The girls and women of Afghanistan will rise again
AFTER my article, A Dirge for Afghan Girls and Women?, bemoaning the fate of girls and women in Afghanistan under…
Lagos and impetus to insurance business
IT was adequate insurance arrangements that helped the Lagos State government underwrite losses incurred during the #End SARS protest in…
Pandemic disruptions: Are business plans still relevant?
PLANNING is key to any form of business structure anywhere in the world, be it large enterprise, partnership, small or…
Okowa scores Bull’s Eye with Delta at 30
On August 29, Delta joined 11 other states to mark their 30th anniversary since creation by the military regime of…
The Olowokure Identical Twins @ 92: Ever amiable, Ever admirable
“Egbon mi gidi mo ni” (he is an original senior). That was my mother’s retort as I teased her once…
Abia education sector: Challenges and interventions
Recently, a 32-minute documentary video chronicles Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State work in the state’s education sector since his…
Sunset at noon: Professor Olufemi David Olaleye
THE death of Professor Olufemi David Olaleye of the Department of Virology, University of Ibadan in the early hours of…
Guinea: Buhari should arrest Malady Doumbouya
WHEN the first military coup in West Africa took place in Togo in January 1963, we believed it could never…
S.T. Ola Akande: Just like yesterday
It is exactly a year today that an erstwhile General Secretary of the Nigerian Baptist Convention, Reverend Dr. S.T. Ola…
Makinde: One week, many successes
The past week has been quite busy for residents of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital and the reason is not…
International Women’s Day colours: Myth or reality?
THE International Women’s Day (IWD) is a day set aside globally to celebrate women for their doggedness and achievements in…
Marwa: A birthday tribute to an enigma
THE danger of writing a tribute to any high profile personality in Nigeria today is obvious: the writer runs the…
International Literacy Day and public libraries
September 8 each year is marked by the world as ‘International Literacy Day’ (ILD). Established in 1965 by the United…
FG, Lagos and the VAT debate
IT is no longer news that a Federal High Court in Port Harcourt has ruled that states, and not the…
Wale Oke, Christ’s crusader at 65
BISHOP Francis Wale who is the founder and the presiding Bishop of The Sword of the Spirit Ministries,aka Christ Life…
A dirge for Afghan girls and women?
IT is no news that we now have an Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan under the firm control and tutelage of…
On re-integration of ex-Boko Haram felons into society
ON Saturday 25th July, 2020, the Nigerian Army announced that 601 ex-Boko Haram soldiers would be re-integrated into the society.…
For Yusuf Grillo
THERE could hardly have been a more lugubrious day for me and, I guess, countless others,than August 23rd, when I…
Osun at 30, Isiaka Adeleke and history
WE give adulation to God that some of us are still living to witness the 30th Anniversary of the creation…
Boss at all seasons: celebrating Mustapha is 65
On the occasion of his 64th birthday last year, President MuhammaduBuhari joined the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and the Federal…
