Interviews & Profiles

Prof Bart Nnaji As A Sports Superstar

Prof Bart Nnaji is globally renowned for his revolutionary innovations in robotics, e-Design and Artificial Intelligence (AI). He has served as Nigeria’s Power Minister as...

The Homecoming Ties Of Prof Nduka Otiono

The don makes it a point of duty to always come home to Nigeria from his duty post as Director, Institute of African Studies,...

Prof Bart Nnaji @ 70: A Reason To Believe

It takes more than nerdy audacity to undertake the tackling of a subject as complex as Professor Bart Nnaji as he turns 70 on...

May Is The Month Of Bob Marley

May is the month of memory - of the death of the legendary master, Bob Marley.   Robert Nesta Marley, universally known and adored as Bob...

Akanni Iromini at 70!

Born April 26, 1956, Akanni Aqib Iromini is 70. Forget the cake and cheers. This milestone calls for something deeper: a look at 70...

Adewole: The physician as diplomat

Professor Isaac Folorunso Adewole is a Renaissance man who has, in today’s parlance, multitasked all his life. He is not just an accomplished figure;...

Recalling A Poetic Tribute To Gani

The celebration of legendary legal luminary, Chief Gani Fawehinmi, has understandably been more political than poetical. It is in the realms of politics and law...

Agunsoye: Tribute to the deity at 69

Last weekend, the Elegboro of Ijebu-Jesa, His Royal Majesty, Oba (Engr.) Oba Moses Oluwafemi Agunsoye, clocked 69 years on this earth. Born on January 24,...

Oládèjo Afoláyan: A National Treasure At 71

On December 15, 2025, Professor Michael Oládèjo Afoláyan celebrated his seventy-first year on the lanet Earth. No doubt about it, Afoláyan has led a life...

Adewole: New Diocesan, New Diocese

On Thursday, September 18, 2025, at the Cathedral Church of Emmanuel in Okesa, Ado Ekiti, the Standing Committee Meeting of the Anglican Communion elected...

DAME Celebrates Owei Lakemfa

The Diamond Awards for Media Excellence (DAME) can hardly ever be matched as a benchmark for quality in the Nigerian media. The 34th edition of...

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Soyinka’s Eruption and Nigeria’s Opposition Infantilism

The insertion of certain voices of reason into public discourse usually changes not only the tone of that conversation but the direction. Professor Wole Soyinka's recent eruption, I'm afraid, has shown the persisting lack of discernment that pervades the moribund opposition movement in Nigeria...

Niger Delta Governors: Where Is Our Money?

Why in spite of the billions of dollars that have been allocated and collected by various state governors and their governments is there very little or no measurable progress in the Niger Delta...

Now We Have A Weeping President!

Sharia...the one thing that president Obasanjo cannot or will not deal with may be what will pull the rug from under his feet...

The Village As Crime Theatre

“Only those who can afford to pay for the services of mobile policemen who will guard them for the period of time they would stay at home venture to travel to the village these days...”

David Mark and the Agitation for More States

Rather than create more states, the National Assembly should in fact find a way of consolidating the current 36 states into no more than six states to reduce the size of government, improve efficiency and save costs...

ASUU Strike and its detrimental effect on our national economy

Despite the poor research and innovation capability of our present set of universities, incessant strike will continue to jeopardize the little research they are undertaking...

Nigeria: How to Hate Igbo

Recently, most of the newspapers reported the feud between...

Atomic Energy for Electricity in Nigeria: Pres. Jonathan stirs Controversy

Nuclear energy is becoming a less viable energy source due to excessive production costs, safety concerns, and problems associated with final disposal of dangerous radioactive waste...

Yar’Adua: Another Greek Gift from Militricians

Yar'Adua represents a continuation of a culture of mediocrity, a relegation of meritocracy for expediency and the victory of manipulation over strategy. Yar'Adua is not the best Nigeria can offer moving forward...

Oyedepo is now God! Extricate your Inquisition

Commenting on the phony nature of Nigeria’s religious eminence would be like beating a dead horse. That horse has been beaten quite a few times, unfortunately despite the private jets, the flashy cars, the flashy suits, the very apparent disparity between what is in the bible, what is being said and what is being practiced, their enterprises flourish...