Photo credit: TVC A Nigerian court has on Thursday convicted Nnamdi Kanu of all seven terrorism-related charges brought against him. The court sentenced him to life imprisonment. Kanu is the founder of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), which has been accused of terrorism and extra-judicial killings in the country’s southeastern region where it has…
Having grown up in Nigeria within a loving community, I can’t help but be in great pains at hearing that Nigeria has become infamous for mass killings. As a child, I learnt to wine and dine with Muslims and African Traditional Worshippers, although I’m a Christian. For instance, during the Muslim festival Eid-ul-Adha, we had some neighbours…
In the past, at least in Yorubaland, when a child was born, one of the first things his parents did was to call a babalawo, diviner, to check out what the child’s future would be like. By so doing, the parents would have known what the child was most likely to become, his relevance to…
Photo credit: Mint I learn today is International Men’s Day! Hmm… Oro sunukun! It’s a day men’s contributions to a peaceful society ought to have been celebrated. But, are men – especially African men – worth celebrating? I’m asking this pertinent question considering the fact that it seems to me that African nations are in…
Photo credit: BBC I really don’t care a bit about whoever might have won the elections in Kogi and Bayelsa states. In any case, it’s a truth that I don’t care about the party at the center. Indeed, I regard Mr Buhari as a only a regent. If he wasn’t, he wouldn’t have been going…
Photo credit: BBC It’s no longer a secret that the late Timothy Adegoke, a master’s student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife in Osun State is dead. He died at the Hilton Hotel and Resort in Ife where he had lodged after his arrival from Abuja. My sincere condolences to the family and friends of…
He hardly hates anyone. Although ́we’ve not met, physically, for over 20 years, technology has made sure we keep in touch. We disagree on a number of issues, and it’s yet to affect our amity. He’s one of the few friends I made while schooling at Ifẹ̀. And he remains a good brother. He always…
