By Bola BOLAWOLE WHY “INJURY” and not Ajuri? The creme-de-la-creme of the country’s media had gathered in Ibadan, the pacesetter state and capital of Oyo State, on Friday, 7 June 2024 for a two-day facility tour of the signature projects of the governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde, as part of the activities marking the first year […]
By Bola BOLAWOLE MAN’s THREE basic needs or necessities are generally given as food (including water), clothing, and shelter. Food (including water) is needed to keep body and soul together and give us the energy required for our daily activities. Apart from air, food (including water) is the most basic – and important – of [&helli...
By Femi Babafemi THE NAME Marwa resonates with most Nigerians. In modern times, it is a name that is remembered for good reasons: a recurring decimal in the Nigerian military over the past 100 years; a reference point for excellent public administration in the past 30 years. Among Nigeria’s humongous population of about 220 million, […]...
By David Adenekan YEARS BEFORE 2023, I predicted that the economy would take a downturn and that there will be a severe hunger in the land; the masses will suffer under the ruling party, All Peoples Congress (APC). However, my own prediction was based on economic indicators, not a prophecy. In addition, I opined in […]
By Paul Ejime THE REMAINS of Onyeka Onwenu, Nigeria’s renowned singer, songwriter, actress, social justice advocate and journalist were laid to rest at the Ikoyi cemetery in Lagos after a solemn funeral service on the 31st of August. It is an understatement that Onyeka 72, accomplished great exploits in her chosen fields and left indelible [&h...
By Bola BOLAWOLE ON THE raging controversy of 18-years or nothing less before admission into the country’s institutions of higher learning, the authorities have a mountain to climb if the groundswell of public opinion is anything to go by. The policy is not new; it has been in our statute books for God-knows-when. Just like […]
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu SEVEN YEARS after his emergence as Nigeria’s military Head of State, in the third quarter of 1974, General Yakubu Gowon placed a telephone call to the then Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Taslim Elias. The subject matter of the call, according to Atanda Fatayi Williams, himself then a Justice of the […]
By Banji Ojewale BURIED SOMEWHERE in the voluminous video vault of the Africa Independent Television, AIT, Lagos, Nigeria, is the recording of a rare live interview with Pastor William Folorunso Kumuyi, General Superintendent of Deeper Christian Life Ministry, DCLM. Hosted in the late 1990s by the popular Kaakaki early dawn programme, Kumuyi r...
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE SOMEONE CALLED my attention to a post he had forwarded to me last week and said: “You must have seen the post I forwarded to you (he was not the writer)”. I hadn’t seen it, and I said so. “Then, check it out!”, he barked at me. Continuing, he said: “You must […]
By David Adenekan IT IS noteworthy to say that the writer of this article is a Christian and Moslem by names, David and Abdul Wasiu, respectively. As birth names, my father gave me Abdul Wasiu through a revelation by the Alfas from the Holy Quran and my mother gave me David through the divine inclination […]
