Category: Opinion

Mass Murder On River Niger “As of today, the combined efforts of NEMA, Kogi State Emergency Management Agency and the Red Cross have recovered 54 bodies. Unfortunately, there was no…

For The Three Musketeers Of Kano An epic poet describes the Fulani hunter as “shepherd of wild animals.” The hunter is also the one “who knows the calm and wild…

Issues In Adenuga’s ‘Death’ Rumour There is the legend of a newspaper journalist who had an issue with his uncle, an oba in present-day Osun State, and threatened the king…

Tribune At 75: A Bouquet Of Stories It happened that the NCNC- controlled Ibadan District Council (IDC) under the chairmanship of Alhaji Adegoke Adelabu chose a Saturday, 7 January, 1956,…

In Defence Of Nepotism Wahala no dey finish for Nigeria. Because President Bola Tinubu appointed an acting Chief of Army Staff last week, my northern friend sent me a WhatsApp…

The Shuffle In Abuja Patient walks unaided into the doctor’s consulting room. Patient soon suffers mismanagement. She goes pale and jerky, unconscious. Doctor gives his best shot – or so…

The Waist Beads Of Olajumoke “All music comes from Africa,” African pop singer, Angélique Kidjo, told an interviewer in 2023. Kidjo’s dad is Fon; her mum is Yoruba. Kidjo waxed…

Petrol Price As Slow Poison On May 25, 2020, George Floyd of Minneapolis repeatedly pleaded for reprieve. “I can’t breathe,” he groaned while police officer, Derek Chauvin, smashed his knee…

Rivers: Beyond Wike And Fubara Chief Obafemi Awolowo’s 1947 book, ‘Path to Nigerian Freedom’, opens with three quotations. The first tells the reader: “This above all: to thine own self…

Poverty, Professors, And Policy There was a time in this country when professors earned more than federal permanent secretaries. That was before Nigeria happened to itself. A professor in 1973…