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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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Ribadu’s Long Game: Building a Smarter, Stronger National Security Architecture

When security forces foiled a planned terrorist attack on students writing the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) in Kogi State and neutralised...

Old Age is Expensive

Old age is expensive. Very expensive. Especially so if there is an early onset of age-related diseases. Old age is called the ‘evening’ or...

Awolowo warned Northern leaders that failure to embrace Western education would breed mass poverty, insecurity

Northern Nigeria is angry. This anger is not strictly borne from the unremitting, horrific spillage of blood on its soil. Rather, Northern Nigeria is...

Birthday Tribute to Mr Bayo Onanuga, Nemesis of Military Dictators

Mr Bayo Onanuga, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Strategy, who is marking his birthday this Saturday, 20 June, has a...

Ribadu’s evolving role in Nigeria’s security landscape, northern perceptions, and political expectations

When Nuhu Ribadu stood at the podium of the Ladi Kwali Hall in January 2006, he was still the celebrated chairman of the Economic...

Echoes of History: Democracy and the Deregistration Judgment

  The controversy generated by the recent judgment reportedly directing the deregistration of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Accord Party and several other political parties...

Don’t Compliment Me by Insulting My People

  It was a Saturday morning, around 9:00 a.m. I stood in my kitchen debating breakfast. Should I settle for a healthy bowl of oats garnished...

Memory and Nation Building

A man is a sum of his memories. So, says Ernest Hemmingway. Can I amend this to say that a man is a sum...

Oshiomhole’s Dangerous Generalisation and the Price Nigeria May Pay

By Olufemi Soneye Senator Adams Oshiomhole is one of Nigeria’s most recognizable political figures. As a former labour leader, governor, national party chairman and now...

How and Why Ogun Will Deliver 95% of Votes for Tinubu in 2927- Abiodun

  The Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has pledged that the state will deliver 95 per cent of its votes to President Bola Ahmed...

In Jamaica, Alawe of Ilawe-Ekiti, Oba  Afuntade, Never Told Me He Was a Prince

  After weeks of mourning the untimely departure of Kabiyesi Oba Adebanji Alabi Afuntade — an extremely pleasant personality I had shared moments with long...

State Police could become one of the most consequential constitutional reforms in Nigeria’s democratic journey

History often remembers legislative assemblies not merely for the number of laws they pass, but for their willingness to confront national challenges with courage...