Miscellaneous

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...

Nigeria’s Flourishing Fake Industries

Identifying squalid conditions in any society consistently is a humanitarian job that deserves divine compensation. Such conditions could be in the corridors of power,...

A Christmas of Tears: Hunger and Hardship Overshadow Festivities In Nigeria

As Christmas dawns across Nigeria, the warmth and unity of the season have been replaced by cold reality and despair. According to the National...

The Zik Mausoleum At Onitsha Needs Attention

A boon companion has just taken me to Onitsha, the city on the bank of the River Niger in Anambra State, and the only...

How The ‘Pagan’ Wole Soyinka Saved A Born-Again Pastor Chuzzy Udenwa

Nothing divides Nigerians like religion, but I have it on good account that Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka who prefers Orisha to Christianity and Islam...

The Bobrisky Prison Saga – Why an Investigation is Crucial for Justice

The six-month jail term of popular cross-dresser Idris Okuneye, better known as Bobrisky, continues to stir conversation among Nigerians. What began as a legal...

Father’s Day and the Essence of Fatherhood

“A father is a man who expects his son to be as good a man as he meant to be.”    - Frank A. Clark. Tomorrow, Sunday,...

Children Have the Potential to Be Great – Cakasa Foundation

Cakasa Ebenezer Foundation on Tuesday, May 28, said that children have the potential to be great and achieve their highest dreams. The Executive Director, CEF,...

Cole Insults from Victoria Island

If your family name is not Cole, and your address is not Victoria Island, it is very unconstitutional to marry from the upper crust! Yes,...

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Syria: The Merit in Obama’s Diplomatic Option and Matters Arising (4)

In diplomacy, it pays to make haste slowly. In statecraft, the application of rational, human intelligence has more merit than the use of military force or the threat to use force, which violates international law...

Raphael Ige – A Death And A Bad Omen

As Mr. Ige’s body is set to commence its decay in the bowel of the earth, there remains the unresolved imbroglio between Governor Ngige and those who used the deceased to attempt criminality and unlawfulness...

Bobrisky and Tax Reforms in Nigeria

The charade of Nigeria is never-ending! Only recently, one...

Grave Choices Before Youngsters

In America where an individual must be licensed to perform the most basic of chores, parenting is hardly paid any attention...

Overcoming Powerlessness And Hopelessness (2)

The circumstances under which Nigerians in the Diaspora live give me immeasurable agony and grief. The circumstance of living under colour prejudice, racial discrimination and social indignity is serious psychological torture.

The Apt Censure from London!

Recently London played host to a host of countries...

The 'Small Man Syndrome'!

Do you feel concerned about your height? Are you by any way bothered why you are standing closer to the ground the way you are? Are you a victim of the 'small man syndrome'?

Unforgettable

The Life and Music of I. K. Dairo, Rex Jim Lawson and their protege, Wale Glorious and Orlando Owoh...

Beyond Free School Meals: A Case for Toys, Libraries and Playgrounds

I have read several write ups about Free Schools...

Solititude And Melancholy 2: Just Before We Forget

The problem that drew me out of my comfort base today into a seemingly familiar residence in solitude and melancholy is why it is so convenient for people and public affairs commentators using a collective “we” to push blames of political and economic woes in Nigeria from “them” to “us”.