Nigeria can be credited to have triggered a strong wave of anti-gay sentiments and persecution of homosexuals who live a largely underground existence in the country and across Africa. The …
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Remembering Anthony Enahoro
It is a settled fact that Anthony Eromosele Enahoro (July 22, 1923 – December 15, 2010) was an outstanding product of Nigeria’s pre-independence era. The post Remembering Anthony Enahoro appeared …
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Despite being jobless during the decade-long Great Depression that ravaged the industrialised West, American architect, Alfred Mosher Butts, never turned his mind into the devil’s workshop nor allowed idleness to …
Read More »Trump strikes, ignorance spikes, Nigerians panic
His teeming evangelical tub-thumpers want the world to believe that his second coming as President of the United States of America is striking in similarity and candid in connection to …
Read More »It’s ECOWAS of people, not coup plotters
The Economic Community of West African States announced recently that the three-member nations where coup plotters overthrew elected governments had finally exited the community. Issues related to coup d’etats in …
Read More »The politics of business and religion
The slang ‘Ga’nusi’, a recent popular expression has become very controversial as used in the social media space. On January 17, 2025, it became a news that the popular Fuji …
Read More »65 grand cheers to Akinwumi Adesina
All roads will lead to Abidjan Sofitel Hotel today where the President of African Development Bank (AfDB), fondly referred to as Africa’s ‘optimist-in-chief’, Akinwumi Adesina, PhD, will be celebrated by …
Read More »Kemi Badenoch: Between sweet lies and the bitter truth
Avigdor Lieberman, a Soviet-born Israeli politician, served twice as the Deputy Prime Minister of Israel from 2006 to 2008 and 2009 to 2012. The post Kemi Badenoch: Between sweet lies …
Read More »Nigeria’s Oligarchy: An evolving cycle of concentrated power
The concept of an oligarchy, where power and influence are concentrated in the hands of a wealthy few, has become increasingly relevant in discussions about Nigeria’s governance and socio-economic structure. …
Read More »Muda Obasa: Let the Lagos Assembly breathe
Mudasiru Obasa, the impeached former Speaker, it is time to move on and allow the Lagos State House of Assembly to breathe. The post Muda Obasa: Let the Lagos Assembly breathe …
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