KUKAH'S STORIES AND BROKEN TRUTHS
By Azu Ishiekwene
If you haven’t had a good laugh, you have not been with him. And anyone who knows him knows I’m not joking. The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Matthew Hassan Kukah, has the rare gift of humour.
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First with details then facts
Akuskura: THE NEW DEADLY PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCE IN TOWN
By Mahmud Isa Yola
Recently, there has been a rapid emergence of a dangerous new psychoactive substance known as Akuskura/Kuskura, which is made of herbs laced with tobacco and cannabis.
STILL ON ASUU-FG IMPASSE
By Bola Bolawole
Last week we featured the intervention of the immediate past vice-chancellor of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Professor Eyitope Ogunbodede, on the lingering crisis between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government, which began on February 14 this year. As an insider, Ogunbodede, fresh from leading OAU for five years (2017 – 2022), spoke truth to power while also not sparing ASUU.
WHO IS PROF VICTOR EMMANUEL OSODEKE?
By Bolanle Bolawole
The headline above is not originally mine. Rather, it is the title of an online publication by ng.news247.com on 30th May, 2021, the eve of Osodeke’s election as the president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
Posthumous Appraisals: THE NIGERIAN CONTEXT
By Jude Ogechi Eze
"De mortuis nihil nisi bene" - (say nothing but good about the dead) -- ancient Latin adage
Of late, there had been an upward trajectory in the spate of social media backlash over lies being told of the dead in funeral eulogies and farewell tributes, especially among elites (VIPs and Celebrities). One of the smileys read "live a just life so that we don't have to lie in your funeral oration."
ON THE VEXED ISSUE OF PETROLEUM SUBSIDY...
By Bola Bolawole
For an opposition party that said petroleum subsidy was a scam, since it assumed the reins of power the APC/Muhammadu Buhari government has paid more subsidies on petroleum than the government it took over from! Not only that, the way petroleum subsidy has ballooned under Buhari’s watch, year-in, year-out, has left no one in doubt that corruption of the worst order has been the name of the game.
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