Nigeria, Dec. 18 -- Christmas is here, but there is no "feferity" that usually heralds its coming. New Year itself is around the corner but there are no signs amongst the people. From 2023, only the s... Read More
NIGERIA, Dec. 10 -- These are interesting times in Osun state aka "State of the Living Spring", with governorship elections already slated for August 8, 2026. Noted for its world-class tourist attract... Read More
NIGERIA, Dec. 3 -- Jamaica-born reggae sensation Jimmy Cliff is dead, aged 81. His "House of Exile" (1974) and Tracy Chapman's "All that you have is your soul" (1989) are my best of all times. Cliff's... Read More
NIGERIA, Dec. 2 -- Last week, we started with the spat between former President Olusegun Obasanjo and former Ekiti State governor, Peter Ayodele Fayose. Fayose had invited Obasanjo to his 65th birthda... Read More
NIGERIA, Nov. 27 -- Our crossing of paths left an indelible mark when Banji Adekunle and his bosom friend, Taiye Oladapo, were both undergraduates at the University of Ibadan (U.I.) and I was serving ... Read More
Nigeria, Nov. 21 -- "Finally, finally, PDP has held Wike's bull by the horns..." "You mean with his expulsion from the PDP by the factional PDP convention held in Ibadan?" "You are partisan! The way... Read More
Nigeria, Oct. 22 -- When beggars die, there are no comets seen/The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes"- Spoken by Calpurnia in William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. The truism in thes... Read More