Issues/Policy
Please Get To Work by Chukwuneta Oby
A response to one of my articles reads ‘’I know many Nigerian women don’t seem to like it when a man goes for or dates a younger lady but that’s an issue of personal preference. […]
Life Style
Issues/Policy
On Lateef Jakande and His Doting Wife By Tofarati Ige
True love, they say, never dies. Another school of thought posits that rather than fade away, true love gets better with age like fine wine. The above assertions have found truism in the purest form […]
Life Style
Sam Adeyemi: In Africa, We Wrongly Think Leaders Are Superior To Us
The ninth edition of the Excellence Leadership Conference, an annual leadership conference organised by Daystar Christian Centre, holds between November 2 and 4, 2016. Speaking with journalists at a media briefing ahead of the conference, […]
Life Style
The Rich Also Cry | TheNation
Nigeria has lessons to learn from Saudi Arabia’s austerity measures BLOOMBERG appropriately tagged the story: “Saudi king cuts once untouchable wage bill to save money”. Prior to now, wages and bonuses used to be sacrosanct […]
Health
Mental illness Soars Among Young Women In England – Survey | Theguardian
Sexual violence, childhood trauma and pressures from social media are being blamed for dramatic increases in the number of young women self-harming and having post-traumatic stress disorder or a chronic mental illness. An inquiry into […]
Health
Ways to Battle Mental Illness, Anxiety Disorders, and Depression with the Bible the Greatest Self Help Book: Even if you are not a Christian or Religious
There is an ancient text that can defeat the darkness of anxiety and depression. Wisdom before its time and when read can heal even if you are not religious. The Bible is the most controversial […]
Life Style
The Guardian View On Labour In Opposition: Come Together | TheGuardian
Jeremy Corbyn now has to show how he will lead the party into government For a political party opposition is a difficult, exhausting and an unattractive business. If the purpose of a party is to […]
Life Style
Two Remarkable Urhobo Men | Punch
Sometime in June 1983, I found myself sitting next to Chief Michael Ibru at a company retreat. Four months earlier, The Guardian on Sunday, a newspaper title under the signature of the chief’s younger brother, […]
Life Style
How to Practically Love People (2), By Sunday Adelaja
When you reach out to others in love like that, you convert your minus into a plus. Your negative energy becomes a life giving positive energy to others. Love changes everything. The most horrible situations […]
Issues/Policy
Yoruba Ancestry: What They Couldn’t See, What We Can See, By Bámidélé Adémólá-Olátéjú
If we get our acts together, educate our children to global standards, we could create a Yoruba regional miracle within the continent with the rapidly growing workforce. Our fathers say the war does not affect […]
Education
84 LASU Students — Guilty Of Indecent Dressing — Receive Warning Letters
84 undergraduates who flouted the dress code of Lagos State University (LASU) have been issued warning letters by the manament of the institution. According to the official bulletin of LASU, the students, after being sent […]
Issues/Policy
Who Is Afraid of Chief Ekungba?, By Tunde Musibau Akanni
It is gratifying that Ekungba has done a rebuttal. As a journalist and a trainer of journalists, it will be more fulfilling in future if more of Nigerian journalists endeavour to undertake thorough facts-checking on […]
Issues/Policy
Isidore Okpewho: A Personal Testimony, By Akin Adesokan
…until his illness in 2011, Professor Okpewho was one of the few senior scholars of African humanities with whom I had very close intellectual dealings. “Using language with style,” the teacher mutters, looking away, “the […]
Issues/Policy
Obiora Udechukwu: Honouring Genius, Moral Integrity, By Okey Ndibe
For me, the ultimate takeaway from taking part in, witnessing, the adulation of Udechukwu was this: that the last word belongs, not to the greedy ones who make a fetish of conspicuous consumption, but to […]
Entertainment
King Sunny Ade at 70: Àríyá Socio-Aesthetics and Music Pedagogy, By Bode Omotola
The significance of KSA’s work as a musician lies in his ability to weave such a diverse array of elements into a distinct form that is immediately recognisable. It unfolds as sequences of improvised vocal […]
Issues/Policy
Loneliness In Old Age By Tola Adeniyi
Deblina Biswas says the feeling of loneliness or being detached from others is not just a human emotion; it is a complex emotional response to the lack of companionship. Although, days pass by with tremendous […]
Life Style
Lagos Witnesses The Rise Of Female Keke Riders | Tribune
Women are increasingly venturing into transport business. Their interest, which is mainly in the tricycles, locally known as KekeMarwa, may be rooted in its cheap access. NEWTON-RAY UKWUOMA, SHOLA ADEKOLA, OLALEKAN OLABULO and TUNDE DODONDAWA […]
Issues/Policy
Don’t Be Overly Domineering By Seni Adetu
On the back of last week’s discussion relating to the maturity and authenticity a leader manifests in declaring his weakness(es), thus testifying to the fact he is also human, I am today calling out a […]
Health
How To Protect Your Kids From Infections In Cold Weather — Experts
The rainy season and its chilly temperatures can sometimes be a mixed blessing. While the cool weather brings respite from scorching heat, it can also be a harbinger of infections. This is particularly so in […]
Issues/Policy
Computer Age Parenting… By Chukwuneta Oby
Someone asked how appropriate it is for children below ten years of age to own some expensive toys like ipad. My response was ‘’computer age parents are at it again’’. A tablet for a child […]