By Olukorede Yishau PROFESSOR ADEBAYO Williams, who is five years away from joining the octogenarian club, has created many characters in his creative writing career. But one that I have always remembered and referred to is Samusangudu, a citizen of a crazy world where human life means nothing. In the crazy world of Samusangudu, the […...
By Prof Tayo Popoola THERE IS a nickname that has followed Michael Adeniyi Agbolade Ishola Adenuga Jr. for decades: the Bull. It is more than a colourful tag attached to one of Nigeria’s most successful businessmen. It has become a fitting metaphor for a career marked by persistence, audacity and an unusual willingness to enter […]
By Owei Lakemfa DEMOCRACY, AT least theoretically, is about choice. I have no doubt that our political leaders agree. However, the problem many of those in power have is that Nigerian voters are not mature enough to exercise their right to make a choice. So, they need to be tutored and guided. But if the […]
By Bola BOLAWOLE AS I cruised along the Alfred Rewane Road, Ikoyi last week, I tuned the radio and the evergreen song of Dr. Victor Olaiya, one of Nigeria’s legendary highlife musicians, came on air. The lyrics of the song goes thus: “Ilu le o/Ko s’owo l’ode/Okunrin n k’igbe/Obirin n k’igbe/ Kaluku l’o n k’igbe […]
By Dr. George Elijah Otumu “It’s not the voting that’s Democracy; it’s the counting”- Tom Stoppard WITHOUT A shred of a doubt, the United States (U.S) runs the world’s oldest continuous constitutional democracy, being a city set on the Hill. America is the place where citizens enjoy strong constitutional rights, ...
By Sunday Dare THERE IS a distinct, exhausting genre of Nigerian commentary that mistakes cynicism for sophistication, bitter partisanship for objective analysis, and venom for editorial depth. Steve Osuji’s intervention on the 2027 presidential landscape fits squarely into this well-worn mould. Dripping with unwarranted condescension, franti...
By Steve Osuji JUST AS we had in 2023, it’s a three-horse race once again. Nigeria is set for another general election with three major candidates on the ballot. In Nigeria’s election history, (as it is in presidential elections around the world), it has always been two frontrunners. But in the last election, a certain […]
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE Scripture says from the mouth of two or three witnesses the truth of a matter is established (Deuteronomy 19: 15; Matthew 18: 16; 2Corinthians 13: 1). SO, TODAY I bring another testimony to the so-called 1951 cross-carpeting saga in the Western Region House of Assembly. Taken from Wikipedia, it contains more details [&hell...
By Olurede Yishau ALIKO DANGOTEE has spent decades answering the question, “How much money can one man make?” with the sort of figures that make ordinary human beings check whether they have accidentally entered a different currency. Now, however, Dangote is asking another question: “Who get money make I continue dey make money?” And the [&he...
By Owei Lakemfa THERE ARE not a few who see Ogbeni Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola, former Minister of Interior and onetime Osun State Governor, as an enigma. A politician that would not shy away from a fight he considers necessary, even if it appears unwinnable. A man who would yield no ground unless confronted with a […]
