Society

State chauvinism seems to be going to the extreme. In my opinion, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode is on the right track in his choice of Professor Wole Soyinka to chair a planning committee. There is the […]

Pope Francis preached an Easter message of hope after a grim week in Europe, calling on Christians not to let fear and pessimism “imprison” them. Speaking amid tight security at the Vatican, the Pope said: […]

Easter, a very important day in the Christian calendar, means different things to different people depending on age, religion and location. For the young, it is a time of revelry. First, it marks a break […]

Every year, thousands of youngsters from various higher institutions across the country bid their families, friends and love ones goodbye as they leave for different parts of the nation to undergo their mandatory one-year national […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday dissociated himself from an advocacy group, #Istandwithbuhari, and demanded that the group should immediately stop claiming any alliance with his administration. Buhari’s position was contained in a statement by his […]

From the Vincentian Headquarters in Nigeria, Ugwaji Road, Maryland, in the hilly coal city of Enugu to the slippery Vincentian Community House, the hostel for seminarians, Abiakpo Ntak Inyang, Ikot Ekpene in Akwa Ibom State witnessed […]

“What would a society look like without marriage?” The question popped into my brain after I stumbled across a list of countries with the most unwed mothers. With 40% of its babies born out of […]

Disclosure: A part of my root is in the family compound of the late Alaafin Oyo, Oba Siyanbola Onikepe Oladigbolu 1. He ruled from 1911 to 1944. My late father, with my two eldest brothers, […]

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Today is Good Friday, when Christians mark the passion and death of Jesus Christ by crucifixion, outside the walls of the old city of Jerusalem. On this day in history, the crucifixion of Jesus on […]

The internet has changed the focus of a job search and just because your CV is nice on paper, it doesn’t mean it’s nice on a computer. With stacks of CVs arriving in hiring managers’ […]

Nigeria has been ranked the 103 happiest nation of the world, and 6th in Africa in the World Happiness Report. The World Happiness Report 2016 update, which ranks 157 countries by their happiness levels, was […]

The House of Representatives on Thursday began an investigation into the alleged ‘secret’ recruitment of 909 employees by the Central Bank of Nigeria. The controversial recruitment was reportedly carried out by the apex bank on […]

That Nigerian-Canadian civil servant, Nellie Mayshak, spent years working for the government of Ontario. Not one accusation of stealing and corruption. Then she goes back home to work in Nigeria and steals from Nigerian pensioners […]

Do you remember that this world was supposed to come to an end on Friday, December 21, 2012? Yes, a big noise was made about this in the months, and even the years, before that […]

For precipitating the mayhem that claimed many lives and properties in the state, Lagos State Governor Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday banned activities of commercials motorcycle operators popularly known as Okada from operating within Mile […]

Denmark is the happiest country in the world with Burundi sitting bottom of the 157-nation UN-sanctioned World Happiness Report 2016. The Scandinavian nation, with a population of 5.6 million, has topped the list twice before […]

MANY of those close to me accuse me of being a feminist but that’s an assumption that depends on one’s definition of the term. Personally, I have struggled with finding where I fit in in […]

The move by the authorities of Lagos State to collaborate with the Federal Government to re-design and modernise the National Museum at Onikan, Lagos, is worthwhile and should be encouraged. Museums, the world over, house […]

There is a furore in town: the Eko Foundation kicking against Prof. Wole Soyinka’s appointment as co-chair, Committee on Lagos State at 50. Its public faces, Prof. Imran Oluwole Smith, SAN and Kunle Uthman, say […]