Category: Leaders

My friend Grace Withers wore black to the Bristol Pride Protest march on 12th of July, the significance of her choice of clothes was first lost on me as I had always associated Pride with every colour on the rainbow spectrum. She went on to educate me on why she chose to look sombre, when she was done, I decided… Read More

August 30th of every year is set aside to mark the International Day of the Disappeared. The day is created to draw attention to the fate of those who have been abducted, imprisoned or detained for no just cause and to highlight the work of Amnesty International, International Committee of the Red Cross and the Office of the United Nations High… Read More

Nigerians wanted a messiah. They got one, or so they thought. His coronation was loud and boisterous. In faraway countries, people danced in joyous rhythm and celebratory backslapping. It was supposed to be a new dawn premised on change. The emotion was infectious, as people lost in momentary covetousness suspended their reasoning. Some trekked long distances in celebration of Muhammadu… Read More

The Belgian investor and physicist, Joseph Plateau(1801-1883), pioneered one of the first devices aimed at making pictures that seemed to move. He studied various optical illusions that seemed to result from the persistence of the image on the retina of the eye after the image had passed from view. In 1832, he built an apparatus consisting of a flat wheel on… Read More

Kenyan authorities last week came up with a policy to tackle the growing incidence of teenage pregnancy in the East African country. Under the new guideline, pregnant pupils must reveal the identities of those responsible for their pregnancies to their head teachers. It doesn’t matter whether sexual activity is consensual or through rape. If the boyfriend is a teenager, the… Read More

The recent indictment of 77 Nigerians by the United States’ FederalBureau of Investigation has raised questions about the morals ofvictims of online scams. A number of Nigerian youths argued that some people fall for numerousonline frauds because of their greed. SaharReporters spoke with some young Nigerians. Yussuf Anka, a student of Ahmadu Bello University, said the manyforeigners, particularly the whites,… Read More

The recent protest in Germany in which former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, was harassed, chased around, subdued, and beaten like a palace pickpocket brought big shame to Nigeria, and the senator must own full blame. Even a novice could have discerned that the popularity of the #RevolutionNow, led by Omoyele Sowore, shows that the Nigerian masses are not fools… Read More

The last 10 days have been very damaging for Nigeria’s already-battered international image. The spark was Obinwanne Okeke, once remembered for his listing by Forbes among the 100 Most Influential Young Africans 2018 but now an emblem of dirty wealth, following his arrest by the FBI over an $11m advanced Internet scam traced to him. This was followed by the… Read More

The Bible says, “knowledge is power”. It also says “know the truth andit will set you free”. This is made all the more important given the fact that history is nottaught in Nigerian schools. Let us join hands and walk down the beautiful path of knowledge,truth, and history together. Our focus and subject-matter for today isthe Fulani tribe of northern… Read More

By the unlawful Gestapo arrest, clandestine detention and politicallymotivated persecution of Omoyele Sowore, the Department of StateService, DSS, have shown that it is markedly subnormal in function,flawed in intelligence and rascal in behaviour. Nigeria is currently perplexed, bedevilled and overwhelmed by thelethality of marauding Fulani Herdsmen, widespread kingpin kidnappers,armed robbery and a regional terrorist organization – Boko Haram. Unfortunately for… Read More