The Yoruba elder, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, gave an interview on TV recently. He talked about diverse national issues. But his views on ethnic relations and occurrences...
Politicians are not leaving anything to chance. Even before the posters for the 2019 elections have been removed, the race for 2023 has started and it’s...
According to Wikipedia, ”Oranmiyan was two-tone complexion: half his body was light-skinned while the other half was ebony-black. Due to this, he was given the name...
For the second time within a month, a Nigerian politician has held up China as a model for Nigeria’s governance. First, it was the Comptroller General...
Again the song: An f’oye l’oju An mi Janduku j’oye A f’oye l’oju* I know he is a chronic liar But I love him all the...
As the largest democracy in Africa is being goaded into a one party civilian dictatorship by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), the main opposition Peoples...
Members of the Nigerian National Assembly, and by extension lawmakers across the country, have been under scrutiny lately with regard to their engagements with citizen-voters whose...
When we juxtapose the imperatival idealism of the legislative arm of government in Nigeria, vis-à-vis the preponderances of unenforceable pieces of Acts of Parliament, and the...
On December 12, 2013, I woke up to Olusegun Obasanjo’s ‘Before it is too late’; a caustic letter to former President Goodluck Jonathan. In the 18-page...
Prebendalism was coined by Richard Joseph to describe what has become a central feature of Nigerian politics and governance. In his book, Democracy and Prebendal Politics...
Some, as Onyeka noted in the interview, have argued that Chi does not necessarily mean god. Chi could mean one's...
We had several days of slow sailing, and after great difficulty we finally neared Cnidus. But the wind was against us, so we sailed...
African academics should not just talk about the reality of 'witchcraft'; they should be ready to walk their talk and...
One of such victims is Ya Kakasha from Mokwa. Ya Kakasha passed away some weeks ago. She was a survivor...
This column does not in anyway encourage Nigerians not to be responsible, hardworking, intelligent, or religious. It is just a...
Looking ahead, the CBN faces tough choices. Should it continue with heavy interventions in the economy, or focus strictly on...
The best way to generate higher tax revenue is to grow the economy and broaden the tax base, so as...
Debt can be a tool for development if wisely managed. But if Nigeria continues to borrow without building, the future...
Neymar has criticised France Football after Barcelona star Raphinha was ranked 5th in the 2025 Ballon d’Or despite 64 goal...
PSG and France star Ousmane Dembélé has won the 2025 Ballon d’Or, announced at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris...
Barcelona star Lamine Yamal, 18, makes history as the first player to win the Kopa Trophy two years in a...
Manchester City captain Bernardo Silva criticised football’s fixture makers for a lack of fairness after facing Arsenal just 66 hours...