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Teachers’ Day: Nigerian Teachers Deserve Better

October 5 is set aside to celebrate teachers across the world. World Teachers’ Day is iconic. It cuts national and regional boundaries. Unfortunately, for...

Do not pity President Tinubu

“We have corruption, insecurity, and many problems confronting us … but don’t pity me. I asked for the job. I campaigned for it. No...

How long can Nigeria go under Tinubu?

I have always been fascinated by a phrase in the marital vows of Christians during wedding rituals: “till death do us part”! My candid...

Muhammadu Buhari’s years of the Locust, a reality check

In less than 60 days, what has become one of the greatest mistakes that Nigerians made in the election of Muhammadu Buhari as president...

Is the 2023 Census Necessary?

Nigeria is preparing for another round of population census rendezvous. Thanks be to God! But, if, at least, we must learn from past experiences,...

Policing the Police for the People

Nigerian policemen and women can be more dangerous than armed robbers and bandits any day of the week for sure. The latest charge is that...

The evils of complacency in politics

Oftentimes, intrigues exist in political matrixes. Concepts such as political mass participation, collective demands, group identity and determination, and collateral damages could all mean...

Which Way Nigeria?

“A nation is alive only when it grows, constantly discarding its outdated traditions, habits, rituals and assumptions.” Nigeria is currently sitting on a keg of...

Federal Republic of Thuggery

Shamelessness is the vilest disease of the Nigerian establishment. The shameless mode of the leaders of Nigeria was activated in full force on February 25...

Atiku’s irreversible blunders

There is a Yoruba adage, which says that ‘ogbon odun yii, were emii ni.’ (The wisdom of this year is foolishness in the course...

Have you read the Electoral Act 2022?

After the February 2023 Presidential Election, many theories concerning the procedure of transmission of the elections arose. There were insinuations and conspiracy theories therefrom....

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Same Terrorist, Two Death Announcements — And The State Says “Trust Us This Time”?

Nigeria’s Presidency has announced the killing of ISWAP commander...

What Will You Do Or Say?

You've been passing yourself of as an intellectual busybody, venturing opinion on this and that, and on matters that sometimes do not concern you. You rub politicians' noses with your satire and hope to get away with it.  And then out of the blues, CNN invites you to come and discuss the matter...

Promise: I Want To Change My Name

Promise is a common English word that denotes a...

Yoruba: From ancestors to Architects (1)

The Yoruba-speaking people of Nigeria have been floundering, a...

Lamidi Adedibu And The Ibadan Monarch

The ordinary people of Ibadanland potentially will be the great losers in the event of full-scale atrocities between the Olubadan and his Ekarun...

2011 Election: Checkmating Desperate Politicians!

Shifting the national Assembly poll from 2nd until 9th April 2011, is not Nigeria’s problem, but the outcome of these elections remain crucial to the Nigerian people...

It’s A Miracle That I’m Still Alive

I have been living in the trenches ever since...

Bhutto/Ghandi: Dynasties In Peril

The orgy of naked terrorism and the festival of bloodletting from Palestine to Iraq, Israel to Afghanistan, Pakistan to Sudan make the world a worse place to live in...

Football in Nigeria: Nigerians in the Diaspora Remain Divided

Is sports the instrument for good governance, good leadership and new accountability? Does the Super Eagles as a team pose a threat to national security and to economic growth? What is the role of the Federal Government in sports administration? What is the main function of NFF? What is the scope of the power of CAF and FIFA in Nigeria?

Folashade, Feyisara Laniyan: A Painful Earthly Loss, A Monumental Heavenly Gain

’Shade, now you have departed, who shall set the pace for me?  Now you have been translated to glory who shall challenge me? I wonder, I do wonder...