By Bolanle BOLAWOLE UNLIKE COMRADE Dipo Fashina (aka Jingo) and Comrade Segun Osoba, Comrade (Professor) Biodun Jeyifo never taught me at the University of Ife (renamed Obafemi Awolowo University), Ile-Ife. But like other Marxist lecturers at the university such as Professor Toye Olorode, Idowu Awopetu, G. G. Darah, Malam Femi Taiwo and many ...
By Owei Lakemfa INFORMAL FILTERED through a few weeks ago, that “a small team” of United States (US), soldiers were in Nigeria. On Tuesday, February 10, 2026, an additional information was that 200 American soldiers are being deployed to provide security for the small team. I am sure that soon these 200 would need a […]
By Kunle Oyatomi BUSINESSMAN AND entrepreneur, Elon Musk, is not one to mince words. At a time of global connectivity and quick information dissemination, he observes quietly, weighs in when he believes an issue deserves public debate and even ignites conversations. As the owner of X, formerly Twitter, Musk has often criticised American and Eu...
By Bola BOLAWOLE “Men at some times are masters of their fates: The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves that we are underlings… ” – Cassius to Brutus in William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. I DARE to say that it is not the absence of laws that has denied Nigeria free […]
By Owei Lakemfa THE SECOND Nigerian coup on July 29, 1966, was quite brutal. That is the brutal truth. To avoid what may be brutal, I do not set out to write the truth, but what is historical. There are two main strands protruding from that coup like a buried corpse with two visible hands. […]
By Temitope Ajayi OUR HABIT of amending our electoral laws almost every election cycle deserves serious scrutiny. The popular justification, continuous improvement, sounds persuasive but does not withstand close examination. It cannot be the case that credible elections are only possible if electoral laws are rewritten every four years. If th...
By Adewale Adeoye CLOSE YOUR eyes for a minute and imagine this: President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President, Kashim Shettima, Defense Minister Christopher Musa, Minister of Finance, Wale Edun and other top Government officials brutally murdered in a military coup in Abuja. That was the intention of some disgruntled, grossly irresponsible s...
By Owei Lakemfa THE SIMPLE and straightforward appointment of the Awujale of Ijebu Kingdom, one of the most revered, is stalled like a car with a dead battery. Actions associated with the Benin monarchy, one of the most famous in Africa, is clanging like a faulty engine. Meanwhile, the new Alaafin of Oyo’s public displays […]
By Bola BOLAWOLE MICHAEL JACKSON has now arrived in Jamaica for a meeting with Bob Marley. Read on! “Kingston, Jamaica, October 23rd, 1978. 8:30pm: The exclusive Pegasus Hotel’s penthouse suite was buzzing with quiet conversation when Michael Jackson walked through the heavy wooden doors… Michael had an agenda beyond social pleasantries. He wa...
By Kunle Oyatomi ONE OF the most distinguished Nigerians in the country’s history is the late Jeremiah Obafemi Awolowo, first Premier of the Western Region and, arguably, its most influential, outspoken and formidable political figure in his prime. In recognition of his colossal political stature, legendary actor, playwright, theatre manager ...
