Category: Editor’s Pick
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Lekki Toll Gate: The Dialogue We Don’t Need, By Stephen Ojapah MSP
Stephen Ojapah MSP Jesus called them together and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be your slave…
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#ENDSARS: Sanwo-Olu’s Cross And The Meaning Of Lekki Toll Gate, By Azu Ishiekwene
Azu Ishiekwene It was hard to keep up with the torrent of posts as the power of social media was deployed in all its ferocity for good and evil. Through it all though, one thing was constant on my mind on Tuesday night: the images of vulnerable, distressed youths fighting for their lives. You couldn’t…
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#EndSARS: Sanwo-Olu’s Curfew and Executive Hypocrisy, By Michael West
By Michael West At last, Buhari has failed! His government has brought self-inflicted uprising despite warnings from different quarters on the need to handle the #EndSARS protests carefully and tactically. Impunity is a blind executive arrogance often used to serve sinister motive than public good. In the context of what happened Tuesday night at…
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Lagos Massacre 20-10-2020, Owei Lakemfa
Owei Lakemfa. Vibrant, patriotic Nigerian youths were hunted and shot like rabbits by young soldiers on diets of APC, brainwashed to shoot even their mothers. They were led by officers who devour the ration of their men and wash down their meals with bottles of strong drinks. Gallant security men who in ten years cannot…
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#ENDSARs: Bullet for bread – Ozioma Onyenweaku
By Ozioma Onyenweaku I have been trying to get my hand over this article. I shake. I tremble. I am heavy at heart. The agony is too much. I hope I end up getting a coherent article out of this. I was working on another topic that would deal on the stress level in the…
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#EndSARS: What will happen if Buhari doesn’t address Nigerians – Bishop Kukah
The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Bishop Matthew Kukah, has warned that protests and violence will continue, until President Muhammadu Buhari addresses the nation. Kukah stated this while appearing on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Wednesday. According to him, there is no evidence Buhari is listening to wise counsel concerning the unrest across…
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DÉJÀ VU – In tragic vein, By Wole Soyinka
By Wole Soyinka To the affected governors all over the nation, there is one immediate step to take: demand the withdrawal of those soldiers. Convoke Town Hall meetings as a matter of urgency. 24-hr Curfews are not the solution. Take over the security of your people with whatever resources you can rummage. Substitute community…
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The Nigeria police in metaphor of brutality -it is concept of creation – Godwin Etakibuebu
By Godwin Etakibuebu I must start this column by thanking the Nigerian Youths, for rising up in unison and in one accord, against an animalistic amoebic octopus; which the Nigeria Police Force is made of, with the slogan #EndSARS and #EndPolicebrutality. The beauty of it, beyond the dynamism of the Rise, is the strength and…
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EndSARS: The Storm is here, By Femi Aribisala
The members of the Nigerian government should be careful not to take strong-arm measures against these protesters, otherwise, they will have to answer to God. Roughly two months ago, God gave me a prophecy that I then preached during a Sunday Service at Healing Wings, Chapel of Faith, Lagos. I entitled it: “A Storm…
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Nigeria, A President, His Glory And Violent Policing, By Magnus onyibe
By Magnus onyibe The practice of democracy in Nigeria just received a boost as government now fears the people , as opposed to the people being afraid of government. And the assertion above is underscored and illustrated by the fact that following persistent demonstrations and street protests , the authorities have eventually accepted the call…