Is Soyinka, The god, Unraveling? By Festus Adedayo
Kongi, Nigeria’s Nobel Laureate, a deity before whom many Nigerians tether goats, sprinkle oil, pour libations and offer ekuru
Read moreKongi, Nigeria’s Nobel Laureate, a deity before whom many Nigerians tether goats, sprinkle oil, pour libations and offer ekuru
Read more“If you are unlucky not to have a representative in the judicial council, even if you are innocent,
Read moreThis was going to be a very tough campaign. It would have needed the most brilliant PR strategist in the
Read moreIn 48 hours, Nigerians will troop out to elect their next President. It would be the 11th General Elections since
Read moreIn its business of distributing electricity to its teeming customers, Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) has not relented in improving
Read moreBy Sen Soji Akanbi Expectedly, the announcement of Senator Kashim Shetima by the All Progressives Congress (APC) flag-bearer,
Read moreBy Olu Adebayo When the news of the death of Sylvester Oromoni of Dowen College, Lekki, Lagos first
Read moreBeyond this historical facts and analysis is to examine the arguments of stakeholders, the ‘pros’ and ‘cons’ of the new Ogun Chiefs Law. The argument of the traditionalists and quoting a frontline “Osugbo” Remo leader and the group’s Vice Chairman, “a dead person has lost his right under the law”, and that nobody forced people to become an Oba. They stated that the law was an affront on the traditional institution, insisting that government is playing down culture and traditions by passing the law.
Read moreWithin the span of his Lagos governorship of eight years, from someone who those who knew him said was passably well-to-do, Tinubu grew a monstrous wealth, such that a 2015 back page opinion piece in the Sun newspaper claimed he owned almost half of Lagos and urged Buhari to clone the Vladimir Putin method with which the Russian president neutralized drug czars who funded his presidential emergence. Within this period, Tinubu also acquired a humongous political influence in Lagos and outside of it that could rank that of Pharaohs and emperors of old. In 2007, an ex-governor, who witnessed the miasma of power flakes encircling him as he arrived the Lagos airport, jealously told me that it was godlike.
Read moreBy Olu Adebayo This will be my second intervention since the unfortunate demise of Sylvester Oromoni Jnr.; the
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