The appointment of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first African-American judge of the Supreme Court of the United States of America is a welcome development and should, as well, be a source of pride to the Black race.  In the light of this milestone accomplishment is this important observation with regard to the judgment delivered by Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal Court of Appeals in Abuja on April 7th where...

Since the birth of the nation called Nigeria and from the time of her independence in 1960, there has never been a time in the history of the country when terrorism was a business, a lucrative one indeed as we have it today. Even about ten years ago, to be precise in 2014, no one would have ever imagined that the security situation of Nigeria would have fallen or have been weakened...

When matters have reached the head, when a problem is seen from every angle with no unaffected area of the life of humans or nations, the only way out of the rots will be resurrection, and as we all know there is no resurrection without death or dying. What goes on in Nigeria in the area of insecurity is, to say the least, unprecedented. This is not the rumors of war. What...

The long-awaited national convention of the ruling party in Nigeria, the All Progressive Congress (APC) was finally held Saturday, March 26, 2022 at the Eagle Square, Abuja, Nigeria. Noteworthy is the fact that the convention date was postponed many times with hopes of people dashed at different times leading to doubts about whether the convention will ever hold. Finally, it held but not without revelations that will in the immediate and in...

Two words may sound alike in pronunciation and be spelled closely alike but are not the same. Bubbles and rubbles sound alike in pronunciation and look almost alike in spelling but are two different things. One notable thing in life is about the fact that no matter how sophisticated are our weapons of war, as long as they are manmade, their efficacy without causing damage or harm to the handler would be...

All along since the world began, on February 24th after the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, only the pictures of an elephant and the grass have been painted, whereas the sensibility of the saying that when two elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers, never took into cognizance the dominance of one elephant as against the other by not well-captured or factored into the war situation.  On the surface and on...

Morality is as old as any religious belief that exists in the world. There are schools of thought that believe that religion is a product of morality, and that any religion that does not dwell on moral values is not worthy of adherence. The place of morality, which in the early days among the African people was sacrosanct, has now been relegated to the background to the extent that it hardly influences...

It is a very sad situation that we have at hand in the world as is the case in the Russia Ukraine War that is ongoing portends.  We are more saddened by the number of civilians that died, including women and children, as well as the number of refugees who fled Ukraine through the borders of the neighboring countries like Poland, Romania, and Hungary.  This narrative is what is summarized in the...

Everywhere you turn to, you discover there is a wall which signifies either an obstacle or the end of the road. The people living in the developing countries, especially Africa, yearn to check out of their countries to other advanced countries such as America and the United Kingdom, all in search of greener pastures. One important discovery, however, is that those who are in the advanced countries that many aspire to travel...

Democracy as a system of government of the people, by the people and for the people is to the African continent imported. It is widely believed as a system of government embraced and being propagated by the United States of America, who is the symbol of democracy in the world. Nonetheless, no room is open for denying the benefits of democracy though at a costly price, costly in the sense that the...