A review of book on scholarships, grants, opportunities, luck
The majority of humanity attributes success and fortune to luck. They dedicate much of their time and energy praying for…
Before the heaviness: A review of Lilian Onyinye Okoloye’s ‘The life I learnt to carry’
By: Adetimilehin Inioluwa Victor Before ever having to carry grief, responsibilities, or the other burdens of adulthood, there was a…
Bimbo Oloyede: A life in broadcasting
THIS is what I consider a truly interesting book in terms of its very obvious and well-achieved contribution to the…
Chasing the Restlessness of the Relentless Pendant: A Review of Toyin Falola’s Restless Pendant: Essays on Lasisi Olagunju and his works
By: Prof Michael Ọládẹ̀jọ Afọláyan I start this review by borrowing the model of the nested linguistic puzzle of Bishop…
An intimate portrait of Babajide Sanwo-Olu as governor
By: Kunle Ajibade We live in an age of the camera. The camera as reporter captures the serious and the…
Voters as beautiful brides and other stories
Books are never accidents. Every worthwhile work is the product of deep reflection, painstaking research, intellectual discipline and countless hours…
If the Ibrus mean business, what then did they have to do with politics?
(A review of ‘The Ibru story’ by Professor Godini G. Darah) The publication of the book, The Ibru Story, is…
An old woman carrying palm oil across a narrow bridge
A wisdom book, the type I am reviewing this morning, deserves to begin with a wisdom tale. And that is…
Reimagining Africa beyond the colonial mirror
(A review of ‘African Identities: Absence, Loss, and the Quest for Self-Definition’ by Toyin Falola) Few concepts in African studies…
From the Semblance of Sokoto and Kijipa
A Review of Man of Many Frontiers by Lasisi Olagunju By Basit Olatunji, Department of Languages and Linguistics, Fountain University, Osogbo.…
Pathways to housing delivery in Nigeria
Housing in Nigeria sits at the intersection of dignity, economic productivity, environmental resilience, and social stability. Yet it remains one…
The Chronicle of Muhammadu Buhari Presidency
By: Prof Festus Uwakhemen Asikhia The book review The thought of dissecting those pivotal moments - from the thrill of…
For a man of many frontiers
(A review of Lasisi Olagunju’s Man of Many Frontiers: The Life, Faith and Influence of Asiwaju Khamis Olatunde Badmus, published…
‘If you don’t smoke cigarette, you won’t be afflicted with Indian hemp’
•A review of the book, Black Esther: Tales of Iya Olobi Ìyá Olóbì traded in kolanuts in pre and post-Nigerian…
Trafficology: Ehindero and our open-cage slavery
A traveller once passed through a bustling market where caged birds were sold. One cage stood out: its door was…
Afénifére from the lens of an insider: A review of Sehinde Arogbofa’s ‘Understanding Afénifére’
The book, Understanding Afénifére: A Historical Journey through the Yoruba Leadership Organisation will, at first, appear to be an unrewarding…
The Four Books of Daniel
You have heard of the Seven Books of Moses. You’ve also read of Daniel in the Lion’s Den. This piece…
The labour of writing the male: Adeleke Babatunde’s ‘Origami’
By Isaiah Adepoju Writing about men is a labour — a difficult, uninteresting labour. Those who try to write about…
Understanding the passion of a patriot
THIS 206-page and 13-chapter book authored by a veteran journalist, Chief Remi Oyeyemi, the Bobagunwa of Imobi-Ijesa, is the latest…
Asiwaju Olayinka Fasuyi: The Passion of a Patriot
By: ‘Wale Sadeeq, PhD This 206-page and 13-chapter book authored by a veteran journalist, Chief Remi Oyeyemi, the Bobagunwa of…
