Opinion

For ‘a man of the people,’ Dapo Olorunyomi, at 60

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

Dapo, ‘Daps,’ ‘Dapsy’ Olorunyomi who turns 60 on Wednesday, November 8, 2017, is your quintessential humanist. It is impossible to…

All change! Nigeria is not an oil economy

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

Descriptions of Nigeria’s economy often include such phrases as ‘Africa’s largest oil producer’ and ‘the oil rich African nation’ but…

Sports: A Tool for Economic and Social Development

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

The clouds were always beautiful and calm those days, but my heart stayed thumping as I focused on the bar.…

Introducing The Cinema Of Femi Odugbemi

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

A presentation by Professor Paul Ugor at the Block Museum Theatre, Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois on Thursday 26th October, 2017.

Accelerating Nigeria’s Progress

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

Who is denying that Nigeria has structural problem? It is quite evident that the major issues with our country revolve…

Towards An Improved Abattoir Service

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

Activities in a typical Nigerian slaughter house no doubt pose a serious threat to the environment. This is because of…

Bolanle Ambode And COWLSO’s Defining Milestones

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

The Committee of Wives of Lagos State Officials, COWSLO has, no doubt, become a worthy partner in the progress of…

Positioning Nigeria for a prosperous future

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

Since the middle of 2014, when the price of crude oil fell dramatically, Nigeria’s finances became challenged. This is not…

Living The Eko Atlantic City Dream

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

Nigeria is not pulling its weight in several spheres in spite of its human and natural endowments to the chagrin…

When Will The PSP Operators Overcome Their Challenges?

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

This has been the question agitating the minds of concerned community stakeholders with particular reference to waste disposal that poses…

Advent of Ojeaga to end years of neglect, marginalization of Esan people

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

Today, we find ourselves caught again and writhing in an agonizing web of a dearth of infrastructures in the two…

Southern Governors And True Federalism

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

Governors of 17 States of the Southern part of the country recently held an historic meeting in Lagos at the…

More On Teachers Failing While their Students “Pass” Exams

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

Today, I continue with my discussions from last week about the paradox of students passing exams while even their teachers…

Celebrating the Egghead that Wears the Crown

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

It is neither an accident nor mere happenstance that my subject for today became not only one of the most…

The 7 Deadly Sins a Nigerian President Should Avoid

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

The race to be President of Nigeria in 2019 has already started – well, behind the scenes. Will it be…

Fela And The ‘Spirit Of Lagos’

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

Though the 2017 edition of Felabration has come and gone, its memories linger on. This year’s edition ended with a…

Fela: Time for Posthumous National Award

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

We are obviously certain that the late Fela Anikulapo Kuti (just like the late Gani Fawehinmi!) if alive today would…

On Lagos’ New Lease Of Life For Education

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

According to famous American scientist, George Washington Carver, ‘education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom’. Really,…

PDP And A Loss Of Sense Of History

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

Can anyone decipher the problem with the medulla oblanganta of our politicians? A former President of the Federal Republic of…

Evans: A Begging Example

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

After the hysteria that followed the arrest of Nigeria’s “Billionaire Kidnapper”, Chukwudidumeme Onwuamadike, better known as “Evans”, and after several…

Zahra and Aisha Buhari As Fashionable Aso Rock Clinic Critics

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

There are the Buharis who are not Buharists. Credit to Nasir el-Rufai, the most recent and most persistent proponent of…

Buhari and the Leadership Deficit

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

He jinxed his presidency right from the podium after he was sworn in. He declared: “I belong to everybody and…

What Does It Mean To Believe In Jesus?

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

The Jews asked Jesus: “What shall we do, that we may work the works of God?” He said to them:…

Music, Abami Eda and Nigerian Democracy

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

Music, a creative blend of voices, melodies, instrumentation, rhythms and rhymes, is a universal language. Not because all ears understand…

Che Guevara: 50 Years of the Heroic Guerrilla

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

As parts of the universe, on last Monday, October 9, marked the fiftieth year Ernesto Che Guevara was summarily executed…

Tackling corruption in Nigeria through whistle blowing

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

I crave your indulgence to preface this speech by reiterating what all of us already know: that corruption is the…

Lessons from Ijebu-Jesa

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

"Two things define you: your patience when you have nothing and your your attitude when you have everything. Every artist…

NNPC operates outside the Law!

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

In his defence of the allegations of unilateral award of $25 billion contracts and sole management of the Nigerian National…

Ajaokuta Steel and Nigeria’s industrialization dream

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

After Nigeria’s attainment of Independence in 1960, we have had various industrial and economic development plans, designed for the purpose…

Who Wants To Be A Teacher?

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

At the moment, it will not be an exaggeration to state that the state of education in the country is…

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