Wike, PDP: When the sword destroys its pouch
IN Yoruba family sociology, children are categorised into three broad groups. The stratification is determined by the character portraiture of…
ASUU, Keyamo and Buhari’s profligacy
Former human rights activist, Mr. Festus Keyamo is from Effurun in Uwvie Local Government Area of Delta State. I passed…
The female folk as Nigeria’s elixir
“Was your widowed mother counted?” That sounds crude. Yeah! But those were the words of a woman who had been…
Now that Buhari too is not safe
“The Presidency, in the meantime, wishes to reassure the public that the President has done all, and even more than…
Oyetola, Aregbesola and the palm oil on their bedclothes
My Ekiti people say: “Hun ko ba Ado hi je hi loho omo Ewi” (what is destroying Ado (Ekiti) lies…
President Buhari, When is enough going to be enough?
“I am disappointed with the intelligence system. How can terrorists organise, have weapons, attack a security installation and get away…
Missing certificates, lost identities
Lack of shame kills Oba Àdó (Ainitiju lo pa Oba Àdó) is a common saying among my Yoruba people. Àdó…
Tanko Muhammad, Ekweremadu and health of Nigeria
What happened to the Nigerian judiciary under the now retired Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Tanko Muhammad, is a…
Nigeria’s democracy on life support
IN chapter one of their 2018 book, “How Democracies Die”, Steven Levistsky and Daniel Ziblatt, both professors of Political Science,…
The no-choice before Nigerians
Aristotle said: “Choice, not chance, determines your destiny”. But can Nigerians say sincerely that there is a choice among the…
Owo massacre, APC nomination fees and the worth of a Nigerian life
Every normal person has not been himself since the videos of the horrendous killings at St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo,…
Wike, Tambuwal and lessons for Southern politicians
That former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar won the PDP primaries held last Saturday in Abuja, I will concur, it is…
Ndigbo: Tribe without rulers?
The first time I heard the adjective, ‘acephalous’, was in my secondary Form Four Government class. The teacher, Mr. Abayomi Oduntan,…
Deborah, ignorance and the North
Some weeks ago, I got into a simple analysis with a very senior journalist. I was complaining about the…
Between Emefiele’s ‘Presidency’ and South-West APC
The Yoruba leaders of the All Progressive Congress, APC, met in Lagos last week Friday with presidential aspirants of Yoruba…
Jonathan and his southern brothers as Buhari’s pawns
“Mr. Giwa is a trader. He has a shop in David’s village. His store is full of things to sell…”.…
Alaafin: Message to Oyomesi, Makinde
On Friday, April 22, 2022, a big Iroko fell in Yorubaland. That fateful Friday, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III, the…
2023 and the Yoruba gangan drumbeat to the presidency
A bi idi esin batakun batakun- See the backside of his horse like a mountain, like a mountain A bi…
Bandits: Deities with footprints everywhere
There is danger in shifting and compromising with evil. Some principalities don’t take a fraction of their accommodating neighbour’s space.…
OAU: A case for unbundling of a threatened heritage
FOR the very wrong reasons, my alma mater, the Obafemi Àwolowo University, Ile Ifè, has been in the news lately.…
