El-Rufai, First Lady and future of Igbo Lagosians
“Never hate your enemies, it affects your judgement” — The godfather. On May 4, 2019, a Saturday, Nasiru El-Rufai, as…
Ojulari, like Mr Giwa, is a trader
WHEN Yoruba want to address a perplexity, they can reach for “oro buruku tohun terin” (tragicomical) or resort to another…
Kemi Badenoch: Beyond presidential jab
WITH glee last Tuesday, the Nigerian presidency attempted a savage public smackdown of United Kingdom’s second most powerful citizen and…
President Buhari: Didun ni iranti olododo
THE phrase in the headline is a Yoruba coinage that has been confused by many for a scriptural quote. It…
Mr. President, mount a cenotaph… mourn and act
THE December 19, 2024 edition of Business Day e-paper ran a concerning report on the arrest/summon/questioning of the Statistician-General of…
Now, NJC deserves its medals
IN the outgone week, the National Judicial Council under Chief Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun came out swinging against a slew of…
Shettima is surplus to requirements but…
IF there is something to credit Tinubu’s media for in recent time, it is rapid response, especially to political or…
Uwais and my Alagbon story
COMING a close second behind Adetokunbo Adegboyega Ademola, Nigeria’s first indigenous Chief Justice who was in the saddle for 14…
Jokolo and oratio classicus to Supreme Court
IN a nail-bitter last Wednesday, the Supreme Court handed a narrow defeat to the deposed Emir of Gwandu, Al-Mustapha Haruna…
Echono, the ‘Sonny’ side of Nigeria academia
EARLY morning Saturday February 22, I was at the Lagos domestic airport enroute Oye-Ekiti where the federal university domiciled in…
Jesus wept. Muhammad wept. Oloyede wept.
FOR those celebrating the rivulets from the public tearing-up of JAMB Registrar, Professor Ishaq Oloyede over the recent UTME fiasco…
APC and shameless partitioning of Lagos
THE motto of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is “Justice, Peace and Unity”. Motto as a concept, is beyond…
