A Tribute To My Father

I never travelled while I was growing up, so I watched my father grow old. Now he has travelled to another world, and the sweet part is that he waited for me to become a man before left this sinful world exactly 23rd July, 2020 (one year ago). My father’s death is painful to me even today being one year …

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Optimism Of Francophone’s Strategic Cooperation Against Insurgency As Buratai Resumes In The Republic Of Benin

National Association of Online Security Reporters, NAOSRE, in this piece, cast a diagnostic review and analyses of the appointment of General Tukur Buratai as Ambassador to the Republic of Benin. The association predicts sound health resulting in a reinvigorated diplomatic relationship between Nigeria and its Francophone neighbour, capable of checking illegal arms and ammunition smuggling that fuel insurgency in Nigeria Judging …

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The MKO Abiola I Knew—Femi Otedola

My first memory of Chief Abiola was around 1971, about 47 years ago, as a pupil of the Staff School at the University of Lagos where Kola, his first son, was my classmate. A dutiful father, he used to pick up his children from school regularly. His first wife, the late Alhaja Simbiat Abiola was also my mother’s close friend. …

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Who Is Your Friend?

By Dr. HELEN PAUL  Many years after Secondary School, I met this old school friend on the streets of Lagos. We embraced one another and exchanged pleasantries. We chatted passionately and reminisced on our school days amidst joy and laughter. I’m sure you all can imagine how excited we were that day. But that feeling of adrenaline would soon be …

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Read Full Text Of President Buhari’s June 12 Speech

Fellow Nigerians,  I join you all today to commemorate and celebrate our Democracy Day.  It is a celebration of freedom and a victory for one people, one country and one Nigeria. 2. As with all democracies we will always be going through improvement processes in our desire to reach the goal of a mature democracy, a strong, evolved and integrated nation …

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Who Is Your Doctor?

”Is there no balm in Gilead?  Is there no physician there? Why then is there no healing for the wound of   my people?” -Jeremiah 8:20 It begins and ends with Christ. Its all about Him, pls hold firmly to Him in faith. Why this my  rumbling  u may ask. Its my reaction to emphasis in recent times, on the call to  maintain good health, do …

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Between Pastor Okotie and TB Joshua

By Femi Fani-Kayode “Africans do not celebrate great men. They rather take delight in celebrating mediocre men. Africans happily destroy great men and if possible look for their mistakes to nail them. So sad that they destroyed Prophet T.B. Joshua on a daily basis. Finally, he has left them and what he was doing, they can’t do! Evil continent!”- Prophet …

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Ndigbos Reject Plot To Substitute Dipo: Call For Caution

A high ranking official of All Progressives Congress in Lagos State  have revealed to the Leadership of Igbo Stakeholders in Lagos that the attempt to substitute Hon Dipo Olorunrinu’s name is connected to his alliance with the Igbos in Lagos State. We can recall that the Vice Chairmanship Candidate of All Progressives Congress in Amuwo Odofin LGA in the forthcoming elections …

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HON DIPO OLORUNRINU FINALLY SUBSTITUTED: AN APPEAL TO ASIWAJU BOLA AHMED TINUBU

We have always nursed the fear that certain key figures within the All Progressives Congress will cause the untold embarrasement for the party with the way the just concluded All Progressives Congress Local Government Council Primaries elections. It is worrisome that these personalities are not taken into consideration the presidential ambition of our revered National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu …

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