Miscellaneous

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...

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....

AMBO: the impact continues!

By Tife Ayodele As the Osun State governorship election approaches, the good people of Osun State are preparing to make a choice that will shape...

When ABUAD bows for BAO

“Building Legacies: Governance, Successor-generation and Continuity”, a lecture delivered by Governor Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji (BAO) at the 2026 Afe Babalola Distinguished Personality Lecture, last...

IPCR Director-General Urges Grassroots Early Warning Systems to Avert Conflicts

Dr. Joseph Ochogwu, Director-General of the Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR), has emphasised the urgent need to strengthen grassroots early warning systems...

From Global Debates to Nigerian Politics: Mehdi Hasan and Rufai Oseni as Interview Warriors

In an era where television interviews increasingly shape public political debate, two journalists operating in very different media environments—Britain-born broadcaster Mehdi Hasan and Nigerian...

IPCR Leads Advocacy Visit to Strengthen Conflict Early Warning and Early Response

The Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR), in collaboration with Tetra Tech and SPRiNG, undertook a strategic advocacy visit to Benue State to...

Jeunalists Must Have A Uniform Like Policemen

Jeunalists have replaced journalists in Nigeria. There used to be journalism in Nigeria but now what we do have is jeunalism, and the difference is...

Celebrating the Miraculous Recovery Of Padre Ozumba

It’s a humbling experience to bear witness to the rendition of a miracle before one’s very eyes. Forget the exotic theatricals of TV evangelists...

Don't miss

Nigerian Men and their Foreign Wives

Culturally, Nigerian men are overbearing, controlling, and paternalistic.  They relate to their fathers and mothers differently. They believe it is “a man’s world” and so they have the tendency to relegate women to subservient roles. I am stunned by the transformation Nigerian men, married to non-Nigerian women, have gone through in the United States...

Is Genevieve Nnaji Nigeria’s First Movie Superstar?

What is this Nnaji mystique that has her audience colliding heads so joyfully, crawling, craving some time in her sun? Star quality is what it is. The amount of talent dripping from her little finger is more than many of our other female leading ladies have combined...

Why Do African Men Go Home to Marry?

The African male is perplexing. He can be enigmatic. He can be everything and sometimes, nothing. He can be sweet and loving and caring and benevolent and at the same time oppressive. His life is full of contradictions. In so many ways, he is a wounded animal as a result of his historical past...

Mobil’s Oily Battle Over Intellectual Property Rights

The eight-year long battle between Commandclem Nigeria Limited and Mobil Producing Nigeria Limited, over ownership of patent and intellectual rights to a chemical invention for offshore drilling seems in sight…

Lost in a Sea of Hair Weaves

One can understand some black women wearing wigs for the same reasons that some white women do; because they are losing or have lost their hair. One can even make allowances for wigs being worn for the occasional change of look. But how to explain young women with full heads of hair who will never be seen dead with their natural hair?