Opinion

Lagos State and the Politics of Taxation

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

The government of Lagos State seems to be currently in the eye of the storm over its introduction of a…

University Education At All Cost Is Not Working

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

University education is not for everyone, and policy formulators, educators and parents should stop pretending it is. Nigeria’s education system…

The rice war: How Asian rice importers sabotage Nigeria’s rice policy

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

Nigeria’s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, must by now have understood what it means to fight…

Now, Lagos Truly Means Business

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

In a bid to actually put the Organized Private Sector, OPS, abreast of his administration’s economic blueprint, Lagos State Governor,…

Calling Dictators To Account

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

General Reynaldo Bignone died on Wednesday, March 7, 2018, at a military hospital in Buenos Aires, where he was serving…

The Cowardly Campaign Of Calumny Against Visionscape

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

When I read through a write-up discrediting the Cleaner Lagos Initiative and the Visionscape Group, I could not but shudder…

Does Nigeria Still Have Time To Prevaricate?

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

By ‘Tope Fasua Left to me, every able bodied Nigerian man or woman should be lunging forward, throwing themselves into…

Africa: A Continent Without Democrats

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

The second wave of democratisation in Africa, beginning in the 80s, and the gradual establishment of democracy as the new…

How Ogbeha and Wife Begged Babangida To Create Kogi State

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

There have been claims and counter-claims on how Kogi State was created, with a book titled, A Noble Path, an…

Of the Hijabites and the nuns

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

There is no much difference between the head cover used by the Muslim women and the Christian nuns. This piece…

Christians Are Idol Worshippers (3)

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

Most Christian idol-worshipers are offended when referred to as idol-worshipers. We know it is forbidden to worship idols but nevertheless…

BBNaija: The Unseen Side

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

I am perhaps getting a bit too old to remain plugged into pop culture. Except in a few instances, today’s…

Black Panther and the Debt We Owe Black Americans

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

Customers swarmed Exotique, a boutique store in downtown Durham, North Carolina, last week. Exotique, owned by my friend Lola and…

Professor Akinwumi Iṣola: Farewell, Curator of Yoruba Beauty

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

In an early scene in one of Professor Akinwumi Iṣọla’s classic films, Ṣaworo Idẹ, we learn that a patriarch is…

No Country for Girls

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

It takes a lot of work to be a Nigerian outside the country. It’s easy if you’re one of the…

Lekki Free Zone And Lagos’ Economic Potential

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

Lagos derived its name from a Portuguese explorer, Rui de Sequeira as a result of because of its many lagoons.…

Buhari, How Did Dapchi Happen?

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

CNN anchor, Isha Sesay, is right about what she said on her Twitter handle. The kidnap of the 110 girls…

Negotiating With Terrorists

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

In April 2014, more than 200 school girls were abducted by Boko Haram fighters from a boarding school in the…

APC Crisis and Tinubu’s Mission Impossible

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

About a year to the 2019 general elections, President Muhammadu Buhari has taken several steps towards putting his party, APC,…

The Beatification of Ignorance

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

Everywhere you turn to in online Nigeria these days, there are folks arguing for ignorance as the most strategic pathway…

Nigeria’s Corruption Problem: Is Getting Worse a Step To Getting Better?

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

As usual, the release of the annual Corruption Perception Index (CPI) made screaming headlines internationally – which is good. Countries…

I Respectfully Urge You To Resign: A Letter To General Dambazau

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

We met in Abuja on June 30, 2015 at the public presentation of two books written by General Chris Olukolade,…

Christians Are Idol Worshippers (2)

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

Whenever there is a cautionary word of prophecy, it is customary for supercilious Christians to automatically exclude themselves. Thus, some…

I Predict: In 2019, the Vote Will Be Hung!

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

Forget it; APC can no longer form a government at first vote in 2019. There may even be a stalemate.…

Powerful Parties, Weak People

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

The ruling African National Congress (ANC) in South Africa, and its Nigerian counterpart, the All Progressives Congress (APC) are each…

So What If He’s a Muslim?

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

Nigeria’s Vice President Yemi Osinbajo recently found it very necessary to issue a public statement that clarified the religious status…

Global Water Scarcity: Bridging The Demand Gap In Lagos

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

Water is one of the most important substances on earth, it is so important that all plants and animals must…

National Assembly lacks the power to fix election dates

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

Since the return to democratic rule in 1999, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has conducted the general elections on…

I Pity Tinubu; I Truly Do

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Adekunle Tinubu means different things to different people. But if dynamic opposition is the live-wire of a…

Christians Are Idol Worshippers (1)

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

I went to buy blank videotapes in a van emblazoned with Christian VideoNet on both sides. When I came out…

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