Convocating a galaxy of stars in a troubled world…
The above title is a combination of the theme of the 5th convocation ceremony of Trinity University, Yaba, Lagos and…
Still on the conversion of Rufus Giwa Polytechnic to a university…
THERE is this saying that what is worth doing at all is worth doing well. What this means is that…
Kidnapped NYSC members: Rescued or ransomed?
WONDERS will never end in this country of one scandal a day! Here, the more you look, the less you…
Owo-Akoko must sheathe their sword over Rufus Giwa university
WHEN my alma mater, the University of Ife (aka “Great Ife”) was renamed Obafemi Awolowo University by the military junta…
Still on government neglect of our hospitals…
FEW days ago, a senior pastor of mine called and spoke fata-fata, as they say, about the state of our…
Robbing Peter to pay Paul: A lose-lose situation
CAN these figures be correct? Since I came across them on the internet, I have not seen a rebuttal from…
Revisiting 1951 Western Regional House of Assembly cross-carpeting saga…
Election cycles are when politicians and spin doctors go down memory lane to exhume ghosts of the past. Anything to…
Still on FCCPC and the cement monsters…
Last week we commented on the scandalously high price of cement in the country vis-a-vis our neighbouring countries which import…
Cement’s astronomical price: Can FCCPC tame the monsters?
THE decision of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) to probe the scandalously high price of cement could…
Why is the Presidency mute on Jingir?
I had thought the Presidency would respond to Jingir more ferociously than it had done to Cardinal John Onaiyekan, but…
Is President Tinubu our own Niccolo Machiavelli?
The dust raised by Archbishop John Onaiyekan over the closed-door meeting the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) had with…
Onaiyekan: Is Tinubu insensitive to Nigerians’ plight?
THE Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) recently held a closed-door meeting with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, after which one…
Xenophobia and the abandonment of foreign policy…
IF anyone should ask me now what is the centrepiece of Nigeria’s foreign policy, I am afraid I will not…
If the 2027 elections are to be credible… (II)
“THE defect lies in making manual recording or manual collation the automatic fallback without imposing strict safeguards. It also makes…
If the 2027 elections must be credible… (I)
I once advocated that we create a Ministry or agency charged with the responsibility of harnessing ideas canvassed at public…
A return to my alma mater…
IN a race - which life is - everyone has their lane. Once you have chosen a lane, stay in…
When every vice becomes ‘new normal’…
“When a house suffers from problems in its foundation, you can do one of two things: Continue to paper over…
Igboho, ACF and NEF: Is anarchy the solution?
SOMEONE accosted me recently and asked the question: Why are you Yoruba always the troublers of Nigeria? And my mind…
Interrogating Tinubu’s Democracy Day 2026 address…
Speeches by political leaders generally create an inroad into their mind and give those they lead an insight into what…
If our children are truly our future…
IT is said that our children are our future. Another such saying is the one that describes the children and…
