By Festus Adedayo On Page 28 of his very provocative book, The Present Darkness: A history of Nigerian organized crime, (2016), Stephen Ellis, British historian and...
Tunde Odesola Nose – off-centre; mouth – misshapen; eyes – squinted; ears – rabbity; every Nigerian is familiar with this green face without a grin. On...
By Israel Adebiyi There is a moment in the iconic series _Breaking Bad_ when Walter White, a high school chemistry teacher turned meth kingpin, declares, “I...
By Lasisi Olagunju “As an Offa citizen, I am made to look like an inferior being. While competing for anything in the North, I would be...
By Festus Adedayo In July, 2006, John Street, Emeritus Professor in the School of Politics, Philosophy, Language and Communication Studies at the United States’ University of...
By Festus Adedayo At his ancient ‘imperial’ home in Molete, Ibadan last Thursday, I wrote in the condolence register: “He was a man, like French philosopher,...
Tunde Odesola Ikú Bàbá Yèyé o! I hail thee, ‘omo ikú tí ikú ò gbódò pa’ – the child of death, whom death must not kill;...
By Israel Adebiyi Nigeria is a paradox wrapped in pain and promise — a country with vast resources, fertile soil, and brilliant minds, yet locked in...
By Suyi Ayodele Uromi, nay, the entire Edo Central and Edo North Senatorial Districts, have been under the siege of Fulani herders and kidnappers for a...
By Lasisi Olagunju On 9 June, 1913, Lord Friedrick Lugard minuted on a document that Lagos “could never be made a healthy place.” It was his...