Society

I have had a hilarious time in the days before and after the Valentine day enjoying the powers of the social media at their creative best. I saw many versions of the President’s famous: ‘I belong […]

If I should hesitate to say these things, it will not be because they are untrue but because I cannot speak of them without betraying my imperfection: Nigerians are the last people on earth who […]

Like many Nigerians, I was excited to read the story of Olajumoke Orisaguna, the bread-seller turned model. A fortnight ago, she hawked bread on Lagos streets and happened to ‘photo-bomb’ – to use a social […]

I attended the symposium to mark the 10th anniversary of the death of Dr. Beko Ransome Kuti, the late chairman of Campaign for Democracy, CD, and hero of our struggle for democratic rule, on Wednesday […]

Intrigues, power play and ethnic and religious sentiments have trailed the sacking of heads of about 26 agencies. Some directors in some of the affected bodies have been bickering over seniority. In one of such […]

As mind-boggling revelations of corrupt practices continue to dominate newspaper headlines and more of our stolen resources are being unearthed, I have become indifferent to news about corruption. I have also resolved not to listen […]

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode inaugurated a committee to showcase Nigeria’s iconic city and state at 50 last week. To chair it is our own Wole Soyinka, whose trajectory has been tied to this city. Lagos deserves […]

What is even most heart-breaking is that censorship has been instituted by the Buharists who disapprove of basic analyses of the president’s foreign policies and bilateral relations and agreements in all the places he has […]

Nigerians relive fond memories of letter writing as culture fades CALL it love in the age of the social media; call it love of the younger generation. Whichever way one may wish to tag it, […]

Conflict between generations, as old as history, finds contemporary expression at several debating fora in the Nigerian firmament. The old berate the young, not just as a derelict generation, but one that is almost beyond […]

I was seated in my office when the telephone rang. The call was from Lagos, Nigeria. “Hello, Pastor. This is John,” (not his real name) the voice at the other end said.

When would they have their date in court? That is the beneficiaries of the whopping sum of four billion naira allegedly spent on prayers, out of the diverted money which should have been spent on […]

The Elegushi Royal Family has revealed plan for the establishment of a $300 million new Imperial International Business City (IIBC). The new 200 hectare city will be built on reclaimed Lagoon extension of the kingdom […]

Beauty, the saying goes, is in the eye of the beholder. How true this aphorism is can be seen from the different ways we react when we see a thing of beauty, particularly a woman. […]

The unbridled quest for money and the attitude of “only money counts” in all Igbo affairs, came under severe attack, yesterday, when the Catholic Bishop of Nsukka, Most Rev. Professor Godfrey Igwebuike Onah, delivered the […]

No, I am not about to change my name. I have merely been paying closer attention than usual to the classified advertisement pages of the newspapers lately, following the example of the House of Representatives. […]