Opinion

What Is It About This Monkey Business?

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

According to a famous local fable in the South West region of Nigeria, the original intention of the Creator was…

Nigeria And The Metaphor Of Football

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

Unarguably, the most popular sport in this clime is football. At one time or the other, every child has kicked…

2023 Beckons: Will Igbo Play The Real Politics This Time?

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

As we gradually move towards 2019 and 2023, I am beginning to get worried whether Igbo is putting their acts…

Issues Arising From Dr. Ibe Kachikwu’s Leaked Letter

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

The people of Nigeria were surprised last week to read the embarrassing petition of the minister of state in the…

20 Years After Fela: Yesterday’s Message As Today’s Reality

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

From the second week of this October, the power of the Fela persona will surely resurface as the annual Felabration…

Many Are Called But Few Are Chosen

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

Some people were coming from a mighty crusade along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. Millions of people had been in attendance. There…

Teachers’ Empowerment: Beyond Lip Service

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

World Teachers’ Day is celebrated annually worldwide to bring together governments, multi- and bilateral organizations, NGOs, private sector, teachers and…

Seeking Home in the Midst of Cameroon’s Chaos

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

My teeth chatter and my knees quake. I'm sitting in a dark movie theater while my little one watches The…

The travails of Ibe Kachikwu and a lesson for the house niggers

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

I have little doubt that Ibe Kachikwu, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources and Energy, regrets the day that…

Achieving A Cleaner Environment In Nigeria

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

The strategic importance of cleaner environment as bedrock upon which development and economic prosperity rest has been an area of…

October 1 and the Torment of Memory

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

Forget the rose-scented official statistics, the sweet words of the establishment. There can be no procedure to tracking Nigeria’s progress…

Nigeria @ 57: Calls For Restructuring, Prospects And Forging Ahead In Nation Building

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

57 years after independence, the clamour for ‘restructuring’ continues to resonate and as the next general elections closes in, it…

Sagay, you’re caught between a rock and a hard place!

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

Comrade, greetings! You finally gave a piece of your mind to the bosses of the ruling party, the APC, this…

Ambode: A quiet but virtuoso performance

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

In his 27 years as a civil servant in Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode was a quiet, solid achiever of immense…

APC leadership, not Sagay, is the real ‘rogue elephant’

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

I met Professor Itse Sagay for the first and only time thus far one evening in the early 1990s. It…

Tunde Fagbenle: Reminiscences At 70

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

Renowned media practitioner,Tunde Fagbenle recently hosted friends and the public to a reading from his most recent publication, And That’s…

Right Honoree, Wrong Monument

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

This is one piece I wish I did not have to write. But our penchant for feferity and spectacle at…

Lagos And The ‘Resurrected’ Awo

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

In Othello, one of his famous works, iconic playwright, Williams Shakespeare, flawlessly stresses the importance good reputation with the following…

Has Cleaner Lagos Initiative not failed in its responsibility to Lagosians?

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

There is no need for a prophet or soothsayer to predict the looming cholera epidemic in Lagos State as a…

Global water crisis: Lagos’ initiative for improved water delivery

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

Water is one of the most important substances on earth, all human, plants and animals depend largely on water for…

Politicians, Civil Servants And The War Against Corruption

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

The story of Nigeria’s several predicaments as well as current battle against corruption will at every point of the tale…

Nigeria’s National Carrier Fixation And Lessons From South Africa

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

From all indications, the Nigerian government is determined in its decision to float a new national airline and have it…

The Boys And The Bomb- World War 3, Here We Come

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

Grand World War, here we come

Senate President Bukola Saraki Statement on IPOB is Political

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

Just recently it was widely reported in the media that Senate President Bukola Saraki described the military declaration of IPOB…

Governor Emmanuel’s Bold Statement in Healthcare Delivery

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

Affordable and qualitative healthcare systems are major indications of a healthy population. A vibrant and healthy populace contributes maximally to…

My SAN Award Is For The Service Of The Weak And Defenseless

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

It has been a long and tortuous road, full of thorns and thistles, but to the glory of Almighty God,…

IPOB “proscription” and hypocrisy of the ruling class

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

When the Nigerian Army declared a journalist and two human rights defenders wanted last year for alleged links with the…

IPOB: A Terrorist Organisation?

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

In the last one week, the South-East geo-political zone of Nigeria has witnessed crisis arising from the deployment of troops…

The Drums Of War

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

Even a stranger would not need any comprehensive briefing to know that Nigeria is not at ease, and Nigerians are…

Tourism Potential For National Development

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

Tourism is a veritable instrument for socio-economic development as it impacts directly on the economy through the provision of resources…

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