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The Question of National Values: The story of Japanese Masabumi Hosono and the Sinking of the Titanic Most people have attributed several immoral conducts of our people to poverty and inequality. I for one think this is too simplistic because...

“Weep not for Ekweremadu but for yourselves that support this anti – poor system. If you keep mute or support police brutality against a poor Iya Onifufu and now you are fast to condemn the ‘friendly slap’ given to Ekweremadu...

The head of the Lagos state Dawah Committee and the Ulamahs to 2019 Hajj Pilgrim, Alhaji Abd-Hakeem Lawal, has enjoined all Pilgrims returning to Nigeria to go back and establish the character expected of a true Muslim. Alhaji Abdul Hakeem...

In retaliation to the recent killing of a tailor in Ijegun area of Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, on Saturday August 10th, 2019, a mob in the community has reportedly beaten a police officer to death and injured many. RightsMonitors earlier...

It took several efforts and interventions from the Amirul-Hajj and the pilgrims’ guides (otherwise known as Alfas) from Lagos and other states, to dissuade pilgrims from raining curses on the Nigerian government and instead turn it to prayers. Nigerians have...

The Center for Global Peace Initiative (CGPI) has noted with dismay the ongoing twist being introduced into the confrontation between Nigerian security establishment and the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) as a Sunni/Shia confrontation, rather as a case of secular...

There’s a notorious programme currently going on called THE BIG BROTHER NAIJA. The winner of this notorious show is expected to walk away with a whopping N25 million and a breathtaking car. All that is required to win this show...

The phrase “Ikorodu-Oga”, is gradually becoming a household name, even beyond Lagos state. The disheartened thing is the acceptability and promotion of the phrase, even among the elite. The is what some considered the error in the lecture delivered by...

The imperative of this piece should not be conceived as simply a response to Chief O.A Sangodeyimu’s tantrums against Prof. Isiaq Akintola in his piece; “THERE IS NO HIJAB, GELE OR CHOIR-HAT CRISIS IN UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN.” It is also...