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The dark days of military oppression are back! The Black Era has returned! Soldiers took over a major street in...

Like Ebenezer Obadare, I am not one of those Nigerians who consider “men of God” – as some refer to...

The girls of Chibok remain in captivity despite: Having drawn the attention of the whole world The Nigerian Army declaring...

I had sworn that my first visit to Osogbo would be to its world-famous Osun Sacred Grove. Instead, I attended...

It was Arthur Gordon, famously known as "Art" Linkletter, a Canadian-born American radio and television personality (July 17, 1912 –...

Hearing the reports of massive inflow of foreign assistance – millions of US Dollars, plane-loads of medicines, building materials, blankets...

All over Nigeria, it is common to see small contributory savings schemes where market women contribute a daily portion of...

Last semester, I taught Wole Soyinka’s The Lion and the Jewel for the first time in about thirty years. Though...

Wole Soyinka turned 80 at the very beginning of this week. For many, that milestone must seem incredible.

Malala Yousafzai spent “Malala Day”, her 17th birthday, in Nigeria. Since she was shot by the Taliban on her way...

As we watch man threaten its very existence with its inhumanity to itself, our focus is very dangerously taken off...

A writer like Nadine Gordimer is rare. She was one of those great ones who challenged the human faculty for...

Just think how many votes can be harvested in Lagos by telling commuters an incoming PDP government will allow okadas...

 “He communicated in the contemporary language of his time and with such suaveness that both awe and appeal.” ----------------------------------------- In...

The National Conference is coming to an end and through it, we know at the end what we knew at...

When plans to convene another talkfest around the seminal questions hemming in our quest for national cohesion were bruited about...

The poverty line in Nigeria is no longer imaginary. Everywhere you turn, you can see the yawning gulf of divide...

Ayo mi: the one that brings me joy. The one that gives me strength and offers me hope. The one...

It is these pastors that decided to sacrifice Jesus. And their descendants are the pastors currently running our churches.

If it is possible, as much as depends on you, live peaceably with all men (Romans 12:18) "The best mechanic...

Our girls are too tender to be allowed to see terrorists not to talk of being under their captivity for...

Reading Segun Ayobolu’s “researched piece” on Ekiti June 21 election, which is essentially a diatribe against Ekiti State Governor, Dr...

Surviving as the opposition in the political culture of Niger state is a feat possible only for the tough and...

Dear Levick, I am writing this letter to you because although it’s been just over two weeks since you were...

“Nigeria is not a nation but a noyau – i.e., a society of inward antagonism, one held together by mutual...