BRF At 56: The art of making things better
Our people may doubt what we say or plan but certainly will not doubt what we do. THOSE were the…
Suicide and pesticide in Nigeria
The Nigerian media is recently filled with suicide stories. It is not as if suicide is a strange phenomenon in…
Of Ekiti and reduced number of delinquents
INFORMATION that a husband or a father ran away at the news that the wife has been delivered of a…
When the bell tolls
IN the past few weeks, alarm bells have been ringing about the danger facing the Nigerian economy. These alarm bells…
Ogbu Kalu: The scholar and his scholarship
ON June 20 at Abia State University, Uturu the Ogbu Kalu Center for Christianity and African Culture was inaugurated, in…
Sanwo-Olu: Man on mission for greater Lagos
A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue…
Of politicians, poetry and prose
ITS was the former governor of New York, Mario Cuomo, that said politicians “campaign in poetry, but govern in prose”.…
The increasing sexualisation of children
THERE is a “slow creep” of sexualised language and behaviour among children under five. It seems more and more children…
‘The rage against Buhari’s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari’
On the 24th June 2019, an unusual political activity took place in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory. A public demonstration…
Leadership lessons from Gov Makinde
THE governor of Oyo State, Mr. Seyi Makinde, came to power with some panache. He won an election on a…
Rape: Breaking the culture of silence
AS I read article after article that seemed to go on endlessly with heartbreaking stories of assault and rape, I…
Bard of the river nun: Remembering Gabriel Okara
..my river’s calling too ……………………..…… and each dying year brings near the sea-bird call the final call that stills the…
Of women and poverty in Nigeria
WITH the current reports and statistics backed by researches which aver that Nigeria has more people living in extreme poverty…
Setting the rules?
I must begin by saying that this is a most fortuitous piece, dictated by space constraints. I am not joining…
Nigeria: Between observance of morality and law
TWO eternal principles among humans to guide, guard, and order their lives- private and public- are morality and law. Morality…
Between Oshiomhole and Obaseki’s hubris
I haven’t met the governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, before. My closest to ‘meeting’ him is seeing him…
Microfinance banks and NIPOST’s core mandate
NIGERIA is an interesting country whose drama will not stop amazing the world. It is interesting that previous governments have…
The Festus Adedayo they thought they could pull down
I was just informed a few minutes ago of the withdrawal of the appointment offered me as the Special Adviser…
In Ekiti, the law is no longer an ass
“THE law is an ass” is a commonly used expression to convey the frustrations individuals experience with accessing justice. The…
Governor Makinde, this is for you
SIR, congratulations on your victory at the polls. Your success, in a way, was a personal victory for me, as…
