The Baring of Fani-Kayode’s Fangs
When a journalist asked Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode, a former minister with immense political capital, a simple question during a press conference, all Nigerians saw the lack of respect with which…
When a journalist asked Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode, a former minister with immense political capital, a simple question during a press conference, all Nigerians saw the lack of respect with which…
International NGOs, research institutions and public health experts in are still scratching their heads over why Africa remains the lowest hit continent from the coronavirus pandemic. The irony is that…
I am borrowing the title of a 1975 book by Nkem Nwankwo to express my thoughts today. Published by Heinemann African Writers Series, it is the story of postcolonial Nigerian…
In many parts of the world, providing housing for the poor can be a politically touchy subject. In Western Europe at least, no matter how affluent a neighborhood is, provisions…
The Bini word “Nosagie” (“Osagie” for short) translates roughly as “the one sent by God”. For incumbent Edo governor, the invocation of “Godwin” undoubtedly served as a talisman in his…
Let me give the background to this piece. I was reading some comments on Twitter early in the week, when I ran into this one by one Dr. Ben Gbenro:…
As former President Olusegun Obasanjo recently discovered when he made scathing comments at the death of the PDP VIP, Mr. Buruji Kashamu, it is abominable to say anything bad about…
It has happened countless times, in a market maybe in Alaba, Lagos, in Jos or even Kaduna. A dispute between two individuals suddenly escalates into ethnic clashes, overnight rioting and…
Ismaila Isa Funtua: We Began As Adversaries… For decades, I had known him as a politician, businessman, and media entrepreneur. His reputation was as impressive as his height. But my…
Lagos, like other states, was groping in the ghost land that Nigeria had become that dusk in 1997. Middle-class Surulere was roiling in virtual lockdown as hordes of riot cops…