Lai Mohammed, buck-passing and limits of trivialities
Lai Mohammed prefers buck-passing, entertaining himself and humouring Buhari
We had once in this space, recalled the stage performance...
Will machines replace journalists, too?
The arrival of citizen journalists on the one hand and the AI-powered robots on the other, are perhaps the most significant occurrences...
Murder of Catholic priests: Nigerian State is complicit
The gruesome murder of hapless Catholic priests puts a lie to government’s claim that there is no war of attrition against Nigerian...
MKO: A capsule of humanity
MKO Abiola is a story about humanity. In remembering him this week, we cannot but notice that in one man and in...
Osun and 2023 elections: Hope rising
If technology and human factors allow for a free and fair election as exemplified by Osun election, it would be hope rising...
Brut’alaye Kunte, the Butcher of Mali
Brut’alaye Kunte otherwise known as the Butcher of Mali was a very ruthless man known throughout West Africa as a coldblooded murderer...
Peter Obi: A paradise regained?
My Yoruba readers must not retreat into old essentialism that sees Ndigbo as tribal enemies. The old finger wagging, the binary oppositions...
Waiting for an Angel
Waiting for an Angel explores the themes of literary naturalism of survival, determinism, violence and taboo
Awards-winning Helon Habila’s...
The fallacy of Tinubu-Shettima Muslim-Muslim ticket
Stressing Nigeria further may be dicey, hence the fallacy of Tinubu-Shettima Muslim-Muslim ticket.
Take away the unceasing tide of...
Tinubu, Shettima and the Christian vote
Apart from religious disrespect, there is also the argument that the assumption by the Tinubu camp that Northern Muslims won’t vote a...