Emmanuel Omobowale and ‘literature and medicine’ in Nigeria
IN every sane and forward looking society, the progenitors and harbingers of different traditions and social innovations are celebrated. Such…
SCOAN and Nigerian returnees
They had left families, friends and their country with a singular purpose of eking out better living opportunities for themselves. They are…
Public institutions and performance of govts in Nigeria
LET me state my thesis from the start: the end point of all institutional and administrative reforms is the establishment…
Radical uncertainties
ON October 1, the retired partners of KPMG who are still awaiting their gratuity and pension were gathered in Abuja…
Aregbesola: Footprints of a visionary
THERE is no doubt in the fact that Governor Aregbesola delivered on his electoral promises as enshrined in his…
How Ogun APC gov panel ‘trekked’ from Abuja to Abeokuta
AND yesterday the bird of night did sit/Even at noon-day, upon the market-place/ Hooting and shrieking. When these prodigies /Do…
Ogun APC crisis: It’s about 2023
ANY informed observer of the crisis that has engulfed the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun State since the conduct…
Demonising National Assembly is counter-productive
For some time now, the National Assembly and its members have again come under strident public criticism over various charges,…
Ladoja: Justice on a slow lane
A sense of confidence in the courts is essential to maintain the fabric of ordered liberty for a free people…
Mailafia got it all wrong on Osun
DR Obadiah Mailafia needs little or no introduction. He has been the deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria.…
Nigerian Youths: Agents of Political Thuggery?
It is worrisome when we see a critical mass of the Nigerian demography manifests bankruptcy of moral values. This critical…
Letting love guide us
ONE of the easiest ways to conquer fear and distrust is to love. It is often said that love can…
Of 2019, ADC and Oke-Ogun
AS the controversy regarding the choice of a governorship standard-bearer in the Oyo State chapter of the African Democratic Congress…
Stepping up girl-child education in Nigeria
THE girl-child is bedevilled with many challenges in Nigeria and Africa at large as a result of the undeflated balloons…
Nigeria is the future: A view of Atiku Abubakar from US
NIGERIA is poised to be one of the most important nations in the world. It has the resources, the population,…
Embracing dialogue to promote a stable democracy
IN all modern societies, more especially in modern democracies, dialogue as depicted by the parliament, the town hall or village…
Allison Akene Ayida’s story
CHIEF Allison Akene Ayida was born on June 16, 1930. He attended King’s College, Lagos, 1952, Queen’s College, University of…
Peter Obi as a motivational metaphor
WITHOUT doubt, the argument by some political leaders of the PDP South-East zone that the party’s presidential flag bearer, Atiku…
State of the union: Yoruba position and prospects
continued from last week Further evidence about the political objectives of this whole Fulani herdsmen’s terror is found copiously in…
Nigeria’s power sector failure
POSERS would continue to be raised on what Nigeria has benefitted from the privatisation of its power sector. Privatisation was…
