Tribute

Loyal. That is the word with which many people who knew him described him. Domkat Yah Bali was loyal to his country and he spent decades in active service proving just that. Bali served as […]

Consequently, in Bikoroa, instead of a radical abolition of the prevailing social structure, there is a perennial irenic dash towards coalition and consensus. This overall view that we discover in the web of social relations […]

J.P. Clark-Bekederemo, or simply J.P. Clark, is justly celebrated as a poet, playwright and scholar whose distinctions persist in his piquant and ingenious use of his Ijaw-Urhobo culture of story-telling and myth-making to portray the […]

In 1982, I watched my first ever World Cup, hosted by Spain. During the championship, my favourite team was Brazil. With an array of talented stars such as Zico, Eders, Socrates, Junior, Falcao and a […]

June 4 1979 was a defining moment in Ghana’s chequered political history. It was the day when the word ‘Revolution’ roared throughout the length and breadth of the former British colony which was once called […]

As a young schoolboy being introduced to African Literature, I was mesmerized and rendered speechless by the myth of an inscrutable muse, some vague indefinable, revenant unlike everyday people, who superintended over the printed page. […]

Chief Gani Fawehinmi belongs to a select class of very few mortals worldwide who are instantly recognizable by their first names. It is a most apt remark for the name (wherever it is called) that […]

An old man’s bulging past casts a silent, scenic silhouette far into our present and future. The present, seeking sobering solace, runs into the sheltering shadow, wading through a thousand and one bits and pieces […]

For many Africans, Black Panther meant a lot to them. By saying “Black Panther,” I am referring to Chadwick Boseman who passed away two days ago. Like many other people, I call him “Black Panther” […]

On this day, August 19, in 2014, Stella Ameyo Adadevoh died in the line of duty after caring for Patrick Sawyer, a Liberian-American who was diagnosed of the Ebola virus disease. But for the insistence […]

I had wanted to write a note in honour of Mrs. Afolasade Adenola Omole, the beloved wife of the former Vice Chancellor of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife and our Editorial Board Chairman, Professor […]

Finally, the day is here. The day I have feared all along and always pray that it should never come, though I know it will ultimately come. The day that, whenever I think of it, […]

Chief Ajibola Ogunshola My wife and I commiserate with “Mama” Mrs. Olabisi Akindele; with “Mama Iyabo”, Mrs. Atema Akindele; the children of the illustrious departed Sir (Chief) Olabode “Bode” Akindele, Parakoyi Ibadan; and all the […]

Akintude Arotile, father of Tolulope, the late first female combat helicopter pilot of the Nigerian Air Force, has narrated how he spoke to her few hours before she died. Speaking with NAN on Wednesday, Arotile […]

Sir: It has been over 24 hours, yet I am still in search of the right words to portray how I feel currently. It did not come like a lightening. No. It hit like thunder. […]

Africa’s most iconic literary maestro and one of the world’s most influential citizens is 86 today. With his ageless physique, it is almost difficult to acknowledge that our own Oluwole Akinwande Soyinka, affectionately called KONGI […]

It has been over 24 hours, yet I am still in search of the right words to portray how I feel currently. It did not come like a lightening. No. It hit like thunder. Maybe. […]

Abiola Ajimobi, former governor of Oyo, who died of COVID-19 complications on June 25, was “extremely” pampered and always defended by his mother, even when he misbehaved. As such, it was no surprise that even as a […]