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Ẹ Ò Ní Rí Ìdààmú O! (May You Never Experience Life’s Troubles!)

A good friend of mine, while going through an experience that shook him deeply, once told me that his mother's daily prayer for him...

Aiyedatiwa: From Classroom Teacher to National Education Award Honouree

Yesterday, as I watched Governor Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa receive a national award for his contribution to education, I found myself reflecting on the remarkable...

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Ẹ Ò Ní Rí Ìdààmú O! (May You Never Experience Life’s Troubles!)

A good friend of mine, while going through an experience that shook him deeply, once told me that his mother's daily prayer for him...

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Ẹ Ò Ní Rí Ìdààmú O! (May You Never Experience Life’s Troubles!)

A good friend of mine, while going through an experience that shook him deeply, once told me that his mother's daily prayer for him...

Nigeria Must Turn 27 Years of Democracy into Tangible Gains

Think of a Nigerian born in 1999, the year civilian rule came back. That person is twenty-seven now. They have never lived under a...

Aiyedatiwa: From Classroom Teacher to National Education Award Honouree

Yesterday, as I watched Governor Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa receive a national award for his contribution to education, I found myself reflecting on the remarkable...

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Ẹ Ò Ní Rí Ìdààmú O! (May You Never Experience Life’s Troubles!)

A good friend of mine, while going through an experience that shook him deeply, once told me that his mother's daily prayer for him...

Nigeria Must Turn 27 Years of Democracy into Tangible Gains

Think of a Nigerian born in 1999, the year civilian rule came back. That person is twenty-seven now. They have never lived under a...

Aiyedatiwa: From Classroom Teacher to National Education Award Honouree

Yesterday, as I watched Governor Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa receive a national award for his contribution to education, I found myself reflecting on the remarkable...

Why Human Connection Remains the Heart of Customer Service

This Customer Service Week, the extra mile starts with something simpler: making sure that when a customer, caller, or visitor needs a human being,...

Ukpabi Asika: Federalist, Reconciler and Builder of Post-War East

Controversy is the author of history. The Nigeria-Biafra war was controversy writ large, and there’s no dodging the historical role of Ajie Anthony Ukpabi...

Tinubu’s Return: The Problems Waiting for Him in Abuja

Exactly a week ago, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, now jokingly renamed a citizen of Kano with a Northern-sounding name Ashiru Bala Ahmadu Tanimu, whatever that...

When Family Pictures Become Precious Memories

A few days ago, I visited my friend, DY, to say hello to his elderly mother, who had come from Nigeria to spend a...

At 66, Can Nigeria Give Citizens Reasons to Stay?

At an airport departure gate, a Nigerian parent can hold two prayers in the same heart: that a child succeeds abroad, and that the...

Wear Your Aso Ebi Again: The Unnecessary Pressure to Keep Up

When two good friends who are completely free with each other talk, you are almost guaranteed to learn one or two things from their...

NIGERIA: A Conversation

YEJIDE: You said to us during one of your lectures in class that Nigeria is an experiment! PROF: Yes; I don’t think the British meant...

Mental Health Act: Nigeria Must Move from Paper Promises to Real Action

Imagine surviving a suicide attempt, only to wake up to handcuffs instead of help. Imagine taking your distressed child to a hospital and discovering that...

Ogun’s $7bn Deep Seaport, Blue Marine SEZ Set to Reshape Nigeria’s Economic Future

The signing in Paris may have taken place around a table, with documents exchanged and signatures appended, but the significance of what Ogun State...