Bestsellers among bestsellers
Even among bestsellers there are bestsellers, meaning that there are super bestsellers. Former President Goodluck Jonathan’s reaction to a new book is a signal that the public should expect more books...
View ArticleAn agreement is an agreement
It was a time to look back, and then look forward. The 10th anniversary of Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal Two (MMA2), Lagos, was not just about the past. More importantly, it was also about the...
View ArticleHerbert Macaulay celebrates with Lagos
Herbert Macaulay is widely recognised as the “Father of Nigerian Nationalism.” In his era, he earned the tag: “Champion and Defender of Native Rights and Liberties.” Although he died 71 years ago on...
View ArticleHerbert Macaulay: Celebration of greatness
On April 17, an interesting letter to the editor appeared in The Nation. It was signed by Mr. Jaiye Ojeikere (MFR), a past President of the Nigerian Institution of Surveyors (NIS). The letter was a...
View ArticleThe rich are also poor
It was the kind of news that was no news. What the Oxfam International’s Inequality report said was not news to many Nigerians. The report, released on May 17, stated that the combined wealth of five...
View ArticleBiafra fire
efore the Independent Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), and its noisy leader, Nnamdi Kanu, there was the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), and its equally loud leader,...
View ArticleHerbert Macaulay: Celebration of greatness
In April 17, an interesting letter to the editor appeared in The Nation. It was signed by Mr. Jaiye Ojeikere (MFR), a past President of the Nigerian Institution of Surveyors (NIS). The letter was a...
View ArticleExtraordinary Evans
A curious detail came with the news of the arrest of big-time kidnapper Chukwudubem Onwuamadike, alias Evans. A report in The Guardian said: ”Early bystanders claimed Evans had exchanged gunshots with...
View ArticleInfighting won’t win the fight
When anti-corruption warriors are divided, it is a disappointing signal about the state of the anti-corruption war. When two major members of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption...
View ArticleReflections on Babalakin’s birthday
Interestingly, about a week before Dr. Wale Babalakin turned 57 on July 1, Public-Private Partnership (PPP) grabbed the headlines once again as the National Assembly responded to an allegation by the...
View ArticleLiving and dying in denial
There is a certain defensiveness that could pass for denialism. Before our very eyes, President Muhammadu Buhari appears to be facing a life-threatening health challenge. It is a season of creative...
View ArticleAll because of politics
What is unfair can’t be fair. It is unfair that local council aspirant Bode Adeosun was forced to give up his political ambition following the kidnap of his daughter by kidnappers who demanded his...
View ArticleCorruption has friends too
It is intriguing that a federal legislator proposed a corruption-friendly law that is antagonistic to the country’s fight against corruption. It is unclear whether the idea belongs to the proposer, or...
View ArticleWhistleblowers, beware!
It would be interesting to know what thoughts are going through Abubakar Sani’s mind right now. As a result of a court order, he will be remanded in prison custody till the case in which he is the...
View ArticleRestructuring fever
It seems everyone in Nigeria is talking about restructuring these days, as if it is a silver bullet to end all contentions and achieve the ultimate synthesis. The Chairman of the Northern Governors...
View Article‘We have a story to tell’
We have a story to tell.” It was a defining statement about the place of Yoruba culture and religion, also known as Orisa tradition, in a global village of multiple cultures and multiple faiths. Prof...
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Felabration and a governor’s inaction
We have been prostrating to Ogun State government for the past how many years,” Yeni Kuti told the world on August 2 at a press conference to unveil the 2017 Felabration programme. “They have not...
View ArticleCelebrating culture sponsors
What will happen if they don’t do the festival?” It was a striking question. On August 19, the day after the grand finale of the 2017 Osun-Osogbo Festival in the Osun-Osogbo Grove in Osun State, a...
View ArticleCCC: ‘Time to rebuild and restore’
Mother Celestial Victoria Olusola George was the cynosure of all eyes at the 66th Adult Harvest Thanksgiving Service held at the Celestial Church of Christ (CCC), Makoko, Yaba, Lagos, on August 6. The...
View ArticleAregbesola’s free train ride
As expected, a few days to Eid-el-Kabir, the Osun State Government announced the schedule for its free train ride from Lagos to Osogbo, the state capital. A statement by the Commissioner for Commerce,...
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