Some four years ago, when the then candidate Bola Tinubu felt hemmed in by friends and foes alike and saw his political ambition to become the President of the country slipping away, he made the famous ‘Emi l’okan’ statement at a gathering of APC faithful in Ogun State. It was a statement which bewildered many people, including, […]

A young man and his partner came to see me for a possible interview a couple of weeks ago. They own a Public Relations outfit together. According to them, an encounter with some mass communication undergraduates made them realise ‘something’ was missing in the education of these young students. They decided to introduce some ‘doyens’ of the […]

The current Iran/ US war has upended many things around the world. Oil – refined and crude – is the fuel that powers the world. The Middle-East, the epicenter of this war, is also the seat of major oil producing countries. It is not surprising therefore, that the sudden disruption in the smooth flow of oil has […]

When people describe Nigeria as the giant of Africa, they speak more to its potential than to its reality. And the potential is enormous by most standards. A land mass that is the envy of most, a land that is rich in mineral resources of all kinds, an access to the sea that is denied many countries, […]

A journey of a thousand miles starts with the first step says a timeless adage. It seems just like yesterday that we talked about the ‘Holy Month’ and what it could mean for the world and for our country where two of the world’s main religions are contesting for spiritual turf. Ramadan and Lent are two important […]

“The saying is true. One man sows, another man reaps. I have sent you to reap that which you did not labor for” John 4: 37/38 When my parents decided to leave downtown Ilesha for a new development on the outskirts of town, a cousin living with us at the time whom I called ‘Uncle’ because of […]

Before the advent of digital media with its era of quick clicks, the print media was the most enduring means of reaching and influencing minds. This made its practitioners visible and its Editors powerful. And connected. There was therefore, the tendency to see the world as your oyster, or worse, to think the world owed you, […]

I can watch them all day. And its not because their antics amuse or entertain me. They don’t. If anything, I am disconcerted, and sometimes, anguished by what I see. I watch therefore, as a witness, or if you like, a chronicler which has always been part of my job as a journalist. Fortunately, they don’t stay […]

I had heard of the seriousness of drug use among our youths long before it became this manifest. It seemed unbelievable when I was told at the time, that a sizeable number of our undergraduates were on one form of drugs or the other. And that students of private and even faith based universities were not exempted. […]

I am usually careful with words but what comes to me as I think about the power sector is uncomplimentary to say the least.  Put bluntly, I think the whole power sector is a scam to use the language of our youths. Otherwise, why has it been so difficult to solve the electricity problem all […]