Two Stands of Dottijo By Mahmud Jega
When a wise African elder, a dottijo, takes a firm stand on an issue, should he stand by his word, or should he go back on it? Pondering over this cultural-philosophical puzzle reminded me of […]
When a wise African elder, a dottijo, takes a firm stand on an issue, should he stand by his word, or should he go back on it? Pondering over this cultural-philosophical puzzle reminded me of […]
Recent decisions of the Supreme Court in pre-election matters have raised a lot of dust and controversies. The decisions have attracted a lot of comments from Nigerians- members and non-members of the legal profession. The […]
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited is at it again. Some of the refineries are undergoing refurbishment and will start ‘production’ sooner or later. It was widely reported at the end of January 2023 that […]
February 18, 1977 remains an unforgettable date for those who have followed the story and life of Fela Anikulapo Kuti, whose Afrobeats music genre has continued to influence music artistes across the globe. It was […]
Scholars are divided over what the most appropriate description and perception of Esu in Yoruba cosmology should be. The more widely held notion about Esu, is to make it the lexical parallel of Satan or […]
What a gruelling experience for Uniben students and staff this past week! What a time, what a hell of a time, passed through them this past week many of them will remember for a pretty […]
A business advisory firm, Ingenium Concepts Limited, has announced the international edition of its customer service training initiative for 2023. This is in a bid to drive Africa’s business ecosystem through the path of growth […]
To demonstrate his readiness to vacate office on May 29, President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, set the ball rolling for his handover two weeks before conduct of the presidential election, when he approved the establishment of […]
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, yesterday, announced a 50 per cent slash in the fare of all state-run commercial vehicles for the next one week. The governor said the measures were to cushion the effect […]
Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to remove the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Lagos, Olusegun Agbaje, for alleged partisanship and compromise. […]
Ahead of tomorrow’s emergency meeting of the Council of State conveyed by President Muhammadu Buhari, where major decisions are expected to be taken to douse tension over scarcity of naira notes, former President Olusegun Obasanjo […]
Uncertainties trailing the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’s naira redesign policy continued, yesterday, when the Supreme Court overruled an earlier injunction granted by a high court in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) restraining the Federal […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has filed a motion at Court of Appeal to stop the execution of judgment of Kogi High Court which ordered the committal of its chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa to […]
When the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, announced in October 2022 that the three highest denominations of the country’s currency would be redesigned, every sane person would, pardonably, think that […]
Let me begin with an apology to my non-Yoruba readers. The adage that forms the kernel of my intervention today is “Òrìṣà bí o le gbè mí, se mí bi o se ba mí.” It […]
The 13th Quadrennial Delegates Conference of the Nigeria Labour Congress opened in Abuja, the nation’s capital, two days ago. The two days’ event which would see the emergence of new leadership for the umbrella body […]
Have Nigerians learned anything from their experience over the past eight years? This is the question that comes to mind every time stalwarts of the ruling All Progressives Congress attribute Nigeria’s current multi-faceted struggles to […]
For nearly a full year, President Biden and a deeply divided U.S. Congress have responded to the horror of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine with a strikingly bipartisan resolve. This near-unanimity held through an election year, […]
As a young Nigerian in the early stage of Adulthood in 1983, l had the unfortunate experience of the arrest of my Father by the then flagrantly notorious Godogodo (Mobile Police of Hausa/Fulani/Kanuri extractions). As […]
We travel out to many prestigious universities around the world and are bombarded by copious amounts of case studies pertaining to their companies, governments and projects, which offer great insights for learning, and to which […]
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