The Lagos-Ogun collaboration in context
LAST week, in a strategic and visionary move, the governments of Lagos and Ogun states signed a Memorandum of Understanding…
Only the strong survive
AT the start of summer of 1940 when Adolf Hitler had just secured his victory over France within weeks, he…
(OPINION): Transcending the lean times
Criticism makes leaders wake up, and it puts them on their toes. It is a natural component of leadership. We…
On Buhari and his pro-people policies
- Like many other Nigerians, I have strong confidence in the leadership of Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari. It is true…
Mali: How the coup was predicted
IN the article, Nigeria and Mali at 60: Reflections on lust for power, published in the Nigerian Tribune in October…
WF Kumuyi: Feisty at 80
YEARS ago Pastor William Folorunso Kumuyi, General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry, opened a chink in the curtains…
The logic in Makinde’s infrastructure drive
THINKING well is wise whilst planning well is wiser, but doing well is wisest of all. The governor of Oyo…
Nigeria can, and must, climb out of corruption hole
I was 13 years old in 1979, when Nigeria began to slip into a dark, frightening hole that seemed to…
The value of quality representation
QUALITY legislative representation transcends the ability to move motions on the floor of the legislature. It is, crucially, also about…
Of water provision and existence
ACCORDING to the late Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, “Water, e no get enemy, omi o lota”. This is an indication…
APC needs love and peace in Osun State to engender continuity in governance
Without fear of contradiction, I am a party man and I will continue to support and promote the interest of…
The change Nigerians clamour for
NDEED, many questions have continued to dominate the airspace regarding the prevalent state of the entity called Nigeria. The entirety…
Dapo Abiodun at 61: Come, let us rejoice!
TOMORROW, Prince Dapo Abiodun, Ogun State’s fifth democratically elected helmsman, clocks three scores plus one. It is, as usual since…
Osun fiscal governance, Governor Oyetola and the Chinese fable
Before the rinderpest, I came across a well-known fable from Chinese mythology about the virtues of willpower and perseverance as a regular adherent of…
Raising exemplary children
A thousand years in the sight of God Almighty is but yesterday when it is past and as a watch…
Dealing with the cocktail of suicide among students of OAU
May their souls rest in peace, the young deceased students of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, who have mournfully…
Women and the burden of cultural impunity
AFRICAN women, including Nigerian women, have had to cope with the exploitation and suppression of patriarchy that are couched…
From Hushpuppi to Sandy Tang
TWELVE months ago, Ramoni Abbas (37 years) popular known as ‘hushpuppi’ was arrested in June 2020 in Dubai for alleged…
Economic participation of small businesses
The number of small businesses keeps growing in the formal and informal sectors of the Nigerian economy due to the…
On World Bee Day
THE universe, no doubt, is a harmony of diversities, biological and non-biological. Of the numerous biological diversities known, the insect,…
