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It has now become something of a yearly tradition that someone would share a video of hundreds, or perhaps even thousands, of beggars lined up on one of the priciest real estates in Nigeria—Bourdillon Road, Ikoyi, Lagos. Already always striking in Nigeria, the paradox of poverty and prosperity jars your eyes. These people queue up […]
Continue ReadingIt is a new day and a new beginning in Ghana today, January 7, as the country today celebrates the inauguration of President John Dramani Mahama on his second return to the country’s helm of affairs. Mahama was President of Ghana, 2012-2016. He lost the 2016 election to President Nana Addo Akuffo Addo. He lost […]
Continue ReadingThe door of life is binary; it opens either ways, inwards or outwards. So goes an age-long wisdom. When the ThisDay newspaper, on 1 January announced President Bola Tinubu as its Man of the Year pick, emotions of Nigerians ran riot. Was that decision a product of editorial science or newspaper shamanism? Nigerians asked. To many, the […]
Continue ReadingWe say in Yoruba that if we do a census of slaves, slaves will be sad. History, an account of facts of the past, is always injurious to the health of sick nations. And, Nigeria is sick. We’ve all become ethnic nationalists – especially after the coming of the last regime. Questions previously unasked are […]
Continue ReadingDo you know that Jigawa can become the richest state in Nigeria? Don’t laugh at me and say “this guy has started again”. I will explain myself, but my central point remains that we have a mental block when it comes to understanding the wealth of a state. We have limited it to mineral resources […]
Continue Reading“I find it interesting that everybody defines me as being Nigerian. I identify less with the country than with the specific ethnicity [Yoruba]. That’s what I really am. I have nothing in common with the people from the north of the country, Boko Haram, where Islamism is. Those were our ethnic enemies and yet you […]
Continue ReadingThis piece is spurred by the curiosity expressed recently by a Yoruba Nigerian. He posted a video online in which Pastor E.A. Adeboye of The Redeemed Christian of God told a story while he also prayed in Yoruba over an issue. The Yoruba Nigerian then said the story Adeboye told was found in the traditional […]
Continue ReadingI begin this new year with my first weekly opinion which is a helping homily. What is a homily? It is a form of exhortation, a written or spoken expression meant to uplift and guide, encouraging resilience and fortitude. It invites reflection on one’s life, beliefs, and values, and serves as a beacon to help […]
Continue ReadingThe year is almost over. The year 2024 is ending. In different parts of the world the countdown has begun, with elaborate fireworks heralding the beginning of a New Year 2025. The year 2024 was eventful. And we could all mostly look back and wonder how it passed so quickly. It was a year of […]
Continue ReadingBy the time Muhammadu Buhari ran for a second presidential term in 2019, it seemed clear that the judicial process in many parts of the country had been actively co-opted in the intimidation of civic opponents of the government, both real and imagined. The case of Steven Kefas was a defining moment in that process. […]
Continue ReadingAnyone who pays attention to what is happening on social media knows there is a high demand for Nigerian men by women from other countries. In the past, the assumption was that most of the marriages between Nigerian men and women from other countries were mainly to acquire official papers that would guarantee the Nigerian […]
Continue ReadingIf the elites of the North will not ‘give’ President Bola Tinubu a second term, who told them that the South will give power back to them in 2027? Leper losing his needle presents peculiar problems. It is not two years since power changed hands in Nigeria but the jungle is already rumbling. Mordant cries […]
Continue Reading“Nigeria is finished patapata!” Do you often hear that? I have observed over time that there are people who get excited by negative news concerning Nigeria. If the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reports that we have recorded a negative GDP growth rate or the economy is heading for a recession, they will be the […]
Continue ReadingUpon the inauguration of the Bola Tinubu administration last year, new SUVs were purchased and distributed to the members of the Federal Executive Council and the National Assembly. Such public officers were never assembled in a public place to receive the vehicles. At about the same time, judges whose cars were replaced after about 10 […]
Continue ReadingWithin a mere four days, an estimated 70 people were recorded dead from three different instances of stampedes that occurred in Ibadan, Oyo State; Okija, Anambra State; and Abuja. In the case of Ibadan, the organisers had promised to give several gifts to as many as 5,000 children, but so many people turned up that […]
Continue ReadingI commiserate with the families who lost loved ones to the stampedes of recent days in Ibadan, Oyo State, Okija, Anambra State and Abuja, Federal Capital Territory (FCT). There can be no greater tragedy than for anybody to die while looking for something to eat, especially during a festive season like this. So, for those […]
Continue ReadingIn 1991, Nigeria was in the full throes of the interminable transition to civil rule programme of General Ibrahim Babangida. The effort by the regime in 1991 to relocate their terminal date from 1992 to 1993 coincided with a planned meeting in Ibadan, South-West Nigeria, of the leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students […]
Continue ReadingThe unnamed woman had just given birth to a baby five days before. Her body was still wet as Yoruba say of mothers who newly underwent the pangs of labour and delivery. Pains must still be ricocheting round her navel. Ex-Queen of the Ooni of Ife, Prophetess Naomi Silekunola, and an Ibadan-based broadcaster, Oriyomi Hamzat, […]
Continue ReadingMerry Christmas to my motherland, Nigeria! Born in 1914, you are 110 years old now. In the realm of motherlands, you are no longer a baby. But the traumatic experiences you have had– rape, robbery, battery, verbal abuse- have left you in diapers when you should be a sage among other motherlands. You have gone […]
Continue ReadingSickle Cell Disease is a genetic blood disorder that affects millions worldwide, leading to a range of physical and emotional challenges. One significant, often under-discussed aspect of living with SCD is the experience of social isolation. This article aims to explore the multifaceted relationship between SCD and social isolation, examining the causes, impacts, and potential […]
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