PRAYING FOR XYZ: THE IMPOTENCE OF SUCH SUPPLICATIONS AND THE PRETENTIOUSNESS OF HASHTAGS
By Hannu Afere _____________ Rauf Aregbesola the current Minister of Interior, in August was the subject of jabs and jibes shortly when he admitted to the press shortly after his…
OF HUMAN ZOOS AND MENTAL FETTERS
By Hannu Afere As recently as 1931, African families were being displayed in Berlin zoos alongside elephants. German zoologist Professor Lutz Heck was a happy enabler. Years before that, Brussels…
RELIGION: A SUPERABUNDANCE OF SELF DECEPTION
By Hannu Afere trouble with religion is first and foremost the superabundance of self-deception. Religion from the east, religion from the west. Religion from inside Africa, also. _____________ There was…
THE SIN OF FOOTBALL & THE NUANCES OF FEAR
By Hannu Afere A few days ago, a tweet from one Alex Oluwatobi went viral. The young man said that when he was trying to make friends with his new…
CELEBRATING THE ORWELLIAN UNDERTONES OF A HAPPY INDEPENDENCE
By Hannu Afere Omoyele Sowore has pleaded not guilty to charges amongst which is treasonable felony and has been remanded in custody until his bail hearing on Friday. Of course,…
HOW DARE YOU LOOK TO US FOR HOPE?
By Hannu Afere Greta Thunberg at 16 has the world angry. The Swedish native who has Asperger’s Syndrome, first garnered worldwide attention when she skipped school to protest climate change…
GROUND ZERO: THE ELECTIONS TRIBUNAL By Hannu Afere
The Court of Appeal where the judgment of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal was delivered yesterday, was agog with activity—celebration (albeit contained) for those with President Buhari and disappointment…
PSYCHOLOGICAL FOUNDATION OF XENOPHOBIA By Professor Peter F. Omoluabi
PROFESSOR PETER F. OMOLUABI DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS LAGOS, NIGERIA INTRODUCTION Xenophobia is a multidimensional and multifaceted concept that cuts across many disciplines like Psychopathology, Social Psychology, Psychobiology,…
REVOLUTION OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, AND FOR THE PEOPLE
By Al Akhigbe ( Farmer Al ) There's an urgency in my spirit to pray this morning. I would have gone to church to pray if I didn't know what…
IN NIGERIA, WE DON’T HOLD OUR BREATH
IN NIGERIA, WE DON'T HOLD OUR BREATH. By Hannu Afere _______________ In Nigeria, football is magic. It is the one thing that binds all ethnicities together, regardless of gender, regardless…
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