Not minding what supporters and followers of former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi might think, the reality, few days to Obiano’s exit from office, very strongly suggests that Obiano has a better approach to continuity than Obi. In ten or twenty years, what will Peter Obi as former governor of Anambra State be remembered for? What will a toddler today remember Peter Obi for, as an adult? Not surprising that people trying to answer...
Despite the mockery she receives, Pastor Mummy G.O. is an exception to the Nigerian Pentecostal norm as her strict theological model contrasts sharply with Pentecostalism’s current adhesion to the Prosperity Gospel. Within the space of a few months, fifty-five-year-old evangelist Olufunmilayo Adebayo, popularly known as Mummy G.O., has gone from the relative obscurity of downscale Iyana-Ipaja, Lagos, to the most discussed subject in contemporary Nigerian Pentecostalism. The target of a blizzard of savage internet memes and unrelenting...
Access to the Democratic Republic of Congo’s natural resources has been largely controlled by a privileged elite, fueling mistrust and violence between competing groups. For people around the world, the past few years have painfully illuminated the toxic effect that mistrust, an inability to access reliable facts, and resulting conspiratorial thinking have on social cohesion and governance. For the people of the Democratic Republic of Congo, this is familiar territory. The tremendous potential of their...
“Celebration of the Women’s Day should reflect in our thoughts, interactions and dealings, every single day of our lives” ―Favour Chiagozie Ebubechukwu It is not new to have the walls of social media splashed with pictures to depict how strong, enduring and amazing a woman is. Probably pictures of a woman hawking bread under a very sunny weather with her nose-running child strapped to her back; or pictures of a woman farming or breastfeeding her...
Former U.S. Senator from Wisconsin Russ Feingold reflects on his time as U.S. Special Envoy for the Great Lakes and the Democratic Republic of the Congo and other diplomatic roles he has held throughout his career. Welcome to Reflections, a bimonthly series of conversations that invites former senior U.S.-Africa policymakers to discuss difficult issues that they confronted in their careers with the benefit of hindsight. The second conversation in the series features Russ Feingold, who served...
LAGOS — The Lagos State government, on Saturday, sealed off Havillah Event Centre in Oniru area of Lagos, where petrol was shared with guests as a souvenir at a party. The kegs of petrol were seen handed to guests at the party to celebrate Ogbu’s installation as Erelu Okin of Orile Kemta at the Havillah Event Place, Oniru in Lagos. In a post titled, “Lagos Seals Event Centre”, the police said, the event centre was...
IBADAN — Nigerian universities can grow and become more competitive globally if endowments and research foundations are provided by entrepreneurs and the rich, Executive Secretary, Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Prof. Suleiman Bogoro, has said. Bogoro stated this in Ibadan on Friday, at the inauguration of the new administrative building of Pan African University Life and Earth Sciences Institute (PAULESI), University of Ibadan. “In many and most cases our entrepreneurs and our privileged rich are...
LAGOS — A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Wuraola Owolabi Capacity Building Initiative (WAOO), has taken its 3-in-1 projects to public primary schools to encourage students at the grassroots to embrace science subjects. The 3-in-1 Project is an Education Support Initiative that includes setting up of Science Technology Engineering Mathematics (STEM) Club, No Tattered Uniforms (NUT) in Lagos Public Schools, and Scholarship for 100 Indigent Engineering Students at Entry Point (100) in University and Polytechnic. Mrs. Wuraola...
African countries’ reservations on condemning Russia’s invasion to Ukraine can be explored through growing Russian ties with African leaders. Those who did condemn also called out Western double standards on international law. How will African countries react to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and what diplomatic fissures are likely to be opened by the conflict as it drags on? Early indications are that African countries will line up behind the United States and its...
A Los Angeles judge has granted reality TV star, Kim Kardashian’s request to be declared legally single from rapper Kanye West, after nearly eight years of marriage. The businesswoman and star of “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” filed for divorce a year ago, citing irreconcilable differences with West, who had legally changed his name to Ye. The couple have four children from ages two to eight. West, 44, had objected to the divorce and publicly...
