Banjo Odutola

Doctors seek the Shrines to conceive children; civil servants seek them for promotions; politicians for power; spinsters and housewives to find and retain husbands; professionals for success...

In Obasanjo’s Kingdom, there is freedom to associate as stated in the constitution of our nation. But that freedom cannot be exercised because the electoral victory of barely a year ago has become intoxicating...

Regardless of the differences in life, I am bound to my late father in death because his demise altered my mind and our relationship and its lack became meaningful. I discovered only at his funeral - a righteousness that I expect would count for him on judgement day...

"Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam, Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home" - Payne

If Nigerians are vilified for asking the difficult questions, the President had better be prepared for the judgement of history...

Educating children in well-kept surroundings teaches them to extend the responsibility to their home environments. Is it difficult to fathom children educated in dilapidated buildings will not expect differently in adulthood?

As Mr. Ige’s body is set to commence its decay in the bowel of the earth, there remains the unresolved imbroglio between Governor Ngige and those who used the deceased to attempt criminality and unlawfulness...

So, what type of political intrigue does Anambra State define? Certainly not one that promotes democracy; its state governor is right in the warning that the political upheaval may subsume the current democratic dispensation...