By Olukorede Yishau JUDE DIBIA, ‘In The Quiet That Remains’, follows three friends in a sparkling novel in which misunderstandings fester in quiet spaces and silence reveals the interplay between individual agency and external pressure. We peer into the inner turmoils of these friends with a haunting honesty. We also see how their...
By Babafemi Ojudu SOMETHING NEW is emerging in my country, Nigeria, so new that it resists easy definition. It is a phenomenon that should engage political scientists, philosophers, and thinkers across the world. A man belongs to one party in the morning; by evening, he has shifted to another. By the next day, he is […]
By Babafemi Ojudu ON A recent visit to the United Kingdom (UK), my son lodged me in an apartment at Wembley Park, London. From 48 Olympic Way, it was barely a two-minute walk—up a short flight of stairs—to the entrance of the famous Wembley Stadium. I arrived on a Saturday—match day. What should have been […]
By Bola BOLAWOLE (Published in TREASURES column on the back page of the New Telegraph newspaper of Wednesday, 6 May 2026). “I AM tired! I cannot claim to understand this country any more! What should be, is not! What should not, is what is! Can someone please tell me what is happening before I go […]
By Owei Lakemfa COLOUFULLY DRESSED. Waving flags. Singing. Wriggling waists. Exchanging banters. Backslapping. Workers danced at various venues on Friday, commemorating the 2026 May Day. Their smiling faces camouflaged their pains. But their banners and placards revealed their inner thoughts. Their collective speeches tell stories of hunger, g...
By Emeka Monye IN THE build-up to political independence from Britain, Nigeria stood as a frontline voice in African affairs. That role positioned the nation as a leading force on the continent — so central to African liberation and diplomacy that Nigeria was widely perceived as a potential superpower in African geopolitics. And true to [&hel...
By Emeka Monye AS THE race for the 2027 presidential election gathers momentum, Nigeria’s political landscape is already shifting like a chessboard before the first move. Major political bigwigs are jostling for party tickets, testing alliances, and calculating the odds of securing the ultimate prize: Aso Rock. Permutations have begun in earne...
By Owei Lakemfa MAY DAY! May Day!! May Day!!! The desperate calls from Chicago, United States workers in 1886, taken up by workers of the world, now sounds more desperate. But the world seems to have gone deaf with the May Day calls becoming almost inaudible. In fact, the US, the country from which May […]
By Bolanle BOLAWOLEÂ (Published in “ON THE LORD’S DAY” column in the Sunday Tribune edition of Sunday, 3 May, 2026). EXCEPT ONE takes time out to carefully peruse the 2026 amendments to the Electoral Act, its critics will run away creating the impression that digital or non-digital transmission of election results is the only...
By Babafemi Ojudu THERE ARE moments in the life of a people when difficult questions must be asked, not for provocation, but for the preservation of conscience. This is one of such moments. Across Nigeria today, there is a growing perception—fair or unfair—that the Yoruba, once regarded as a stabilizing moral force in the national […]...
