Senator Babafemi Ojudu, CON LAGOS DURING the holiday season is a whole different beast. It’s no longer the Lagos I knew as a journalist pounding the streets, covering the intrigues of politics, and navigating the city’s chaos. Now? Lagos has become a financial black hole, where every meal, ride, and nap demands a pocket as […]
By Babafemi Ojudu ” Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.” – Samuel Johnson [1775]. KEMI BADENOCH, the British MP and current Business Secretary, recently distanced herself from Nigeria, her country of birth, citing the deep rot in its governance and systems. Around the same time, Davido, our globe-trotting musician...
By Babafemi Ojudu IF YOU have ever witnessed the Ede masquerade, the Aladoko, or the Alamudu perform, you will instantly appreciate the poetry of Niyi Osundare, the world-renowned poet. Osundare hails from Ekiti, as do these mesmerizing masquerades. Had education not found him, Osundare might well have been a bearer of one of these magnificent...
