“What is the State?” Louis Blanc, politician and historian in 19th century France, asks himself. He answers: “The State, under democratic rule, is the power of all the people, served by their elect; it is the reign of liberty. “The State, under monarchical rule, is the power of one man, the tyranny of a single...
The Supreme Court of Saudi Arabia has announced that Monday, March 11, 2024, will mark the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan for this year, 1445 AH. The crescent moon, which marks the beginning of the Holy month of Ramadan, was said to have been sighted in the Holy Land amid declaration from other...
“And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet…” (Matthew 24: 6) . As Nigerians are drenched in cries of agony, so is the air also thick with rumours of coup d’état or military...
He started off as a teacher. But later read law and became a lawyer. Fortune smiled on him. He became a commissioner when all he wanted was to be a scribe of a Local Government. After serving as commissioner throughout the Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola’s era as Governor of Osun, he looked forward to being the...
We are about to witness a mud-fight between two gods of integrity. In a Nigeria where the mantra is, if you see something, say something, Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, elected to say something. And he did say something last Wednesday. “We talked about inflation, where has it come...
A Lagos young woman, Raheem Remilekun Enitan, has been declared missing following an alleged attack by unknown assailants who were suspected to be politically motivated in the state. The incident, which occurred days after the tense Presidential and National Assembly elections, has further raised concerns over citizen security and political violence that had accompanied the electoral season...