Lagos building collapse: Averting another tragedy…
In this report, Tunde Alao looks at the various sides to the Ita Faji building collapse with expert views on…
Rat race for wealth has distracted parents from training their children —Ven Daramola
Some days to his 80th birthday, the first African principal of Loyola College and former principal of Ibadan Grammar School,…
The menace of pursuing a dream in Nigeria Tertiary Institutions
It is almost impossible to pursue and successfully nurture a dream fervently in Nigerian universities and her ill-fated educational procedures,…
8-year-Nigerian boy becomes chess star in America
Tanitoluwa Adewunmi, an 8-year-old Nigerian boy has become a child-chess star in the United States. Adewunmi, whose family is homeless…
Saved by providence… Stories of survivors of Lagos collapsed building
After the collapse of yet another building in Lagos which claimed many lives OLALEKAN OLABULO spoke with some residents in…
Controversies trail life and death of Rep Temitope Sugar killed in Ibadan
The murder of the senatorial candidate of the Action Democratic Party (ADP), Honourable Temitope Olatoye, a.k.a Sugar, last Saturday, has…
180 buildings for demolition in Lagos
TUNBOSUN OGUNDARE, ELLIOT OVADJE and TUNDE ALAO bring the untold sighs and sight of the Lagos tragedy that is getting…
‘His eyes were open, so we knew he was alive’
The boy lay wide-eyed on a bed of outstretched arms. The men who carried him, and others looking on, cheered…
How woman feigned assistance, stole twin, sold him for N900,000
Child-stealing and selling have attained a worrisome dimension in Delta State with a Delta-based anti-human trafficking agent, Mr Joshua Omorere,…
The Pius Adesanmi I knew
I met Pius Adesanmi in February 1992 at the University of Ilorin. Though we were in the same department (he…
Pius Adesanmi and lessons in patriotism
It is no longer news that Pius Adebola Adesanmi and 156 others (including another eminent Nigerian, Ambassador Abiodun Bashua) died…
Crashed Ethiopian airline may gulp $60m insurance claims
Losses from Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft operated by Ethiopian Airlines have been speculated to be between 50 million dollars…
Building on ideals of Awoism
Aare Afe Babalola OFR, CON, SAN, President and Founder, Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti and winner of the 2018 Chief Obafemi…
Egbema: The river people who are still looking for water to drink
AN Igbo proverb says one cannot live on the bank of River Niger and wash his hands with spittle. Another…
What is your take on Atiku Abubakar going to court to challenge the results of the presidential poll?
With the circumstances surrounding the outcome and results of the February 23, 2019, presidential election, the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP)…
Bariga: Strong men’s slum capital
BARIGA, a popular district suburb in Lagos, has a varied reputation. To some, Bariga, made one of the Local Council…
Nigeria assets in UK, US in trouble over $9bn judgement debt
Nigeria potentially faces the largest financial liability in its history, and a hedge fund is coming to collect. The legal…
Men who make a living cooking for others
In this piece, AKINWALE ABOLUWADE writes about men who choose cooking as a profession vis-a-vis their successes and sentiments.
Sad: 24-yr-old killed with ‘charm’ by young ‘beggar’ •Family cries for justice
A screen printer and artist, Olamide Oyedele, 24, was sent to his early grave penultimate week in Lagos allegedly by…
How 9-year-old boy dancer, his 3 siblings were burnt to death in Delta
The blossoming future of a nine-year-old came to an abrupt halt late Tuesday night in Warri. The life of the…
