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Secession? Not a laughing matter!, By Wole Olaoye

Nigeria, April 21 -- What did Modupe Onitiri Abiola smoke on the morning of Saturday, 13 April when she made a recorded broadcast declaring the secession of the Yoruba people of southwestern Nigeria f... Read More


NEF and habitual histrionics, By Wole Olaoye

Nigeria, April 14 -- "We regret voting for Tinubu in 2023. We won't repeat such a mistake again, say Northern Elders". That was the banner headline carved out by the media from the latest intervention... Read More


United States of Nigeria? Why not?, By Wole Olaoye

Nigeria, April 8 -- Do you want to live and work in the United States of Nigeria as opposed to the Federal Republic of Nigeria? Would you rather be a citizen of USN rather than FRN? I ask that questi... Read More


Malemamania panafricana, By Wole Olaoye

Nigeria, April 1 -- Have you noticed the wind of progressive fever blowing through Africa? Pause awhile and take note of the inexorable propulsion of fate. Whether we like it or not, the only sure thi... Read More


Public speaking 101, By Wole Olaoye

Nigeria, March 24 -- Please ensure that your brain is in gear before activating your mouth. That is the honest advice I will freely give to all public officers today to save them from everlasting emba... Read More


Before hope dies, By Wole Olaoye

Nigeria, March 17 -- If the above measure is taken, the Nigerian armed forces will be freed to pursue their 'normal' constitutional duties of safeguarding the territorial integrity of the country and ... Read More


Wigwe was here!, By Wole Olaoye

Nigeria, March 10 -- The celebrations last week of the life and times of Herbert Wigwe sent me retrieving some Philosophy books from my study. There had to be a philosophical meaning to it all. How co... Read More


Garlands for a champion, By Wole Olaoye

Nigeria, March 4 -- I grew up on a diet of welfarism as espoused by the great manager of men and resources, Obafemi Awolowo, first premier of the then Western Region of Nigeria. It is to that great ma... Read More


Murder for hire, By Wole Olaoye

Nigeria, Feb. 26 -- I believe that every man and woman is entitled to subscribe to whatever religion they fancy. I believe that religion is designed primarily to draw God's creatures to Him. As someon... Read More


Military or civilian, a coup is a coup!, By Wole Olaoye

Nigeria, Feb. 19 -- Coup making is not the exclusive preserve of soldiers or the armed forces. Civilians, too, do stage coups. In Nigeria, we have had our fair share of coups and counter-coups, and ha... Read More