A nation in need of greatness
Many of us who were born in the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, and some younger folks who are very conversant with…
Bodija explosion: Time for a closure
Your Excellency, Governor Makinde, Greetings. Let me start with a confession. I am involved in the issue I am discussing…
Significance of Odu’s support for Jimoh Ibrahim as Okunomo sees Ibrahim as candidate not contender
Senator Jimoh Ibrahim, CFR, PhD Cantab, has boldly declared his intention to contest the gubernatorial seat in Ondo State, demonstrating…
A tribute to General Oladayo Popoola at 80
A day after the 1985 Ileya Sallah, I was abruptly woken up by my younger brother, Lanre Alabi. He stayed…
For Papa, Mama Shyngle Wigwe: Why do bad things happen to good people?
No amount of condolences, prayers, sympathies and commiseration could ever fathom the depth of the grief of Papa Shyngle and…
Limits of medical orthodoxy —Boyede Odekunle
Boundaries of conventional, often dubbed western, medicine, which, even while still being largely unsuspected by the public, seem preferred being…
70 glorious years of Fiditi Grammar School
Like so many areas of our national life in Nigeria, education, particularly public sector education, especially the post-primary level, has…
Bring back the sahel musketeers
It would be a shame if the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) should eventually lose the three prominent…
Subsidy removal: Between Makinde’s SAfER and other govs’ palliative
The Executive Chairman and Sole Administrator of the Pacesetter Transport Service, Dr. Ibrahim Oladeji Salami (Dikko), recently said that the…
Tinubu may yet be most consequential president in Nigeria’s history
There is a strong wave of discontent in the land. There is anger, induced by hunger, on the streets. Even…
For Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu, the lion-heart of Nigerian politics
It is a harrowing experience writing this piece on Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu, whom many prefer to call by his…
Omisore as the man in the arena
The 26th United States president, Theodore Roosevelt, must have had Senator Iyiola Omisore in mind in his famous speech, “Citizenship…
Dapo Abiodun’s road to ultimate judicial vindication
YESTERDAY, in a supremely well argued judgment, Nigeria’s apex court validated the election of Prince Dapo Abiodun as the governor…
Advocating Nigeria’s economic growth through culture and arts
Nigerians must seriously imbibe the spirit of optimism. Nigeria’s distinctiveness in the past was rooted in the character, courage, dare,…
Iluebbey: Tribute to a compassionate mother
The demise of our lovely mother, Chief Agnes Iyoha ILUEBBEY at the age of eighty seven is painful. She was…
A call to revolutionise afrobeat’s global influence
In today’s globalized world, the revolution of the digital space and the access Nigerians have has promoted our influence in…
A tale of ojú and àyè (ká rójú, ká ráyè)
A Yorùbá proverb says that “Inákú, ó feérúbójú, ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ kú, ó fọmọrẹ̀ rọ́pò, bí Aládìíkòsìmọ́, ọmọníjogúnẹbu,” meaning when fire dies,…
When philanthropy becomes second nature
Capacity-filled Modupe and Folorunso Alakija Law Auditorium of Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo, literally shook to its foundations as soon as…
Tinubu’s economic policy and need for strong diplomatic ties
The last six months that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu assumed office had been very challenging for Nigerians. The spiral economic…
Aketi, rest well
It came as a rude tremor! The news of the passing away of my very good brother and friend, His…
