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The Funke Olakunrin I Knew

By Bayo Adeyinka I met Aunty Funke Olakunrin when I joined the erstwhile Enterprise Bank Limited. She was our Company…

Tribute to Folu Adeboye @ 71

Love is a leveller! The drama took place on 15 August 2017 during the presentation of a book, Pastor E.O…

Lagos and the Spirit of June

June is the sixth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. It is also the second of…

Why efforts to link Jonathan to Malabu scandal will continue to fail

For the umpteenth time, we are again constrained to pronounce the innocence of former President Dr. Goodluck Jonathan in view…

Akpabio’s Traducers at work again

Contrary to the report on the reason for the recent purported raid by the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) of…

RUGA: Open letter to President Buhari

There is no North or South, there is just Nigeria. Only a fool will not acknowledge this.

Soyinka @ 85: “Why I Detained Him for 2 Years During the Civil War- Gowon

Professor Wole Soyinka, the Nobel Laureate, is 85 today. This is indeed a ripe age in a country where the…

Video: Lagos roads need urgent attention, Lagosians tell Sanwo Olu

Motorists and residents lament over bad roads in Lagos State.

Can An Illiberal Political Class Usher In A Social Democracy?

By Dapo Olorunyomi The puzzle that elects itself for insight now is what resources are available to the Nigerian political…
Kogi State Vigilante Service hands over two suspected cattle rustlers arrested in East senatorial district of the state to police

NLTP: The Human Face of a Savage Scheme

Psychologists suggest that our fascination with hybrid creatures stem from the fact that inside of us, our politics, our governments,…

RUGA and the Obasanjo Connection

The UN World Habitat Forum was held in Vancouver, Canada in 1976. A principal outcome of the conference was a…

Of RUGA, COZA and Abbo

Nigeria is a nation of unending drama. Drama is what keeps us going as a people. Insecurity, unemployment, corruption, decayed…
Access Bank CEO Wigwe, wife, son die in Copter crash in California

Can Access Bank Prove Balzac Right Or Wrong?

Following recent development whereby Access bank Nigeria Plc swallowed Diamond Bank Nigeria Plc, which had appeared hale and hearty before…

Oye’s Battle for the Soul of APGA

By Azubuike Ubani The 2019 general election has come and gone and several parties have seized the seeming quietness in…

Southwest security and our governors’ dilemma

Osun Economic and Investment Summit is reportedly put on hold! Earlier scheduled to take place between 25th and 27th, June…

Rape, Fatoyinbo and Mrs. Dakolo

Not only the charge against the preacher appears abominable, his defence and the chorus of his supporters sound even strange.…

Who Speaks For the Yoruba In the Killing Fields of Nigeria Today?

By Femi Aribisala Why does the government want to disarm legal gun-owners, but shows no interest in disarming illegal gun-carriers?…

Brewing tragedy

By Olakunle Abimbola In the Yoruba country, plebeians (who don’t know) and patricians (who should know and guide) appear yoked…

Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo, time to submit yourself for DNA test

Like everyone else I read this disturbing matter in the Newspapers, and I have never met you or the victim…

FFK: Government Of The Fulani, By The Fulani And For The Fulani

By Femi Fani-Kayode On 6th February 2014 the Leader of IPOB and the Lion of the East, my friend, and…

Why Cases of Sexual Abuse Remain Unreported

By Funmi Peter Omale I really detest doing this, but I think it’s high time I did. The social media…

Of Seats, Thrones, Banal encounters and the Misdirected Anxieties of an Embattled People

By Peyi Soyinka-Airewele Some of the joys of being a Nigerian comes with the all-too-frequent moments where you have to…
Almajiri

Why Did Buhari Back Down On the Almajiri Ban?

By ‘Tope Fasua I was glad the other day when the federal government announced a ban – yes an outright…

Ganduje: Fiddling With An Heritage, While Kano Is Destroyed By Drugs

Kano, and indeed Nigeria, is still under shock over the capricious and arbitrary act orchestrated against a cornerstone of Nigeria’s…
Herdsmen

Yoruba, Rural Grazing Areas and Dangers Ahead

By Ademola Adegbamigbe The swords were out and tempers rose to molten magma point in Ibadan on Thursday, 27 June…

Aircraft seat: Soyinka’s son, Olaokun blasts youthful social media warriors

In an open letter to Tonye Patrick Cole, the man who started the controversy over an airline seat, Professor Wole…

The rage against Buhari’s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari

On the 24th June 2019, an unusual political activity took place in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory. A public demonstration…

Sanwo-Olu at 54: Celebrating a man on Mission for a Greater Lagos

Truth be told, Governor Sanwo-Olu is an embodiment of a good head, a good heart and of course a literate…
Professor Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò

The Day Botswana stopped being an African Country

On June 11, this year, the Lobatse High Court in Gaborone, Botswana’s capital, returned a verdict in an appeal case…

The Power of Storytelling

I've always been fascinated with stories. It's one of the reasons why in high school I jettisoned physics, chemistry, and…
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