Abiodun Komolafe

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

2023 in the eye of COVID-19

Experts have predicted that COVID-19 may remain a crisis much longer than 2022, with “up to 70% of world’s population” becoming infected. Amid this mess, elections are billed to hold in Nigeria in 2023, in line...

Again, a thought for Leah Sharibu

Thursday, May 14, 2020, will mark Leah Sharibu’s 17th year of existence on earth. By that day, she will also have gone deeper into her 3rd year as a captive in Boko Haram’s custody,...

The Pandemic and the Country’s Future

Nigeria’s decision to ‘unwind’ the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown in the capital, Abuja, Lagos and Ogun States refers. As we strive to “balance the need to...

COVID-19 Pandemic and the Days that follow!

“Lockdown has immediate ramifications for individuals who live on a hand-to-mouth basis, and for the networks of their dependents. If people cannot eat, they...

Making sense of Oshiomhole’s reprieve

Once upon a sociopolitical space, there was an unknown ‘Edo Boy’, who came into limelight through the Textiles Industry, where he was a paid secretary of its Union....

Nigeria: One Country, Wasted Visions

“We must make sure about two things, namely: that our principles are just and that are methods are practical; for nothing destroys her own...

As Emir Sanusi becomes history!

To Nigerians, that the 14th Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has been dethroned is incontrovertibly established. However, the nuances and the sociological imports of his dethronement should not be lost...

2023 and Tinubu’s Rumoured interest

Rumours are rumours! But, if, indeed, there is any substance or element of truth in the rumoured presidential ambition of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, then, he will...

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