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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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Making Health Insurance Affordable, Accessible and Trustworthy in Nigeria

  For decades, the promise of formal health insurance in Nigeria has remained largely out of reach for most citizens. Existing systems have been designed...

Coastal Highway: Why Lagos Must Protect Its New National Asset

A great city is revealed not only by what it builds, but by what it refuses to let decay. The Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway is...

Conversation Nationale: Why 2027 Election Stakes Are Higher Than Ever

ABUBAKAR: The forthcoming general elections will be war! DELE: Hmmmmm! War inna Babylon said Bob Marley! Prophet of doom! ABU: I beg your pardon! EJINE: Alhaji, you...

Tinubu’s Foreign Policy: How Nigeria Reclaims Its Global Standing

Nigeria has come a long way in transforming its standing in the comity of nations. In the heyday of military interregnum, especially during the...

Nigeria Reset: Bad Policy, Not Young Nigerians, Poses the Real National Risk

Nigeria’s young people are often discussed as though they were a danger waiting to happen. Politicians warn about unemployed graduates, restless youths, street protests,...

Olatunji-Bello Leaves LASU Stronger, More Competitive After Transformative Tenure

In the long, often winding arc of Nigerian academia, few figures have managed to combine intellectual rigour, administrative steel and an instinctive feel for...

Gratitude, Connection, and Lost Art of the Phone Call

We had barely settled down for breakfast at my regular all-day breakfast spot when my friend started. “JB, I am tired of the young men...

I Examine Why Orlando Martins and Pete Edochie Both Stand as African Cinema Icons

At the CRIMMD Museum and Archive, we have this book dated 1983. I bought it in 1985, titled ‘Orlando Martins – The Legend: First...

NIM at 65: It Should Help Build a Better-Managed Nigeria

Anniversaries invite celebration, but consequential ones must also provoke introspection. As the Nigerian Institute of Management marks 65 years, the occasion should rise above...

How Oluremi Tinubu’s ₦10m Scholarship Gift Is Transforming a Young Artist’s Future

Sometimes, the future of a nation does not arrive with the noise of a grand ceremony. It announces itself quietly—in a classroom, on a...

Why Tomorrow Rewards Those Who Prepare Today

  This morning, a friend called me from Nigeria. “JB, your children are done with school. They have also both completed one year of post-graduate work...

Africa Was Never Small: When the United Nations Finally Corrects the Map

By Dr Kayode Ajulo   There are moments when an apparently modest decision carries a meaning far greater than its immediate subject. The United Nations’ recent...