Islam and Religious Imperialism
By Tola Adeniyi I was named Muhammadu Saheed on the 8th day of my birth. I was boarded in a Quran school at age 4 and graduated at age 10 with a talk-of-the-town Wolimat ceremony in Ago-Iwoye. I have also had the privilege of performing the Hadj in Mecca and Medina a number of times. […]
EKITI ELECTION: MONEYBAG POLITICS AND HOPELESS FUTURE
By Osobu Suuru Alexander The much awaited Ekiti state election has come and gone as the APC’s Gubernatorial candidate; Kayode Fayemi was eventually declared the winner after the intrigues, drama and tensions that enveloped Ekiti state and Nigeria in general. However, the impacts and imprints of the elections might live with us for the next […]
Amade Edime; The Long Awaited Steward.
It is far better to go to war with a single lion than being in the company of one hundred sheep. The structure of today’s Nigerian Senate is such that if care is not taken, the presence of men of accomplishment would intimidate any lily-livered man from uttering a single word at every plenary. Talking […]
Give Kids Their Reading Choice
Find different ways to promote reading that your child will love. By Mary Sears “There are no reluctant readers,” proclaims Lisa Von Drasek, the effervescent children’s librarian at Bank Street College of Education in New York, “just kids who haven’t found their choice yet.” Plug into her way of thinking, and you’ll see your child’s relationship to […]
FALZS VS MURIC: WHO BLINKS FIRST
Ambrose Bernard Gowong Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) today issued a 7day ultimatum to popular Nigeria musician Falz to withdraw his new video “This is Nigeria” and apologize to Nigerians or face legal action. According to the group the video shows disrespect to Muslim women by portraying women in hijab dancing “shaku-shaku”. It also frowns at […]
ISLAMIZATION OF NIGERIA POLICE FORCE
25th May 2018 has gone down in history of Nigeria as the day our Muslim brothers further demonstrated boldly their plans to declare Nigeria an Islamic republic. The just concluded Nigeria Police entrance examination using JAMB Computer based test (CBT) where Arabic language ( the official Islamic language) was made compulsory for Muslims and Christians […]
FORMER nPDP AND THE DESPERATION FOR POLITICAL RELEVANCE
By James KANYIP On 07/05/2018, the former nPDP, the acronym for ‘New PDP’ which was the aggrieved faction of the PDP that joined the APC before the 2015 general elections, wrote a letter to the National Chairman of the APC. In that letter, the nPDP complained, among other things, of being marginalized, shortchanged and sidelined […]
Leah’s ordeal
BY SAMUEL ADESANYA On the 14th of May 2018, Leah Sharibu, the remaining captive from the Dapchi abductions by Boko Haram in Yobe State, turned 15 years old. There is no telling what would have been on the mind of the poor girl on that day. That was 84 gruesome days after she was snatched […]
THE RACE IS ON WHO SURVIVES THE LEGISLATIVE CALL IN TARABA POLITICAL ARENA COME 2019
BY IRA A. TUKURA As 2019 General elections draws nearer, there are all manner of permutations, transpositions, inversions and retrograde among politicians who are either seeking election to retain their seats or contesting and contending with the incumbent. In the build up to the election, some individuals are called upon by their constituents to throw […]
6 Honest Mistakes That Will Get You Fired
Travis Bradberry, GALLERY There are so many things that can get good, hard-working people fired. Honest mistakes often carry hard-hitting consequences. A recent study from the ePolicy Institute surveyed more than 300 companies and found that a third of them have fired employees for the misuse of company technology. Companies are so worried about employee […]