When Tani Adewumi arrived in the US with his parents who fled the excruciating conditions of their poorly-managed, Boko Haram-ravaged country, Nigeria, he had no inkling of a life-changing dramatic turnaround that would transform his family. Days after their arrival in the US, Tani’s parents, Kayode and Oluwatoyin Adewumi faced a precarious condition, if they knew where their next meal would come from, they did not know where they would lay their heads on. They were poor, they were homeless until the City of New York (NYC) provided them a homeless shelter where Tani’s journey to stardom began. Right there in the homeless shelter, Tani was enrolled in school where he kept the right company of friends who enjoyed playing the chess game. 8 year-old Tani later emerged winner of the New York State chess championship for his age group. Thereafter, his story went viral. “A man’s gift makes room for him and brings him before great men” says the scripture (Proverbs 18:16). Tani’s sto...
Dele Momodu Fellow Nigerians, on June 12, 2023, Nigeria would have suffered, for 30 ugly years, for the calamitous mistake of annulling our best Presidential election result ever. For the benefit of those who were not yet born, or too young to understand and appreciate the magnitude of the disaster that hit Nigeria since that saga, let me offer a quick explanation of the premise for my conclusion that this was the freest, fairest, and indeed, the best election Nigeria has ever had and that we continue to suffer the consequences of that election being annulled. On June 12, 1993, there was a Presidential contest between Chief Moshood Abiola and Alhaji Bashir Tofa (who passed on incidentally and sadly just a few days ago, so both protagonists are sadly now deceased). The election produced a clear winner in Chief Abiola, and this has recently been validated by the Buhari administration. However, for no clear and unjustifiable reasons, the military regime of General Ibrahim Baba...
Richard Akinola Popular Nigerian journalist and a lawyer, Mr Richard Akinola has written an open letter to Mr Bayo Onanuga, a veteran journalist and well known civil rights activist who is now the spokesperson for Bola Tinubu Presidential Campaign Council over Onanuga’s sudden departure from principles he once espoused. Bayo Onanuga Onanuga who fought the military junta of the late General Sani Abacha to its knee was a formidable activist who put his life on the line but escaped death by the whisker when some military goons swooped on him on the so-called order from above to terrorize his family. In the letter, Mr Akinola expressed his dissatisfaction over Onanuga’s attempts to stifle the freedom of speech which Onanuga himself once fought for. Onanuga had written a letter to the NBC asking to sanction the Channel Tv over the handling of Mr Datti Ahmed’s interview with the station. It’s so surprising that despite Mr Seun Okinbaloye’s handling of the interview wi...
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