How Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu became Ada Owere
RECENTLY, news on the installation of the wife of Ondo State Governor, Mrs Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, as Ada Owere I, flooded…
Public intellection and the future of Nigeria
WHAT I will like to do is to attempt to take forward the critical role of public intellection through the…
Six days with Kumuyi: The world at his feet
It has been claimed that an archetypal Nigerian politician’s perfect pastime is preying on poor people in their milling millions.…
The return of Nigeria’s overnight millionaires
DAILY, more than half of Nigeria’s population consume information on get-rich-quick packages and incentives in an economy with skyrocketing inflation.…
The North vs South conundrum
ONE often finds himself engaged in thoughts, seeking to fathom the basis and rationale for the ongoing tomfoolery about national…
Pa Gad Adebisi Akerele: An epitome of piety
‘Death is a necessary end, it will come when it will’ says William Shakespeare in his legendary play ‘Julius Caesar’.…
Resolving farmers-herders crisis
Samuel Johnson, the man who wrote the Yoruba history and invented the Yoruba alphabet which we are using till today…
The hurried return of Nigeria’s overnight millionaires
Daily, more than half of Nigeria’s population consume information on get-rich-quick packages and incentives in an economy with skyrocketing inflation.…
The Osinbajo option in APC’s 2023 presidential gambit
As President Muhammadu Buhari passes the mid-point of his second term in office, it is natural that political conversations across…
Domestic violence: The shadow epidemic
DOMESTIC violence is a form of gender based violence, and it has been said to be the shadow epidemic. This…
The ticking time bomb of toxic inhalations
The mortality rate of the world’s population is increasing at geometric progression and it is not decreasing anytime soon. The…
The clamour for another national conference
FROM the day day-to-day maladministration of the polity to the rising cases of insecurity, abuse of the rule of law,…
Another view of restructuring
THE restructuring debate is a smoldering topic that has continued to gain ascendancy in public discourses as the search for…
Obadiah Mailafia and the Nigerian story of leadership failure
The interview with Dr. Mailafia during the Toyin Falola Interviews furnishes the audience with much information that helps to grasp…
[OPINION] Descent from Humanism: Literature, Music, and the Media
This is an excerpt of the Convocation Lecture delivered during the 2021 Nigerian Academy of Letters Convocation Many would agree…
Nnamani goes to school
The Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has embarked on its 2021 annual recess. Barring any unforeseen circumstances that…
Appreciating Delta State’s unique stride
Delta State is blessed with people, gifted with high sense of industry; who are known for their ingenuity, resilience, ability…
Developing grassroots via home-grown democracy
On Monday, July 26, 2021, the local government electoral process came to a conclusive dénouement in Ogun State. Governor Dapo…
Tribute: At Ogiyan’s palace, a mother goes home
For all mortals, death is an inevitable end. The journey of life can be aptly likened to a commercial vehicle…
The cancer narrative of Nigeria and the way forward
A recent report from population-based cancer registries, obtained from a cancer statistics in Nigeria, shows that out of the over…
