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...

Obituary: Professor Jabez Ayodele Langley

I regret to announce the passing of an eminent African, Professor Jabez Ayodele Langley. He was a great man and a great African, hence a great many of us consider it a privilege to have known him...

Open Letter to President Umaru Musa Yar’ Adua

As your office may already be aware, all of our attempts to reach the relevant ministry as well as your office in connection with the above matter for payment of long overdue invoice has been futile...

Girl Power Unleashed

The crucial acts of recognizing our rights and standing up to speak out for oneself and for others anytime anywhere are qualities I have always felt are missing in a lot of us...

Don’t Insult The Crocodile

I always thought that the whole talking in proverbs thing was something that only old people, but I was recently presented with an opportunity to use one...

A Visit to the Whorehouse

An escapade and exploration to the whorehouse could get you any of a dozen other inconveniences. Whatever you do and however you do it, you want to stay away from the big-three: syphilis, herpes and HIV/AIDS. They are nasty...

Mike Adenuga: ‘The Inspirer’ at 54

A birthday is beyond just the celebration of life. It is beyond the celebration of riches, food, drinks, achievements...

Buying and Selling Human Body Parts in Nigeria

In Africa, especially in Nigeria, human sacrifice is no longer as common as it used to be. But it still goes on though. You just need to know where to go in order to partake in such activity...

The World is Full of Habibas: Responding to feedback on Habiba's Story

I hope that Habiba’s story returns power and dignity to those young girls, women, and boys who have had to live through a similar horrific experience...

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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?