Why Northerners have ceased to love

The Posture Of Nigerian Bar Leaders Before And After NBA General Elections: Who Then Shall Bring The Difference We Seek? Or, Will Things Remain This Way?

By Sylvester C. Udemezue They’ve come again. Note the pattern: long before the general election year, they say nothing, do nothing and contribute little or nothing towards the good of the NBA or the welfare of its members. Then suddenly, when/because an election year (2022) is almost around the corner, one begins to see them…

ABARIBE ON BIAFRA, KANU AND NIGERIA

Enyinnaya Abaribe, the brilliant and brave senator who signed the bail for Nnamdi Kanu's release delivered perhaps the most perceptive and wisest speech on Igbos and Nigeria last week in Mississippi, US. Every Igbo who cares about the present and the future of our people should read it. It's a bit long but the effort…

June 24, 20215Comments

Lifestyle

Gliz, glamour as Plateau hosts Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem

Glitz, glamour, entertainment and tributes marked the Thanksgiving Mass and Grand Reception in honour of the President, Court of Appeal Hon. Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem as the activities came to a climax with a dinner at the New Government House, Little Rayfield Jos. The grand reception organised by the Plateau State Government was preceded by…

Features

HOW TO GET A LAWYER INVOLVED IN A CASE YOU SEE ON SOCIAL MEDIA

By Firsts Baba Isa Most times, I get tagged on trending issues on social media where the tagger feels that my legal services will be needed either on paid or pro bono basis. The last time I met my friend and brother Inibehe Effiong, in Abuja, we discussed about this. He also gets tagged a…

Ango Abdullahi, Northern Nigerian Colonial Economy and Niger Delta Oil

By Farooq A. Kperogi, _Ph.D. In my May 6, 2017 column titled “Top 8 Popular National Lies that Won’t Die in Nigeria,” I called attention to out-and-out historical lies that vast swathes of Nigerians treasure and reproduce intergenerationally, and that are, I said, almost “impossible to uproot.” One of such lies, I pointed out, is…

Open Grazing: Buhari, Presidency And The Rest Of Us

By Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, SAN Very recently, President Muhammadu Buhari shocked many people with his multiple interviews, his many official outings and his addresses to the nation. However, it would seem that the President would have done better by maintaining his preferred silence than the seeming disaster of these outings, especially the media engagements. In retrospect,…

June 23, 20210Comments

Book review

The story of war – How one author reveals the truth about turmoil, By Okezue Bell

Book Review Time! Though this is different from what I typically talk about, I thought that with Juneteeth happening just yesterday (in the US), it would be awesome to educate and learn about other amazing events that happened to black people. Enjoy! A Long Way Gone is a biographical memoir written by Ishmael Beah, an author…

June 23, 2021599Comments

Sound health

7 Steps to a healthier life

Did you know that: Stress can harm the area of the brain that’s key for memory? Preserving muscle mass helps stop a trip from turning into a fall but also lowers your risk for heart disease? Women may have a heart attack even though their arteries are clear? High calcium intake may not help your…

June 22, 20212KComments

Faith

The secret to surviving hard times

’Nothing is as wonderful as knowing Christ.’ Philippians 3:8 CEV The secret to surviving hard times doesn’t lie in what you know, but who you know. You say, ‘Right now I’ve got more troubles than Job.’ Well, when the bottom dropped out of Job’s world, he said: ‘He knows the way that I take; when…

June 21, 20210Comments