Nigerians take so much pride in making pilgrimages to Mecca and Jerusalem in the name of religion. The Muslims and Christians obviously can never have enough of acting holy through…
For The Good Of The Nation – Essays And Perspectives By Sanusi Lamido Sanusi; ALFA Books, Ikoyi, Lagos; 2021; 509pp Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, former Governor of the Central Bank…
Drama And Theatre In Nigeria: A Critical Source Book Edited By Yemi Ogunbiyi; Second Edition; Tanus Books Limited, Lagos; 2014; First Published 1981; 736pp The handsome young lecturer ambled…
Prelude to the conclusion of its tenure, the 8th Senate assented to a bill earlier passed by the House of Representatives, which confirmed June 12 as Nigeria’s official Democracy Day, 26 years after the acclaimed…
By Prof Gideon Emelue Ecosystem refers to a dynamic relationship involving a community or group of living organisms interacting with one another in a specific environment. An ecosystem being…
It was fun at first sight. The first time I set eyes on Toni Kanayo Onwordi, famously known as Toni Kan, I found fun oozing from his every pore. He…
While I was reflecting on the current challenges facing the nation in the area of insecurity, I got a phone call from a younger friend who wanted my opinion on…
Dateline Delta State: Senator Godswill Akpabio, Minister of Niger Delta Affairs and supervising Minister of the Niger Delta Development Commission stormed the state in an unscheduled visit. The man popularly…
Nigeria’s march to becoming a country can be attributed to British colonial constitutional engineering, which sought to establish it’s own extractive structures and institutions to drive it’s economic interests. Modern…
The party is heavy, but the beer is even heavier. In the present tense of liquor, it’s a rollicking night of highs and higher highs in which, under the inspiration…
The Yoruba: A New History by Akinwumi Ogundiran; Indiana University Press, Bloomington, Indiana, USA; 2020; 532pp It strikes me as not very funny that there was a time when…