Opinions & Articles
In the quiet of history’s pages, some names resound not by the battles they fought, but by the voices they raised in defense of truth, even when truth was drowned …
Integrity Personified A great Iroko has indeed fallen. With the passing of Dr. Christopher Kolade, our nation has lost an institution, a vast human library whose volumes were written with …
For some time now, Rufai Oseni, a fiery anchor on Arise TV’s popular The Morning Show, has been ruffling feathers across Nigeria’s airwaves. His “victims” include the high and mighty …
Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man and one of Nigeria’s most visionary entrepreneurs, is once again in a battle for the soul of his $20 billion mega refinery — a project …
As Professor Mahmood Yakubu approaches the end of his tenure as Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), he does not stride into history as a statesman or a …
I have just finished re-reading Chinua Achebe’s classic novel, Things Fall Apart. The experience was even more rewarding this time around—revisiting those witty lines and vivid scenes after so many …
For sixty-five years, Nigeria has measured its success with grand metrics: GDP growth rates, highway miles, and rankings on global indices. Today, as the nation marks its sixty-fifth Independence Day, …
It is an honour for me to chair the 2025 Annual Fafunwa Foundation Lecture and the 18th Postdoctoral Awards in Education held on Thursday, September 23, 2025, at the Muson …
There comes a time in the life of a people when the hymns of hope must give way to the music of mourning, not because the people are gone, but …
Japan, a nation decimated by two nuclear bombs, didn’t beg for sympathy or aid. It rebuilt itself with pride and an unshakeable sense of self-respect. In the years since, it …
