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A Problem with the Truth: Of Certificates and No Certificates

I am a bit lost, in fact more than lost. I am aghast at the inanity and lack of decorum being spread around by...

An Irritating Apologue – Ibadan People Do Not “Serve” the Same Leader Twice

I always take exception and umbrage at hearing that slogan “Ibadan ki sin eniyan le’meji......". (Ibadan people do not serve the same leader twice)....

The Buhari Re-Emergence and some Implications for Nigeria

Shortly after the coup of December 1983 in Nigeria, in which the seemingly no-nonsense duo of General Muhammadu Buhari and General Babatunde Idiagbon took...

From Execu-thieves to Law-breakers – A Tale of Greed, Egotism and Corruption

It always comes down to this. How selfish, greedy and insensitive can some of these our rulers be? They are parasites feeding fat on...

Nigeria 2015: Are We Broke, Getting Broke or Going For Broke?

The news going round is that Nigeria is broke. I, for one, do not believe that fallacy. However, if the treasury is indeed empty...

A Flawed and Vague Sense of Morality and Conscience

“Ex-Governor Storms Capital; Declares Intention to Return to Government House” By the way, the above caption is mine. But I will not be surprised if...

Lagos: A History In Pictures, 1861 to 1961

It is important to reproduce here that the great historian, Prof J F Ade Ajayi, debunked the theory and the belief that the British bombarded Lagos because it was a notorious “slave depot” in 1851 or annexed it in 1861 because “the permanent occupation of this important point in the Bight of Benin is indispensable to the complete suppression of the slave trade..."

Lagos: A History In Pictures, 1861 to 1961 (3)

It is important to reproduce here that the great historian, Prof J F Ade Ajayi, debunked the theory and the belief that the British bombarded Lagos because it was a notorious “slave depot” in 1851 or annexed it in 1861 because “the permanent occupation of this important point in the Bight of Benin is indispensable to the complete suppression of the slave trade..."

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