Election: INEC, voters and dilemma at the poll
With just four months to another decisive general election, Nigerians are caught up in the web of what await them…
The rise and rise of Odu’a Investment
Since the advent of Mr Adewale Raji as the Group Managing Director of Odu’a Investment Company Limited, the fortune of…
Violated! Who would appease the ghost of Elizabeth?
JOHNSON BABAJIDE writes that the death of a young girl raped by her guardian and son is currently causing ripples…
Why I paid my wife’s dowry 46 years after marriage —84-yr-old pastor
AS a young man Pastor John Olusola Ojo looked forward to having a home, with a woman by his side…
Buhari’s certificate and the eligibility question
THE publication of names and credentials of candidates for the presidential election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has…
Africa’s health: Matters arising
Continued from yesterday An example — the Onchocerciasis Control Programme (OCP) In 1952 the curse of River Blindness was…
Africa’s health: Matters arising
Continued from yesterday From Sleeping Sickness to Ebola While Cook was in his town hospital, rural Uganda was being ravaged…
How to get into trouble with Oba Akiolu —Head of White Cap chiefs
In about 48 hours, the Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Babatunde Osuolale Aremu Akiolu, will be 75 years old. Saturday…
‘We sleep outside under the shed and wait for alms’
AKINWALE ABOLUWADE visited an enclaves of Hausa beggars at Ojaaba and along Jemibewon Way, Sabo areas of Ibadan. He writes…
How do we start all over again?
For flood victims in Bayelsa State, these are not the best of times given the losses that they have incurred.…
At forum, stakeholders push for girl-child empowerment
In commemoration of this year’s International Day of the Girl Child themed With Her: A Skilled Girl Force, a public…
Is Africa starting to choke on China’s lending glut?
It was a time for smiles and handshakes as the delegations from Sierra Leone and China Exim Bank sealed a…
Africa’s health: Matters arising
Being lecture delivered by Sir Eldryd Parry at a ceremony to mark Emeritus Professor O.O. Akinkugbe’s “Hanging up the Stethoscope”…
Kaduna market of mayhem: How swarm of bees caused bloodshed
It was indeed yet again another dark moments for residents of Kaduna State following a crisis which erupted in Kasuwar…
Osun roads: Would the jinx be broken this time?
THE people in Ile-Ife in Osun State, recently woke up to unexpectedly sight engineers embarking on road construction works in…
Living on the bank of despair
A few months back flood ravaged many parts of the nation just as the Nigerian Metrological Agency had predicted. YINKA…
Alaafin: I am an Ake, Ibara man
In 1948, while Egbaland quaked under the yoke of a massive revolt spearheaded by Chief (Mrs.) Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti against the…
31 Lagos hot spots where criminals rule 24/7
Police say these areas are dark spots. OLALEKAN OLABULO dug in to find out why they remain dark, many years…
Evang. Naomi becomes Ooni of Ife’s Queen
TREE days ago, she was just an Evangelist leading a flock of believers in Akure, the Ondo State capital. All…
In Ondo, it’s rainy season with pain
In Ondo State, flood has become a recurring decimal during every rain season across the three senatorial districts, causing untold…
