Miscellaneous

The Death Penalty For Fakers And Forgers

A dangerous, corrosive wind of fakery, forgery, and identity misrepresentation is currently hovering over Nigeria, threatening to tear down the country's moral, institutional, and...

Bart Nnaji, Okey Ndibe & African Commentary Magazine

“Publishing is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs.” -...

Akin Ogunbiyi: 64 years of quiet conviction

Saturday, September 12, was a special day for the family, friends, and well-wishers of Dr. Akinade Akanmu Ogunbiyi, as the charming leader marked the...

A Hospital For Chima Ubani

In this sad season in Nigeria I got filled with so much joy when the news reached my end that Abia State Governor, Dr...

The Insult That Led to the Creation of Osun State

Osun State was created thirty-five years ago, but what if I told you the state was born, indirectly, from an insult. Yes, really. In 1945, Chief...

Nigerian Style Of Football

We played the game. It entailed any number of men or women running about kicking any roundish object. We had no special name for...

Osun: By this time on August 16

By Dotun Afolayan ​History does not merely happen; it is summoned by the friction between human agency and temporal inevitability. Across the vast tapestry of...

Osun: When words betray the throne

By Akintunde Adewoye ​Power is not just a tool to boss people around or a simple office job; it is a sacred trust. The words...

Osun election: If you ask me…

By Maxwell Ajibola ​Walk down the bustling streets of Osogbo, stop by a local market in Gbongan, or sit under a tree with farmers in...

Who rules Osun: Wealth or words?

By Adeola Ojo ​As the harmattan haze clears and the heat of political maneuvering gives way to the countdown towards August 15, 2026, the political...

Osun 2026: The case for Bola Oyebamiji

By Adeola Ojo ​Elections in Nigeria are rarely decided by policy talk alone. They are shaped by past favours, family roots, practical needs, and what...

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Of Fulbright, Full Truths and Being Brightly You

Fulbright is many, many things wrapped up in one....

Melodrama Of Power: Now That Yar'Adua Has Arrived

Now that the president has returned, we welcome him back and wish him quick recovery. But then we need to see him and get him to talk to the nation and his people. He needs to physically appear in person to chair the affairs of the nation...

Me no Vote! Comprehende?

To those who continue to badger me with, “You should vote for Obama” because he is black, African American, man of color, biracial or whatever other racial umbrella he may fall under in the eyes of some, I say, back off, I don’t vote...

Africa needs a new “Berlin Conference”

A cursory look at the map of Africa will reveal a continent broken up into weak nation-states that can barely sustain themselves. In reality, very few African countries are actually viable by themselves without a measure of foreign aid and consequently intervention...

President Obama’s Historic Message to Nigeria

This piece goes beyond political expediency or a sense...

The Dishonourable Africans VI

Leadership in the ‘civilized’ or make-believe world is about power - how to capture, seize, use or abuse power...

English is not my First Language

In trying to be grammatically correct in the English language, or to imitate the American accent, some of us who did not learn English as a first language deviate from the objectives of a conversation…

Great achievements, ideas and innovations have eluded South East Governors

Ideas and innovations do not wait until resources are available to act. Rather they are the precursors of capital and resources...

Generational Walkers with God

Christianity is a walk with God. We are temporarily here. We have no certain abode on this side of eternity. We are strangers or pilgrims walking from here to yonder land that is fair beyond description. There are rules in this walk. Yes, how do we walk with God from our temporary abode here to His eternal abode there to be thereafter with Him eternally?

Zambia’s Historic Youth-Driven Vote – Indicators for Nigeria

Last week, Zambians elected a new President in a...