By Owei Lakemfa I HAVE worried that President Bola Tinubu did not appreciate the fact that our country is at war against vicious, unfeeling bandits and terrorists who massacre babies, children, the young and the old. But on November 26, 2025, he proclaimed a state of emergency declaring war on these criminals some of who […]
By Babafemi Ojudu I SPENT more than an hour this morning listening to Edmund Obilo’s interview with Col. Victor Banjo’s daughter, Prof. Oluyinka Omigbodun. As she narrated her father’s life — his brilliance, his courage, his idealism — what leapt out at me was the gaping, almost tragic strain of naïveté that ran through his […]...
By Olukorede Yishau DAVID SZALAY is the reigning winner of the Booker Prize, an honour he received at a dinner in London for his novel, ‘Flesh’. The novel begins with Istvan as a lonely boy living in a block of apartments in Hungary with his mother. Istvan, who has just started a new school because […]
By Bola BOLAWOLE JAMAICA-BORN reggae sensation, Jimmy Cliff, is dead, aged 81. His “House of Exile” (1974) and Tracy Chapman’s “All that you have is your soul” (1989) are my best of all times. Cliff’s “Have you heard the news?“ (1976), in which he dragged Nigeria’s name in the mud over a business deal with […]
By Olukemi-Odele NIGERIA IS grappling with a rising tide of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), such as diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and hypertension. These illnesses are often closely tied to unhealthy diets, particularly the excessive consumption of processed and packaged foods high in sugar, sodium (salt), and saturated fats. The widesp...
By Adejola Adeyemi Crown The pressure to break news instantly has reshaped the media landscape in ways that raise serious questions about the future of responsible journalism. What used to be a careful craft guided by truth, context and balance has now become a frantic chase for being the first to publish. This shift has […]
By Tunde Rahman GIVEN HOW sensitive the subject has become, it is understandable that the matter of state police has taken this long. Importantly, it has also become imperative that some drastic measures have to be taken to end the current security situation. Last week, President Bola Tinubu finally took the critical step towards tackling [&he...
THE BRITISH Raj ruled India for slightly above 300 years and they used the famous indirect rule system with the traditional rulers – Maharajahs playing a significant role in the administration. When independence came on August 15th 1947 the new government led by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru decided to scrap the traditional rulers as they were [&hel...
By Olukorede Yishau SHE WAS only fifteen. Her best friend was Moniba, and she had imagined many more years of easy companionship with this special being she could talk to from morning till night without ever feeling bored. But this friendship, and indeed their future, came under a grave threat. The Taliban had invaded their […]
By Bola BOLAWOLE OUR CROSSING of paths left an indelible mark when Banji Adekunle and his bosom friend, Taiye Oladapo, were both undergraduates at the University of Ibadan (UI) and I was serving my one-year mandatory NYSC national service at the same university after graduating from the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University), Ile-...
