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When God visits a beleaguered world|By William F. Kumuyi

I did say in my last State of the Nation intervention essay published in October in most of Nigeria’s leading newspapers and worldwide in the social media that while God expects the state and its institutions of administration to attend to secular matters, He is nonetheless interested in fairness, equity and justice as man discharges…

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S£xtape: Tiwa should have learnt lesson from Beyonce and shouldn’t have divorced Teebills

This wouldn’t happen if Tiwa Savage didn’t divorce the one man who really loved her. There would be no sextape if she remained with the father of her only son who almost ended his life when he realized he wouldn’t get the opportunity to be by her side anymore. Till the end of time, Queen…

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ENDSARS as ‘Dark Notes on Our History’

By Oludayo Tade After years of agonising over their brutality and killing by the (now disbanded) Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), a tactical unit of the Nigeria Police formed in 1992 to fight robbery and other violent crimes, Nigerian youths organised themselves through a protest that was well coordinated and organised through deployment of technology, leadership…

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Oke-Ogun 2023 guber dream in The Eyes of flipping politicians

”To an average Nigerian politician, anywhere the night meets him is a home.” – Alhazan Abiodun The clamor for an Oke-Ogun Governor dates back to the 1980s, although we can say the noise was like muted then, unlike the late 90s when the cacophony of the demand became more ubiquitous and everyone, including the major…

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The Tiwa Savage S£xtape (Opinion)

I’m always so curious about the incapacity of man to live and let live. Everyone would bear the consequences of their action and inaction, here or in the hereafter (for those who believe in that prospect). Why are we then so insistent on judging, condemning and sometimes, forcing our standards down the throats of others?…

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Adamasingba waterlogged pitch: … So that you will not be misinformed| By Azeez Akeem

As usual members of the opposition failed to disappoint me. Yesterday was the commissioning of much talked about and first of it kind remolded Adamashingba stadium. Until the unveiling yesterday, the stadium was in deplorable state to say the least. The contractor, Peculiar had gotten the job purely on merit on the account of his…

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Obi Cubana mother’s burial is celebration of money; not celebration of dead – Reuben Abati

Obi Cubana and the Oba Burial | By Reuben Abati The sociology of death and funerals is an important aspect of the African cosmogony. Parents pray that their children should outlive them in order to give them a befitting burial. They liken this to the same manner when fire dies out in the hearth, it…

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Re: Oke-Ogun Poly, Saki ask Makinde to sack Governing Council Chairman, former Rector over gross misconduct, insubordination by Concerned staff

Our profound appreciation first of all, goes to our amiable and ever efficient governor, Engr Oluseyi Makinde, for his enviable feats achieved in the Oyo State education sector. The vision and foresight of Your Excellency has been evidently felt by all and sundry in the state. Your swift responses to conflicting situations in the state,…

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Revealed: Alleged boyfriend to Ataga’s wife, Brenda is Chidinma’s uncle (Read details)

Usifo Ataga’s wife and her boyfriend as prime suspects in his death| By Joe Igbokwe Have you been reading all the narratives about the tragic incident? This one tire me ooooo My Conspiracy Theory: Brenda’s boyfriend (Yes, Boyfriend) is related to Chidimma… in fact, her paternal uncle – Izu.Izu and Brenda have been going out…

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Reincarnating Mugabe, the Black Hitler, in Lai Mohammed| By Festus Adedayo

•Let them hate me, as long as they fear me – Caligula, Roman Emperor (37 to 41 AD) All through history, even with the advent of modernism, despots who hate the power of free speech always have their own version of repressive ancient monarchies’ abenilori. These were the ones entrusted with the task of beheading…

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