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What If We Wake Up Tomorrow To A Coup In Nigeria?, By Festus Adedayo The  New York Times report of March 13, 1976 put the story of Nigeria’s perennial human sacrifices by the bloodthirsty grove of coup-plotting most startlingly. The day before, newly appointed Chief of Defense Staff, Brigadier Musa Yar’Adua, had announced that former Defense Minister, Major General Iliya D. Bisalla and 29 others, had been executed by the seaside suburb of Victoria Island. The bar beach execution ground was jam-packed with thousands of onlookers who had come to watch the execution. The 30 persons wer...

On Monday, 26 April 2021, the ANC ramped up the rhetoric surrounding the changing of the name of William Nicol Drive with party Deputy Secretary-General Jessie Duarte leading a group on to the side of the road in a show of support for the change of name. But even here, the divisions in our country were on display with the presence of some Ace Magashule-supporting MKMVA members. Duarte, as a result, was placed in a position of having to state that those in camouflage did not “represent our aspirations”. The philosopher RG Collingwood suggested in his book, “ The Principles of Art”, tha...

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 12:20 am Nigerians, the martyred South African journalist and scholar, Ruth First, famously observed are an overwhelmingly talkative lot. You can easily get smothered in “beer parlours” (pubs) and open spaces listening to the endless flow of analyses, anecdotes and political reminiscences. The pity, however, First opined in a seminal book, is that a great deal of the talkativeness generates far more heat than light. The remark is worth recalling in light of the ongoing debate between the presidency and civil society organisations including socio-cultura...

MATRIARCHS, WOMENFOLK AND NATION BUILDING IN AFRICA MATRIARCHS, WOMENFOLK AND NATION BUILDING IN AFRICA One of the most significant and awe-inspiring mysteries of human existence is the gift of womanhood; in particular, God’s endowment with responsibility over regeneration of human­kind. So, every International Women’s Day (IWD) is fortuitous, not only to ponder on the deep spiritual worth of our womenfolk, but to look back on their roles and valued contributions overtime The 2021 Celebration of IWD comes on the silhouette of the explainable euphoria over the election of Kamala Harris, a...

Vanguard News Matriarchs, womenfolk and nation building in African On By Amb Godknows Igali One of the most significant and awe-inspiring mysteries of human existence is the gift of womanhood; in particular, God’s endowment with responsibility for the regeneration of human­kind. So, every International Women’s Day (IWD) is fortuitous, not only to ponder on the deep spiritual worth of our womenfolk but to look back on their roles and valued contributions overtime The 2021 Celebration of IWD comes on the silhouette of the explainable euphoria over the election of Kamala Harris, as Vice Pr...