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Columnist: Social media, propaganda and public opinion (II)

Ihesiulo Grace 6 November 2020 0

By Fassy Yusuf Public opinion is the aggregate of individual attitudes or beliefs held by the people in the society especially through interaction and information fed by mainstream media and now largely by social media. In the case of the social media, social media influencers (SMIs) are

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Columnist: Chief Theophilus Akinyele: There was a professional Civil Service in Nigeria

Ihesiulo Grace 4 November 2020 0

By Prof Tunji Olaopa A few days ago, another personal tragedy was added to the long list of tragedies that 2020 had piled on the tables of Nigerians. The demise of Chief Theophilus Adeleke Akinyele might not make a national ripple, but it is a huge loss for Ibadanland, and Oyo state. My responsibility in […]

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Columnist: ASUU: It’s time to focus on members’ welfare!

Ihesiulo Grace 2 November 2020 0

By Hope O’Rukevbe Eghagha The last time I made a public comment on the ASUU and federal government ding-dong affair titled ‘ASUU Members as National Farmers’, my tongue was in my cheek. That is, I entertained my readers (I think) to no end. This at the expensive expense of the Education Minister of State, judging […]

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Columnist: Father Swamy: Indian Jesuit Priest-Activist in India’s Gulag

Ihesiulo Grace 30 October 2020 0

By Tony Afejuku India is an interesting country, a very interesting country. Ever before I physically visited this country of mysteries, I had known and visited it in my imagination rightly in my childhood and boyhood years. I first knew and visited this wonderful country of wonders through its actors and songs and dances in […]

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Columnist: Social media, propaganda and public opinion (I)

Ihesiulo Grace 29 October 2020 0

By Fassy Yusuf The global environment is contending with three issues, among others in an era driven by communication and information technology. These issues are social media, propaganda and public opinion and nothing greater could bring them to the fore than events of the last three weeks in the chequered history of the country. The […]

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Columnist: When a king dances naked

Ihesiulo Grace 5 October 2020 0

By Hope O’Rukevbe Eghagha In African folklore, there is a metaphorical allusion of a king dancing naked in the public square. It is a sign of disgrace or abomination. In classical literature and oral African literature, we encounter the concept of a king who becomes a villain or a villain who becomes king through acts […]

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Columnist: Niger Delta: Time to take responsibility and reset the narrative

Ihesiulo Grace 30 September 2020 0

By Henry Nwawuba I was privileged to moderate a high-level virtual conference on the Niger Delta recently. It was a humbling and expository experience that has changed my perspectives on the resource-rich region significantly. For me, engagements about the current fate and future of the region can never be the same. I am convinced and […]

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Columnist: Akwa Ibom at 33: A road map

Ihesiulo Grace 29 September 2020 0

By Ray Ekpu I was a young reporter just cutting my journalism teeth at the Nigerian Chronicle in Calabar when the push for a state to be created from South Eastern State was on. The advantages of state creation were obvious: government would be next door, near enough for a knock at the door; there […]

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Columnist: Igodomigodo and Edo State election

Ihesiulo Grace 28 September 2020 0

By Hope O’Rukevbe Eghagha The vociferous outpour of potent anger of the Edo State people as rambunctiously expressed through the power of the ballot box in the gubernatorial election of Saturday 19 2020 tickled my failing memory of the stupendous courage often associated with the people of that ancient and culturally affluent kingdom once led […]

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Columnist: Confirmed and re-confirmed: Obaseki remains in government house

Ihesiulo Grace 25 September 2020 0

By Tony Afejuku Next week, Saturday 19, the electorate of Edo State will be voting for either incumbent governor Mr. Godwin Obaseki of the PDP or Mr. Osagie Ize-Iyamu of the APC in this year’s gubernatorial election. At the end of the day when voting is over, who will win: Obaseki or his prime and […]

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Columnist: Comrade Oshiomhole and his Achilles’ heel

