BY Toyin Falola Human beings are plagued with many challenges in various forms and magnitudes. Life will not always be rosy; it can be tough today and easy tomorrow, depressing
By Toyin Falola Presently, there is heightened tension in some parts of Nigeria. In some other parts, there is assurance and calm anticipation. The former is the case with Nigerians
When news broke that Seun Kuti, the Afrobeat artist, allegedly slapped a policeman and had been declared wanted, my instinctive response was: under no circumstances should anyone assault a law
By Peju Layiwola Many persons thought the period of colonialism was long over! Western reportage about handling the return of Benin treasures by the Federal Government of Nigeria shows a
By Toyin Falola Afrobeats by the new generation of musicians can be reduced in its lyrics to money, women and sex. If you have money, the other two can follow.
By Toyin Falola My bald head and protruding stomach make me look like a “Sugar Daddy!” When seen with a driver and a nice jeep, I become Sugar Daddy X.
Prof. Lai Olurode, erstwhile Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Lagos, says the fresh loan facility being sought by President Muhammadu Buhari is for the good of
By Toyin Falola “It was the best of times; it was the worst of times…” This is the epic opening to Charles Dickens’s A Tale of Two Cities, considered one
By Olayinka Oyegbile Ajala travelled all over the world- Ebenezer Obey (A review of An African Abroad, Olabisi Ajala, Masobe Books, Lagos, 2023) Many Nigerians of my age grew
By Toyin Falola Our long-lived king, the Obaro of Ikime, has committed death. Death does not kill a king; rather, the king requests the services of death to
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