2023: Afenifere in perspective
We need to remind ourselves that as Yorubaland is a whole (even in its progressive mutilation and disfigurement as exemplified…
Offa: Utilising the power of family ties for development
ONE genre of music that has had significant effects on other genres of music among the Yorùbá of southwestern Nigeria…
The unreported impact of lingering ASUU strike
NOTHING can be more shocking than learning that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has embarked on not less…
Akuskura: The new deadly substance in town
RECENTLY, there has been rapid emergence of a dangerous, new psychoactive substance known as akuskura/kuskura, which is made of herbs…
Shettima: Tribute to a rare leader at 56
I have known Kashim Shettima, the vice presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), since 2001 when he was…
JAPA!
Flee! Japa does not mean to walk away. It is to flee from danger or a compromising situation. It means…
Nigeria 2023: Beyond Peter Obi
“en if at all I am going to consider other candidates, I will still consider Obi. I have a right…
Of Abiodun, Ogun and construction site
THERE is something phenomenal going on in Ogun State, and even critics and naysayers are beginning to realize the futility…
A dirge for Sania Khan
IT could not have been more depressing and horrific. She had become an online sensation after the rendition on her…
Promoting reading culture: Frankfurt Book Fair example
IT has become necessary for everyone to develop the act of reading as a culture owing to the growing nature…
Nigeria: Before sailing off into the abyss
One thing is certain, we cannot learn anything new from a dope; and those politicians who believe that democracy is…
Are Nigerian academics still worthy of respect?
IT is good to always be reminded of the past so that we may be guided – now – if…
Nigeria, political choices and consequences
THERE is something about political orientation in Nigeria, which is also affected by the level of civilisation. Inside that civilisation…
Ogun: Talk is cheap
TALK is cheap and anyone could do that. But to reasonably talk is a thing that is scarce as we…
A life of solidity and value: Celebrating A. K. Ahmadu at 70
WITHIN the tense atmosphere that defines the security and political circumstances in Nigeria, almost everyone is looking for means of…
Raising alarm on Nigeria’s rising yellow fever epidemic
OVER 160 million people - more than half of the country’s current estimated population - are at risk of yellow…
Resting ASUU strike in peace
NIGERIA’s tertiary educational institutions have in the last four decades or so become theatres of incessant and debilitating strikes by…
JAMB and Nigerian students since 1978
I found the Editorial of the Nigerian Tribune of August 9, 2022 instructive as it touches the base of Nigerian…
Buhari and Nigeria’s climate challenge ahead of COP27
BarRing all odds, Africa is set to host the 27th edition of the now famous Conference of Parties (COP) of…
ASUU, insecurity and 2023 requirements
IN spite of a two-day national protest by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) over the ongoing closure of public universities,…


