‘Evil spirit’ scare: Controversy trails incident in Kwara school
Around noon on Friday, May 28, 2021, students and staff of St. Claire's Anglican Girls' Grammar School, Offa in the…
Ladipo auto spare parts market fire: We lost everything —Victims
Lagos state is gradually becoming notorious for fire incidents, having recorded many cases in the last two years, the recent…
How foundation offered free surgeries in Ibadan
As part of efforts to ensure the masses get access to medical care and fill the vacuum in the medical…
Ajia: The unending story
For residents of Ajia community in Inukan Local Council Development Area of Oyo State, the state government’s acquisition of land…
‘Entrepreneurship is solution to unemployment’
Shyllon Adeola is an engineer-turned entrepreneur due to her inability to get a job. In this interview with YEJIDE GBENGA-OGUNDARE,…
Shock, tears greet T.B. Joshua’s death a week to 58th birthday
The death of a foremost televangelist and founder of The Synagogue, Church of All Nations (SCOAN), Prophet Temitope Balogun Joshua,…
Parenting: Failing, falling, faltering?
Last week Tuesday, the world marked the Global Day of Parents. OLARONKE JAIYEOLA, in this piece, X-rays what parenting entails…
COVID-19: Unmasking the Nigerian health sector’s response, capabilities
Renowned media entrepreneur, Kadaria Ahmed, and popular film director, Femi Odugbemi, came up with a film documentary on COVID-19 which…
How my husband was killed —Widow of murdered Ibadan businessman
The murder of Maduabuchi Owuamanam, a businessman and leading figure at the popular Ogunpa market in Ibadan, has caused confusion…
How Buhari has run Nigeria in 6 years
In 2015, the President Muhammadu Buhari administration began what it termed a ‘change’ agenda which would prioritise improved security, economic…
LG poll: Unease over turbulent Lagos APC primaries
BOLA BADMUS, AKIN ADEWAKUN and DAYO AYEYEMI got stakeholders speaking on electoral violence in Lagos State, the kind that was…
Battles Nigerians fight as costs of commodities keep rising
It is no strange news that the cost of items have increased sporadically in Nigeria and a number of people…
Makinde’s 2-year duty in Oyo
IN a football match, half time is not for rest. It is for stock-taking, strategy and restrategising. In governance, middle-of-term…
Turning the South-East into a valley of death
In this piece, GRACE EGBO, MICHAEL OVAT AND JOHNKENNEDY UZOMA report the deepening climate of fear in the South-East following…
From boom to doom: Nigeria’s story of descent into poverty (capital)
From the 1970s of the oil boom era when the economy positioned it as a potential African powerhouse, Nigeria enjoyed…
Abiodun and his social contract with Ogun citizens
AS Nigerians take stock of 22 years of civil rule in the country, KUNLE ODEREMI writes on the state of…
22 years after: How far, thus far?
The narratives surrounding the realities of Nigeria seem to revolve round that of a toddler that is learning to crawl…
Lagos APC Primaries: Five killed as violence, selective voting mar primary elections
After weeks of rigorous and tension soaked political campaigns to elect chairmen and councillors into the 20 Local Government Areas…
Democracy at 22: ‘Our expectations, our frustration’
DAYO AYEYEMI and SEGUN KASALI capture the pains and gains of democratic rule in Lagos after 22 uninterrupted years. In…
Nigerians with expired passports in the Philippines cry out
“I am a graduating student waiting to write my final examination but I can’t do that because I don’t have…
