Articles by Omoniyi Osadare

The die is cast as the people of Ondo brace for the October 10, 2020 governorship election. And the electorate have a clear choice in spite of the number of candidates jostling for the governorship […]

There is a way you pronounce many regular verbs that is not correct. Of course, many people do not realise this because only few teachers establish the right pattern in our schools. For instance, did […]

drtayooke@gmail.com Before anyone decries this piece as ‘anti-North’, or even ‘pro-North’, it is neither. Most readers familiar with the ethos of this column would agree. What you are reading is simply a dialogue (albeit) a […]

Over the weekend, Senator Buruji Kashamu, a member of the 8th National Assembly (between 2015 and 2019), reportedly died of complications from COVID-19. As usual, condolence messages poured in. However, the condolence message from Chief […]

The Village Headmaster was a popular Nigerian television drama series created by Olusegun Olusola and produced by Dejumo Lewis. The drama was Nigeria’s longest-running television soap opera showed on the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) from […]

There is a medical doctor called Stella Immanuel who is making some noisy waves in the United States now. She reminds us of another doctor, also called Stella but of stellar qualities whose father Babatunde […]

Long after they recover, they are shunned, further driving those with the disease underground and increasing the clandestine spread of the disease. Stigma is a social construction that disenfranchises the stigmatized person or group of […]

I encountered Nigeria very early. Age 4 or 5, I think. I remember they said Nigeria had become a Republic. We marched. Danced. Ate rice. Drank Fanta. Not that I knew what a republic meant. […]

Security of life and property is the primary responsibility of any responsible and responsive government. Virtually all organisations, either private or public, seek for an efficient and effective security system that guarantees maximum security of […]

SENATOR Buruji Kashamu was a “significant citizen” of Ogun State, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo wrote in a letter of condolence to Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun. In the next lines Obasanjo derided Buruji, his opponent in […]

His first one year in office has rightly been adjudged one of the best among first-term governors of Nigeria. His heavy investments in healthcare, road network, provision of potable water, workers’ welfare, his incredibly simple […]

Olukorede S. Yishau’s ‘Vaults of Secrets’, a collection of short stories, is so realistic to life so much so that in explicating it, one is tempted to forget that, essentially, it is a work of […]