By DARE ADEJUMO Like the first rain of the year that usually brings joy and jubilation after a long crunch of hash heat and drought, so it’s
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Yobe State has confirmed the arrest of a 65-year-old man, Mohammed Baburam, who allegedly chained and starved his wife
A Norwegian author Jon Fosse has been named the 2023 Nobel Prize winner in Literature “for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable,” the Swedish
By Toyin Falola To run for an election in Nigeria, as you raise the money you need, now in billions of naira, remember one thing: divide the money into
Motorists plying Mowo – Ikoga Road in Badagry Local Government Area of Lagos State have expressed serious concern over the bad state of the road. In separate interviews with
The Oloja of Lagos, Prince Abiola Olojo-Kosoko, on Wednesday urged Nigerians to continue to uphold the legacies of his progenitor, the late Morounfolu Eshinlokun, popularly called “Kosoko”. He
By Adetoye Afon I’ve heard many Nigerian commentators, including media personalities and political analysts complaining about the unwillingness of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to allow access to his
By Yinka Agbetuyi Toyin Falola’s “Obasanjo, Obadide and Obajoko” is a timely article that captures the complexities and contradictions of a Yoruba (even Nigerian) in transition. It reframes
By Toyin Falola Military coup — and its sister-act, usurpation — have existed for centuries. Seventeenth-century England had its fair share of attempted and successful military coups. Eighteenth-century France
By Toyin Falola Western deception has been with Africa forever: 1493: Pope Alexander VI issued a papal bull, “Inter Caetera,” proclaiming the right of Spain and Portugal to enslave
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