Category: OP-ED

When there are murmurs and whispers of a putsch, someone somewhere may be fiddling with the sticks. Where there is smoke, there is fire. Turning and turning in the widening gyre, the hawks and vultures circle seeking supper from anarchy and insecurity in the land. But may it never be said that Nigeria experienced a coup d’état after 22 years… Read More

Fr Ejike Mbaka, Spiritual Director of the Adoration Ministry, Enugu attracts controversy the way flies are attracted to dung. He is completely unfazed about it. He comes across as a priest who does not mind what Pope Francis once referred to as “the sin of scandal”. Last week, Fr. Mbaka stirred the hornet’s again when he announced to his congregation… Read More

Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka is the Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry in the coal city of Enugu. From the testimonies of those that have attended his services he is into deliverance, healing and ministration of the gospel. He is very generous. He employs a horde of folks and helps the needy. He is a successful ‘businessman’ who has investments that… Read More

Those who think the war against banditry is a joke, need to take a look at the statistics coming out of Kaduna State. The long suffering state continues to bleed. In the first 90 days of 2021, an average of four lives were lost daily to banditry while in every 24 hours, 11 persons were kidnapped. Yet, excluding the states… Read More

A liar is a person who doesn’t speak the truth. One definition of a hypocrite is “someone who pretends to be what they are not, especially in the areas of religion and morality.” Pastor RUGA (Yemi Osinbajo) has proven over and over and over again that he’s a religious liar and hypocrite.  Speaking on insecurity in Nigeria, Vice President Yemi… Read More

In William Shakespeare’s classic Julius Caesar, the chief protagonist, a Roman statesman and general boasted deafeningly to his wife Calpurnia and by extension to Cassius and Pompey, the other power brokers with whom he formed a triumvirate that “Of all the wonders that I have heard, it seems to me most strange that men should fear; Seeing death, a necessary… Read More

Without him, we wouldn’t have unmasked the dollar-hoarding mobile vault occupying the seat of power in Kano state. But Governor Umar Abdullahi Ganduje, whose corruption was caught on tape in a sting operation by Jaafar-owned Daily Nigerian newspaper, isn’t the man to play by the book. He’s demonstrably ruthless and, with the resources at his disposal, it’s instinctive for his… Read More

Nigeria is bleeding and things are quickly falling apart. Our hearts have melted down and  gradually we are moving towards Syria. People are afraid over unforeseen circumstances that look certain to consume them. Our collective hope is for a better society where justice and tranquility reign; sadly we are weighed down by all sorts of criminalities.  Apparently, our hope for… Read More

Today happens to be the 29th day of April 2021. It is now 25 days since we were abducted by some fellow oppressed Nigerians on the orders of the Kogi State Government.  It is imperative that I send this birthday message out. Even as my birthday is three (3) days away. In life, you are either running with a vision, going on a mission… Read More

On 21 April Amnesty International published its annual global report on the use of the death penalty. The report reveals that the global use of the death penalty decreased in 2020.  The number of known executions fell by 26% from 657 in 2019 to 483 in 2020, the lowest figure that Amnesty International has recorded in the last decade. Also,… Read More