In 2014,  I wrote ‘Brown is the new white’I did so in response to the fact that Nigeria was top of the league table for bleaching. It ratcheted up the love for bleaching by going even paler, in the shade of white. From creams to potions to all out white. No, this is not progress, it is self loathing and misguided.  It is shallow and narrow minded. It is very dangerous and harmful.

My mother and I have our daily catch up on the phone. Since my father, Kola Animasaun’s passing, our daily catch up has intensified, more on both sides as we love reminiscing,but also my mother always keeps me abreast of what is going on in her immediate surroundings. I love and cherish our conversations more now than ever. It is as if my father was by her side, eavesdropping as my mother and I gas on and he often looks on with a contented smile.

If you want to know how  the economy of a nation is performing ,ask the cost of staple food. You start with the price of the most staple foodstuff; the price of bread or in the Nigerian case, the price of gari or rice. We do love our rice and other than Asia,  Africans consume metric tonnes of rice. Nigerians in particular, can eat it for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Ogbeni Rauf received a clutchful of awards recently, in recognition of his tireless and sterling work in his capacity as the then Governor of Osun State. He received the gongs from the Nigeria & Africa Development Indicators Monitoring (NADIM) Foundation founder, Prof. Taofeek Ibrahim.This makes the ninth of such awards including picked up:NADIM 2018 Outstanding Leadership Award: Overall Best State Development Award in Nigeria, first/Best State in Births that have a Reported Birth Weight p157, NDHS 2013,1st/Best State in Birth Average of Larger in Weight p157, NDHS 2013.

Whoever oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors God. — Proverbs 14:31, NIV The Lebanese populace came out in force and they called their government out for being out of touch with suffering of its citizens and rewarding the rich. One million of its population took […]

Unless you have been under a rock on the dark side of the moon, you could not have missed the recent exposé by the BBC: Sex for grades. If this was shocking for some, it definitely was not for millions of Nigerians.

Unless you have been under a rock on the dark side of the moon, you could not have missed the recent exposé by the BBC:Sex for grades. If this was shocking for some, it definitely was not for millions of Nigerians.

Fifty nine years is no joke. It is no laughing matter,and yet,it is difficult to positively celebrate Nigerian Independence day.

The first time,I met Tayo was in Punch many moons ago. As part of a new wave of cartoonists in Nigeria, he created a buzz and it was infectious. He has a way of looking at the world that we always anticipate what he will draw next. He never disappoints.

When two brothers fight, strangers reap the harvest- Igbo Proverb It is time to take a step back and reflect. Things are getting out of hand, in fact, it has been getting out of hand for far too long. Years too long. Far too many people have died, too much bad blood and a fractured […]

In the meantime, again honest Nigerians will face prejudice and suspicion everytime they make mention of their nationality

Always be confident about both your strengths and weaknesses. There’s often solutions to our problems, and to the differences that we may have which may pose barriers

She is a high-profile nurse who has dedicated her nursing career to improve the lives of patients in her role as a former nurse and health visitor

The people have been in a fantasy doldrum for so long that the escape from stark reality is to hope and nothing happens

If we continue to hero worship dishonest people and put them on a pedestal, then we deserve a nation that is morally bankrupt