Opinion

  By Rev. Dr. Stanley Ihedigbo     A father, shepherd and bridge-builder “Lord, anywhere you send me, I will go.” These words best describe the humility, faith and spirit of my Bishop, The Rt. Rev. Dr. Job Osuolale ‘Gboyega Ohu, the Bishop of the Lagos North Diocese of the…

  By Ebuka Onyekwelu, Ph.D   Between last weekend and today, I have been in more than a handful of conversations and debates about governance in Anambra State under Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo. This evening, in yet another debate, I pointed out Governor Soludo’s strides in the health sector, with…

    By Bamidel Michael Babatunde A graduate of Automobile Technology from our technical college went for a job interview at Toyota Elizade. He was asked to diagnose a 2022 Corolla Hybrid using an OBD-II scanner. He could only explain the carburettor. He failed the test. This is the tragedy…

  By Rev. Dr. Stanley Ihedigbo The news of the death of Mr. Benjamin Ameh is one I am still struggling to believe. When I heard that Ben was sick, I immediately made efforts to reach him, but unfortunately, I could not get through to him. Then, yesterday afternoon, while…

By Chi Tola Roberts Nigeria is approaching another cycle of political promises. We will hear about roads, electricity, jobs, security, infrastructure, education and economic transformation. We will hear candidates tell us what they intend to do when they are elected. But there is one question I believe every political candidate—at…

      By Asiwaju Kunle Kalejaye, SAN The legality of lawyers accepting legal fees in US Dollars within Nigeria sits at a complex jurisprudential intersection of state sovereignty, freedom of contract, and executive police power, in this instance, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), and the agency’s mandate…

    By Asiwaju Kunle Kalejaye SAN In June 1945, in Okinawa, a 22-year-old teacher named Keiko Mori was ordered to tell her 30 students to commit suicide with hand grenades rather than surrender. She refused. And she told her students, “Live. No matter what they say, you must live.”…

    By Asiwaju Kunle Kalejaye SAN Recently, Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state launched his Presidential Campaign Office in the Federal Capital, Abuja. He is running for the Office of President in the 2027 National elections. He is running on the platform of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM). The…

    By The Conscience Chronicler   The Scene That Haunts Me I saw her this morning. A young mother at a bus stop in Lagos, her two daughters, perhaps five and seven, on either side. And there she was, head bowed, eyes locked on her phone screen, thumb scrolling…

    By The Conscience Chronicler We begin not with a map, but with a mirror. To understand the deception of colonialism, first see the two faces it presented to the world: one, a benevolent mask of duty; the other, the grim visage of extraction. At its core, colonialism is…