It might have been nice to join those who were last week congratulating Nigeria’s former leader, Muhammadu Buhari, on his 82nd birthday. However, to hear some accounts, Buhari is some …
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Unwholesome practices during food processing
The African star apple, botanically known as Chrysophyllum albidum, is currently in season. It is called udara in Igbo and agbalumo in Yoruba. This fruit contains 100 times more vitamin …
Read More »How adverse environment impacts children
Today, children contract diseases in direct proportion to their exposure to pollutants in their environment. Several months ago, we discussed the impact of child health poverty on the overall well-being …
Read More »Kidnappers’ trillion-naira paradise
THE new National Bureau of Statistics report that Nigerians paid a whopping N2.23 trillion ransom to secure the release of their kidnapped relatives between May 2023 and April 2024 is …
Read More »ICC arrest warrants and path to peace in Gaza
The International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague might have felt compelled to issue its seemingly dramatic arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant …
Read More »Kemi Badenoch: When agbo loses its bittersweet taste
Kemi Badenoch doesn’t just walk into a room—she strides in with commanding attention. Whether you see her as aprovocateur extraordinaire or a truth bearer, one thing is certain: she leaves …
Read More »Defamation lessons from Trump to Babalola
The case of Dele Farotimi, a lawyer and author, has raised concerns about the treatment of individuals by the police and courts in Nigeria, particularly in libel cases. The post …
Read More »Biodun Oyebanji: 57 garlands for the people’s governor
Two major events that happened at two different locations in Ekiti State earlier in the month, again, laid credence to the primacy of capacity, character and compassion in the leadership …
Read More »The concerns of a cab driver
Irecently engaged an e-hailing cab service in Lagos, and during the course of our “gisting,” the driver raised some salient concerns. One of the stories he shared was about a …
Read More »Premarital sex can turn you to ‘nonsense!’
Dear Mummy Some months back, you prophesied that before December 31, God will send me my ordained husband, who will believe in sexual purity and wait till our wedding night. …
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