By Babafemi Ojudu HAVE YOU seen the exchange between Mr Tony Elumelu, Chairman of UBA, and the young lady who addressed him simply as “Tony”? That brief encounter says something about the cultural transition taking place in our society: the sometimes-awkward marriage between Western informality and traditional African notions of respect. A you...
By Bukola Olukemi-Odele A RECENT narrative circulating across public health and media spaces—exemplified by reports from food corporations and their allies —advocates mandatory fortification of seasoning cubes with iron, zinc, folic acid, and vitamin B12 to fight against anaemia and neural tube defects in pregnancy. According to these advocate...
By Bola BOLAWOLE THE OSUN state governorship election, held on Saturday, 15 August 2026, may have come and gone but its reverberations continue. Incumbent Gov. Ademola Nurudeen Jackson Adeleke of the Accord Party trounced his main challenger and candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Oyebamiji. The margin was convincing: 511, ...
By Babafemi Ojudu I WAS sixteen when I left secondary school. My father believed that education should be followed immediately by responsibility. A young man, in his view, had to begin to work, earn something and learn to fend for himself. He therefore found me a job in the old Ondo State Civil Service, and […]
By Bolanle Bolawole THE DUST raised by Archbishop John Onaiyekan over the closed-door meeting the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) had with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is yet to settle; thanks be to opposition politicians and other sundry Tinubu opponents who never miss any opportunity – real or imagined – to drag the ...
By Owei Lakemfa LIFE IS in flux and labour in Nigeria is caught in its crosswinds. To navigate the strong currents of change, and produce a compass, the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), Port Harcourt Zone, turned to the union’s 2003–2005 president, Louis Brown Ogbeifun. They asked the 71-year-old...
By Olukorede Yishau POLITICAL PARTIES, like men, often think history is a story about other people’s past until it knocks on their own door and when it does, it rarely asks whether they were once popular, but it asks a simpler question: What did you learn? It is the lack of this understanding that makes […]
By Nduka Uzuakpundu THIS IS stating the truth. Bola Ahmed Tinubu (G. C. F. R.), President and Commander-in-Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, said, the other day, that all was fair in politics. He did not say, precisely, that, as in war, all – including the use of armoured tanks, rifles, F-16 fighter jets, […]
By Bola BOLAWOLE “TINUBU HAS called the independence of the EFCC into question – except the EFCC can emulate the president by summoning up courage to tell him ‘No, Sir, we have the powers to do what we did and do not take instructions from you!’ Anything short of that compromises the EFCC, damaging its […]
By Rimamnde Shawulu AS BANDITRY, kidnapping and insurgency spread across Nigeria, some traumatised communities are reportedly turning to charms, ritual fortification and ancestral spirits for protection. But can these practices defend poorly armed villagers against terrorists carrying assault rifles and operating organised criminal networks? T...
