Browsing: Anthony Kila

Your Lordship also took his time to appreciate the efforts of his brothers for what he termed the “contributions of the judiciary to the sustenance of Nigeria’ s democracy” and therein lies, my Lord the crux of today’s epistle addressed to you: the role of the judiciary in a democratic system.

Trouble started on August 25, 2020 when a press statement signed by Banji Akintoye, professor emeritus of history, and some other names communicated that members of the YWC Leaders Council had been removed. Names of those announced as removed were Amos Akingba, Tola Adeniyi, Anthony Kila, and Solagbade Popoola. The statement, sent to various news outlet, went viral within minutes due to the astonishing content

In a statement published on the Centre’s website, www.ciaps.org, and confirmed by the Centre’s Head of Events and Projects, Funke Fajusigbe, the essay prize is aimed at encouraging fact-based analysis as part of the Centre’s effort in contributing to the building of a knowledge based society

All that was way before terms like diversity, multicultural, multireligious and tolerance became trendy in Europe and America. The land where such peaceful and joyous communion reigned was Nigeria and the period, not long ago, was before the Christians started seeing Satan everywhere and saying “I reject it” or “I am strong” and Muslims started feeling the need to wear long beard, dress like middle easterners and competing for Sundays with Christians

The spirit of Biafra like any other collective spirit is more of a feeling than an idea or a plan. It is a non-tangible vessel that harbours an imagined lost glorious past or a possible future for collective solace. It is only natural for any group to invoke such spirit anytime their sense of exclusion and oppression outweighs that of belonging.