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The year 1993 changed Nigeria’s judiciary. Over a period of a mere five months, the military that year contrived to overthrow the government twice. First, in June, Ibrahim Babangida, the army General who was Nigeria’s military ruler at the time, nullified an election his regime reorganised to determine who would succeed him. Five months later, […]
Continue ReadingThe nationwide protest organised by the National Union of Teachers (NUT) over the Ogbomoso school abductions is a welcome development. And for many reasons. For one, newspapers are giving the abductions more front-page treatment. In a country perpetually consumed by politics, where electioneering is what we live for, the diversion of media focus to the […]
Continue ReadingA striptease does exactly what its name suggests: it stimulates your emotions through gradual revelation. The dancer stands in front of you, slowly and seductively removing their clothing while some soft, sweet music plays. Now, picture this: the music is tight, the light is dim, the anticipation is building, but this dancer just never reveals […]
Continue ReadingBorn on 29 May 1926, former Senegalese President, Abdoulaye Wade turned 100 last Friday, making him the first West African leader in history to become a centenarian. But the remarkable story of Wade is not just about age. A long-time opposition leader, Wade ran for president four times in a period spanning 22 years, beginning in 1978, before […]
Continue ReadingFor no reason beyond bad belle, Orishala urged Ogun to pull down Orunmila’s house. Why? Ogun asked. Orishala hinted that Orunmila had become a dangerous rival to his dominance in the pantheon of the gods. Like a hired killer, Ogun agreed. But how would he recognise Orunmila’s house? He had never been there. Orishala gave […]
Continue Reading“Thank God it is over” “Yes oh. Now, Arsenal players and their fans can now allow all of us to rest. They have their Premier League trophy. PSG have taken the Champions League. History made on both sides. Heroes made.” “Who is talking about Arsenal or PSG? Why is it that you, Nigerians are always […]
Continue ReadingHere we go again: the next presidential election is set to be a re-enactment of the 2023 fixture. It was a three-way fight involving Candidates Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and Peter Obi of the Labour Party — with an honourable mention of […]
Continue ReadingThe eight men in the conference room of the Government House glanced at one another as they waited for the Governor to join the meeting. Seeking the same ticket to the House of Representatives for Wahala federal constituency, they had been invited for a final meeting before the party primaries scheduled for the next day. Seated on […]
Continue ReadingThe political parties that have so far held their presidential primaries have either descended into absurdity or dissolved into the usual bitterness. In high-stakes politics, elections at all levels will be highly contested, and there will be bitter feelings among those who lose. That is expected. The real shame here is that, at the rate […]
Continue ReadingThe English Premier League ended yesterday with Arsenal crowned champions. But that triumph almost slipped away because, two weeks earlier, a stolen goal arrived disguised as a legitimate one. I watched the West Ham–Arsenal match of Sunday, May 10, 2026. It got me thinking about Nigeria’s past and coming elections. Deep into stoppage time, there […]
Continue ReadingWhen the Electoral Act 2026 was passed into law in February 2026, the expectation was that it would be the deus ex machina (the fool-proof, mechanical, solution as in complex Greek tragedies of old) to Nigeria’s electoral problems since the return to civilian rule in 1999, but the newest law merely followed the old pattern, incomplete and […]
Continue ReadingIn the often-chaotic theatre of Nigerian public discourse, genuine transformation rarely makes headlines until the results become impossible to ignore. Yet, under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration, a silent but profound transformation has been unfolding in our tertiary education system, one that deserves commendation. Far removed from the familiar cycle of strikes, protests, and policy […]
Continue ReadingFor more than a year, a conscientious, cosmopolitan retired senior military officer from the North has told me that his worst fear for Nigeria is the prospect of terrorists and bandits from the North extending their bloodstained tentacles into Yorubaland. He said it would provoke the sort of communal convulsion that would take on a […]
Continue ReadingA young friend said something that I considered an eye-opener! What led to the interaction was a blog link she sent to me, in which a popular influencer’s husband was being called out on social media by young girls, who claimed that he was fond of asking them to bring along their friends for a […]
Continue ReadingThe killing of teacher Michael Oyedokun, who was beheaded by his abductors, is a sad sign, ominous as darkness falling at peak noonday. On Friday, he had been abducted along with six colleagues and 25 school children from Community High School, Ahoro-Esinele, and Baptist Nursery and Primary School in the Ogbomoso Yawota area of Oriire […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s political class now touts “consensus candidacy” with renewed assurance. Party leaders, governors, and godfathers frame it as proof of democratic progress; a tool to avoid divisive primaries, mend party fractures, and foster unity before elections. Surface reasoning seems sensible; Nigeria’s primaries are costly, bitter, violent, and prone to delegate-buying. Yet, beneath harmonious language hides […]
Continue ReadingFollowing his capitulation, (Major Chukwuma) Nzeogwu was brought to Lagos and admitted at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) where I went to see him. I asked why they killed all senior officers in Lagos and Kaduna, and further asked, ‘do you realise the damage this has done to the esprit de corps of the […]
Continue ReadingOn the eve of his decision to nominate Oliver Wendell Holmes as Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt wrote to his friend, Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, that “the ablest lawyers are men whose past has naturally brought them into close relationship with the wealthiest and the most powerful.” What […]
Continue ReadingOn Thursday last week, President Bola Tinubu perfectly played the role of the General of a troop going to war. He gave a pep talk to APC party troops marching state-wards for the primary election. It was a speech garnished with onions and flavoured by aromatic spices of currie and thyme. The eventual cuisine from […]
Continue Reading“Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well.” — Aristotle. The Ass in the Lion’s Skin is Aesop’s story of a donkey who finds a lion’s skin abandoned in the forest. He wears it and begins […]
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