prepared for the job and nobody should pity or cry for him. We were taught that the best way to know somebody is through what other people say about him, what he does and what he says about himself. This piece is a simple analysis of the impact of Tinubu’s government…

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