Abiodun Komolafe

Abiodun Komolafe writes in from Ijebu-Jesa, Osun State, Nigeria

The President’s Palliatives

Not long ago, Adeola Olatunde (not his real name) fell ill and was admitted to hospital. At a point, his condition became so critical...

Inside President Tinubu’s Nigeria

On May 29, 2023, Bola Tinubu assumed office as Nigeria’s president, 16th leader. Nigerians wish him success in the onerous tasks ahead. All the same,...

Order and stability: a case for Nigeria’s youth

Change is inevitable! The trouble however is that, most times, one doesn’t see it coming; not even the military; otherwise, all coups would have...

President Tinubu must hear this!

All through history, finding and keeping round and square pegs in their respective holes has never been a Sugarcandy Mountain party. It’s a tough...

Tinubu and his Special Advisers

Without doubt, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s greatest inner gift is the uncanny ability to deploy native intelligence. Some people rarely talk about it because...

Battle for space: the Nigerian context

Birthdays come with their own adequate burdens of celebrations which the celebrants may not get out of, even after the celebrations may have ended....

Fuel subsidy: what’s really going on?

I am an angry Nigerian and those who know me must know why I have to be! As the pioneer Administrative Secretary of the...

Obafemi Awolowo and Nigeria’s latter-day progressives

There’s an awe of a legend; and this awe is fed or fuelled by the happenings in the life of that legend. When Obafemi...

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