Nigeria the ugly
editor Day by day I think deeply and un-deeply about this country: your country my country our country. I…
April 2025
NBC’s ban on ‘Tell Your Papa’ beyond free speech
Perhaps the most telling moment in the National Broadcasting Commission’s ban of rapper Eedris Abdulkareem’s track, “Tell Your…
Beyond The President
There are two perspectives from which the apparent lopsidedness of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s appointments can be understood.There…
2027: One office, many gladiators
The 2027 general election may still be a long way off, but the political atmosphere is already heating…
2027: One office, many gladiators
The 2027 general election may still be a long way off, but the political atmosphere is already heating…
Student loan scheme and the emerging sabotage
One of the policies of the present administration that is so far impactful but quietly and systematically executed…
Psychology of civil demonstrators and protesters
Whenever there is notice of civil unrest or civil demonstration or protest. Newspapers and magazines are always on…
Kano: One town, two Emirs
The Kano emirate is one of the oldest in Nigeria, having come into being in 1805 when it…
Nigeria in age of economic reset
The bounty winds have changed course. Across oceans and continents, the pillars of the old world buckle under…
A republic of a thousand kingdoms
The recent coronation of Oba Abimbola Akeem Owoade as the Alaafin of Oyo in a tumultuous celebration attended…