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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 Fragility of the Throne

By Adeola Ojo In his incisive critique, Governor Adeleke and a Tale of Three Ataojas, Tunde Odesola contrasts the storied legacy of the Osogbo throne...

Osun 2026: What does AMBO even want?

By Adebola Anifowose In the theatre of Nigerian politics, where performance often eclipses policy and personality smothers pragmatism, the candidacy of Asiwaju Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji...

Osun ‘26: When Pedigree Matters

By Adedamola Ayeni ​The 2026 Osun governorship election is just weeks away. Specifically, it is scheduled for August 15; and while the campaign rallies are...

Will Osun Replicate Ekiti 2026?

By Kola Odepeju Two gubernatorial elections are crucial in 2026 for the All Progressives Congress (APC) to win in the South-west. They are the Ekiti...

Osun guber: What if AMBO wins?

By Iyiola Oludotun ​As the pendulum of politics swings towards the August 15, 2026, governorship election in Osun State, the political atmosphere is charged with...

Oyebamiji: The Man, The Politics And The Aspiration

By Oluseyi Olonade Every political epoch produces individuals whose entry into the arena fundamentally alters a state’s trajectory. For Osun State, currently caught at a...

Ekiti: The Quiet Fountain

By Adeola Babajide ​As the countdown begins towards the June 20, 2026, governorship election, an unfamiliar atmosphere hangs over Ekiti State. For anyone steeped in...

Oyebamiji: In Our Best Interest?

By Olanrewaju Iyunade ​In developing democracies, public officials constantly face a tough balancing act: keeping up with their official duties while managing political party expectations....

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Afenifere and the Progressive Camp (2)

In the course of the week, I had cause...

In Gov Abiola Ajimobi, Did We Get What We Wanted?

With Ajimobi, the jury is still out. So far and so early, it appears to be a mixed bag. We have a governor who has embarked on a deliberate effort at ridding the state of Alao-Akala’s unqualified and incompetent political appointee...

Amaechi: The Port Harcourt Cancer Centre

Cancer, as we all know, is a dangerous ailment that has pummeled a lot of  people to the soil in this part of the world without a severe fight to stem the ugly disease...

Dìbò k’ó se’bẹ̀ and the raw reality of politics (2)

As Adlai Stevenson Jr. famously observed, “A hungry man...

Going to Mecca and Jerusalem

Nigerians take so much pride in making pilgrimages to...

Waiting on Buhari

Everything in and about Nigeria is in a waiting...

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...

I Loved You…And Contacted The Virus

I plunder national resources. I embellish the treachery of my people with a well-trimmed moustache and cute face, fluent English, and a command of aristocracy. And I alter societal thinking and national orientation forever...

An Open letter to the people of Oyo State

Good day and compliments of the season to all my beloved people of Oyo State...

APC, Start Governing, Not Whining

Last week, I suggested that President Muhammadu Buhari has...