Opinion

God Is the Alpha and Omega of Everything (1)

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

As I was driving on a bridge in Lagos, I asked God a question. When I looked up, I saw…

Takeaways from Thailand Cave rescue episode

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

On June 23, 12 young footballers aged between 11 and 16 and their 25-year-old coach ventured into the Tham Luang…

A Patriot’s Mesmerizing Ripples

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

I have been privileged to travel to a couple of countries, some in real life and others in my dreams.…

Emmanuel Macron and the fundamentals of the African Condition

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

The visit of French President Emmanuel Macron to Nigeria last week was historic. It was also unique in many ways.…

Managing crises: The Lagos Example

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

An oil truck explosion of apocalyptic magnitude occurs in Lagos, fatally charring a frightening number of lives and maiming several…

The Fear Of Cattle…

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

The words of a rural farmer to his young son. To have understanding of the current climate and a mastery…

Why is Macron in Nigeria?

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

Being a proud fan of Fela and a respecter of the legacy of the Afrikan Shrine, it was a surprise…

Nigeria and New wave of drug abuse

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

Despite efforts to prevent substance abuse and the laws that regulate drugs in the country, the use, misused and abuse…

Black Thursday, Otedola Bridge and articulated vehicles

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

On May 28, it was a Black and hurriedly forgotten Thursday in Lagos as tragedy struck at the popular Otedola…

Super Eagles and the curse of Argentina

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

In local football parlance, when a football team constantly thrashes another soccer squad at every given chance, the one on…

BRF At 55: Greying Gracefully, Going on with Gusto

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

In November 2010, in a tribute to Stephen J. Solarz, a former nine-term New York congressman, Douglas Martin wrote that…

On Demand: A Language of Non-Capitulation, Non-Appeasement!

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

“LAND GRAB WILL BE REVERSED!” This is the first governance pronouncement, the first pertinent proclamation from the presidency since the…

Communicating Development in an Emerging Smart City

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

The process of urbanization in the contemporary world is, quite frankly, an inexorable one which everyone has to come to…

Our Security Architecture and the Plateau of Blood

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

In democracies and in every society, the first justification for the existence of government is the protection of life and…

The Kingibe Question

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

I had thought that time had passed on my Kingibe question with the passage of time. But President Muhammadu Buhari’s…

Nigeria and the ISIS threat alert

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

Recent reports by a United Kingdom newspaper, The Sun, that leaders of the terrorist group, Islamic State, are sneaking battle-hardened…

A Case for Early Childhood Education in Nigeria

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

Education is a vital investment for human and economic development and is influenced by the environment within which it exists.…

President Buhari’s 6th June declaration of a new democracy day and the rule of law

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

In a special Press Statement signed by himself personally, which is unprecedented, President Buhari made the following momentous announcement: “For…

June 12 Mandate, Democracy and Unity of Nigeria

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

The Mohammadu Buhari administration took the nation by surprise last week when it decided to confer the posthumous national awards…

World Cup: A Spectacle of waste?

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

Former Catholic pontiff, Pope John Paul II, once said: "Among all unimportant subjects, football is by far the most important".…

Ambode: Celebrating a ‘restless’ governor at 55

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

Prescient Nigerian observers who are watching what’s going on in Lagos State would rightly agree that hard work in the…

Buhari’s anti-corruption fight and the rule of law

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

President Muhammadu Buhari was elected in 2015 after emphasising his track record of tackling corruption, and his pledge to stop…

June 12, The Media and Democracy

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

History tangles the past with the present in webs of fact. Its practice is to treat things that exist here…

June 12, The Mandate

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

The annulment of the presidential election of June 12, 1993 was a negative watershed in Nigerian history. It opened the…

MKO ABIOLA: BETWEEN OBJ AND PMB

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola is a man who surmounted my struggles; right from birth. MKO lived up to Ola Rotimi’s…

Restructuring Part 2: Conceptual Foundations

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

By Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò In part 1, we saw a sort of bidirectional indication of how restructuring might unfold. It dealt…

Buhari’s Political Overtures: Fool Me Twice, Shame On Me

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

President Muhammadu Buhari’s recent announcement designating June 12 as Democracy Day and the award of the Grand Commander of the…

June 12 Tsunami and the ones who won’t forgive Buhari

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

An old Chinese proverb says: Do good, reap good; do evil, reap evil. This short proverb sums the intensity of…

June 12 As Democracy Day Needs To Be Reconsidered

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

Following the decision by President Muhammadu Buhari to honour my late friend, Alhaji Moshood K. Abiola (may Allah grant him…

Gospel According to June 12

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

How do we explain the avalanche of commendations that followed President Buhari’s declaration of June 12 as the new Democracy…

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