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Professional Diversity, Not Proliferation: A Rejoinder to ICAN’s Misplaced Concerns

Posted September 3, 2025 by Freedom Square TV

The comments credited to the President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, Mallam Haruna Nma Yahaya, and reported by The Guardian on August 29, 2025, under the headline “At 60, ICAN Moves Against Proliferation of Professional Bodies”, demand a clear response from all who care about the growth,…

The Weight Men Were Never Meant to Carry: Rethinking 1 Timothy 5:8 and the Myth of Male-Only Provision in Africa

Posted September 3, 2025 by FreedomsquareTV

Introduction Few biblical texts have been as widely quoted yet profoundly misapplied in African contexts as 1 Timothy 5:8: “But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.” For many men, this…

Africa’s Democratic Dilemma: Dr. Agada Elachi Calls for Strong Institutions Over Strong Men

Posted August 27, 2025 by FreedomsquareTV

Amidst growing political instability across Africa, the debate over democracy and conflict management has once again taken centre stage. From electoral disputes in Nigeria to military coups in West Africa, ethnic conflicts in the Horn, and governance crises across the continent, Africa continues to wrestle with the dual challenge of…

Fake Titles Are Not Nigeria’s Problem—Rotten Professors Are

Posted August 22, 2025 by FreedomsquareTV

A group of Nigerian academics has launched a petition against the misuse of “Dr.” and “Professor” titles. Their outrage is directed at quacks, diploma mills, and honorary degree holders who prefix their names with academic distinctions they did not earn. They call it a national disgrace. But titles are costumes,…

Abia’s ₦58.3 Billion Puzzle in Context: How South-East States Turn Budgets into Year-End Sprints

Posted August 19, 2025 by Freedom Square TV

Budgets are not neutral numbers. They are moral documents—contracts between governments and citizens. Each line item is a promise that classrooms will be safer, clinics more functional, and roads truly connective. When these numbers are reshaped into a frantic year-end sprint, what should be a disciplined program of public investment…

Oyinlola’s crocodile and Fayose’s carcass _Festus Adedayo

Posted July 27, 2025 by Freedom Square TV

Praise and dispraise are two usages for which the tongue of a Nigerian politician can be put. This is a common perception among politicians themselves. In Nigerian politics, back-trackers are as common a sight as a fisherman daily sees shrimps in the creeks. Last Friday, Ekiti State’s former Peoples Democratic…

ADC: Death, Onikoyi and a hunter’s pouch _Festus Adedayo

Posted July 6, 2025 by Freedom Square TV

“Death does not kill alone/Nor does he fight singly/He goes to war with plenty of warriors…/He sends Disease first/He sends Paralysis next/He sends Loss/He sends Curses…/Death finally comes to kill the hunter’s father/Who drinks now of heavenly water.” The lines above are from Professor Bade Ajuwon's, 'Ogun’s Iremoje: A…

Nigeria’s 2025 Tax Laws: A New Fiscal Dawn or Another Paper Reform?

Posted July 3, 2025 by Freedom Square TV

For decades, Nigeria’s tax system has symbolised everything wrong with the country’s broader fiscal culture—narrow tax bases, overburdened workers, under-taxed elites, a thriving informal sector, and rampant corruption. With a tax-to-GDP ratio that has hovered between 6% and 8%, Nigeria remains one of the poorest tax performers in Africa. This…

When Power Lacks Wisdom: Authority, Oppression, and the Erosion of Trust

Posted June 30, 2025 by Freedom Square TV

In a famous fictional scene from the "Game of Thrones" series, a man boldly declared, “Knowledge is power.” Instantly, the queen commanded her guards to seize him, and as they obeyed without hesitation, she smiled and replied, “Power is power.” That moment, though imagined, mirrors a brutal truth in…

The Vanishing Honour of Matrimony: A Reflection on Sacred Fidelity and Eroding Values

Posted May 29, 2025 by Freedom Square TV

In many African communities of old, the sanctity of marriage was not just a moral ideal, it was a spiritual edifice, a sacred covenant upheld by tradition, custom, and the ancestral spirits. Today, that edifice is crumbling, brick by brick, under the weight of modernity, imported liberal values, and the…

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