Opinion

Soji Simpson: A Kind of Light

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

When the founding editor of London Review of Books, Karl Miller, died in 2014, many elegies were written for him…

The Cost of Reforms: Hadiza Bala Usman as a Case Study

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

The evolutionary trend of Nigeria’s socio-political journey since Independence has shown a clear path for the permeation of corruption, from…

Maximizing Tourism Potential Of Badagry

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

Founded in the15th century, the ancient town of Badagry is significant in many ways. Aside being a major center of…

Corruption in a democratic set up

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

Democracy we believe is the government of the people, by the people, for the people.

Arrogance And Intimidation In Public Discourse

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

For sometime now, one has observed an amusing, derogatory and demeaning utterances of some persons in public discourse which assaults…

Buchi Emecheta

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

The first time I met Buchi Emecheta in person was in 2005, just after my debut novel Everything Good Will…

How Demonic And Satanic Forces Have Held Nigeria Hostage For 24 Years

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

I was shocked to the marrows when I heard that some APC Senators asked the National Working Committee of the…

Lagos Abattoirs And Waste Disposal

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

Waste generation in Nigerian slaughter houses poses a serious threat to the environment because of poor handling practices and its…

Nigeria And The Scourge Of Meningitis

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

At least 282 people aged between 5and 14 have lost their lives in Nigeria due to the outbreak of meningitis,…

It Is Not Good For Man To Be Alone (1)

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

Six times at the beginning of creation, God surveyed his works and declared it was good. But after he created…

Time to revisit Alaibe’s proposed Niger Delta Master Plan

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

The Niger Delta Master Plan unveiled by the administration of former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, was perhaps the first serious…

The Niger Delta: A bouquet of investment opportunities

PM NEWS Live

9 years ago

The Niger Delta region of Nigeria is a sprawling mass of expensive real estate that is held together like a…

This too shall pass

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

Today during a walk after a tiring job at the lab, I sat down in one of the pavements at…

JAMB Exploitative Alliance With Private Universities

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

A few weeks ago, the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) rolled out information over its preparation for the 2017…

Depression, Lagos Lagoon and the Allure of Suicide

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

Recent research reveals that about 480 million people across the world experience depression during their lifetime. According to a WHO…

On the Lagos Master Craftsman Project

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

Over the last two decades, the rise in occurrences of building collapse in Nigeria has assumed a worrisome dimension as…

LASTMA And The Limit Of Civility

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

The administration of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode deserves the commendation of Lagos residents, particularly the motorists for injecting order and decorum…

Ife Mayhem And The Need For Caution

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

It is no longer news that the ancient and mystique town of Ile-Ife was recently engulfed in an ethnic clash…

Derek Walcott 1930 – 2017

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

The innings have closed for one of the greatest most revolutionary playwrights in modern English and all everybody praises are…

Still On Lagos And The Menace Of Okada

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

In a bid to enforcing the extant laws in the State especially those bordering on environmental offences and restriction of…

Way out of Senate and Customs CG uniform wearing imbroglio

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

Ever since the Nigeria Senate passed a resolution summoning the Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs Service to appear before it…

Time To Call South Africa To Order

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

The xenophobic attack on Nigerians living in South Africa between February and March 2017 expectedly generated a lot of anger…

2017 Budget: X-raying Alaibe’s view on funding

PM NEWS Live

9 years ago

Former managing director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and one-time presidential adviser on the Niger Delta Amnesty Programme,…

Nigeria Customs, its Controller General: Beyond the ‘Uniform’ debacle

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

In recent times, there have been controversies over the operations the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS); the conduct of its officials,…

President Buhari’s Anti-corruption Project Under Threat

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

All things considered, I hold the strong view now that President Buhari’s anti-corruption project is under heavy threat by some…

Lagos and the National Stadium

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

The National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos, was built by the General Yakubu Gowon military administration in 1972 as a 55,000 capacity…

Modular Refineries: Political Penance And Business Opportunities

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

A fortnight ago, the Vice President, acting as President visited the troubled Niger Delta Region to take stock of the…

Social Media profiling and abuses

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

Every day, more than one billion people connect with each other using social media. People post pictures on Instagram, Like…

Celebrating Niyi Osundare at 70

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

The exemplary poet is 70 years old today, and I must return to the market square to plant a song.

I also messed up Nigeria (part 1)

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

As many that will read the above title, some will be shocked to stupor; many will say it is impossible…

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