Ihesiulo Grace 24 September 2020 0

By Fassy Yusuf THE 2020 Edo State Gubernatorial Election came last Saturday and the winner was known the following day, Sunday. Incumbent governor, Godwin Obaseki who defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to the main opposition party, Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) garnered a total of 307,955 to defeat his closest rival, Pastor Osagie […]

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Columnist: Russell-Copleston debate: The God question in philosophy

Ihesiulo Grace 23 September 2020 0

By Prof Tunji Olaopa Many who are readers must have read the popular and much-referenced collection of essays under the title “Why I Am Not a Christian” by the legendary British philosopher Bertrand Russell. It was originally a talk given on 6 March 1927 at Battersea Town Hall, under the auspices of the South London […]

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Columnist: Edo: The scales have fallen

Ihesiulo Grace 21 September 2020 0

By Ray Ekpu I am not a politician even though I have been tempted three times by do-gooders to throw my hat into the gubernatorial ring of my state, Akwa Ibom. I have bluntly refused because I prefer to stay in journalism’s vineyard all my life. My ambition in journalism is to continue to fight […]

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Columnist: Nigeria: A personal encounter (7)

Ihesiulo Grace 21 September 2020 0

By Hope O’Rukevbe Eghagha So it was that in Buhari’s second term which started in 2019, after an election that he supposedly won by a landslide, where his party controlled the National Assembly and most States of the federation, things started changing. Change? What kind of change is this? Nigerians looked on as prices galloped, […]

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Columnist: Arts And Culture Literary Series IV

Ihesiulo Grace 19 September 2020 0

By Chief Kingsley Okafor. Ksji In the trajectory of our literary series we will today analyze the Creative Industries, the components, contents and all related variables that make up the Creative Industry. The word Creative Industry have over the years become very commonly used in categorizing Creative economic activities. Creative Industries simply refers to a […]

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Columnist: The latest sermon from Obasanjo at ‘Mount’ Abuja

Ihesiulo Grace 17 September 2020 0

By Fassy Yusuf EVER since he took over from Colonel Benjamin Adekunle (The Black Scorpion) as Commander of Third Marine Commando (3 Division), Nigeria Army on May 12, 1969, General (then a Colonel) Olusegun Aremu Obasanjo (you may also prefix him as Chief, Dr., Theologian or Engineer) has become a main issue in the Nigerian […]

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Columnist: Global ranking of UI and reform imperative

Ihesiulo Grace 16 September 2020 0

By Prof Tunji Olaopa In the 2021 Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings, the University of Ibadan (UI), for the first time since 2016 when it started featuring in the ranking exercise, made a huge leap forward in global educational reckoning. It came in 401-500 bracket. In a ranking that featured top universities from […]

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Columnist: Nigeria: A personal encounter (6)

Ihesiulo Grace 14 September 2020 0

By Hope O’Rukevbe Eghagha The man Muhammadu Buhari, you may recall had been Head of State and Commanderin-Chief of the Armed Forces after a coup d’etat that kicked out the miserably inept but democratically elected government of Alhaji Shehu Shagari on December 31, 1983. Hmmmm! You see, Nigerians had become disenchanted with the corruption of […]

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Arts and Culture Literary Series II

Ihesiulo Grace 12 September 2020 0

By Chief Kingsley Okafor. Ksji Welcome to another series in our journey into the Arts and Culture of the diverse people of the world. In our last literary series we dissected the term and content of the creative economy. Today we will discuss the term Cultural Industries. Cultural Industry is simply a product or service […]

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Traditional Art Series (Nigerian Art): The art of Ife

Ihesiulo Grace 12 September 2020 0

Ife is an ancient Yoruba city in the present day of Osun State, South West Nigeria. It is about 218km North East of Lagos with an estimated population of about 510, 000. It is regarded by the Yoruba people as the cradle of all human kind. It was here, their legend says, that the Supreme […]