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ALAINITIJU (The Shameless), by Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi

ALAINITIJU (The Shameless), by Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi

When the tortoise is heading on a senseless journey and you say to him, ‘brother Tortoise, brother Tortoise, when will you be wise and come back home?’  The tortoise will sing, ‘My brother, not until I have been disgraced, not until I have been disgraced, disgraced, disgraced, not until I have been disgraced’ We were […]

Air Peace: Patriotism alone won’t cut it, by Muyiwa Adetiba

Air Peace: Patriotism alone won’t cut it, by Muyiwa Adetiba

Late Chief OluAboderin, the Founding Chairman of Punch Newspapers travelled quite a bit in his days and his preference was for the defunct Nigeria Airways whenever possible. I am a witness to this in a way. We had cause to travel out together a couple of times and he always leaned towards flying with the […]

Elumelu is coming Ooo, by Emeka Obasi

Elumelu is coming Ooo, by Emeka Obasi

Soccer is our national religion where Christianity, Islam and Tradition join hands to spread love. There is neither Bishop nor Imam, fans sing in Igbo, dance like Hausa, drum the Yoruba way without any minority disapproval or political incantations. Chairman of Heirs Holdings, Tony Elumelu, represents Nigeria. Born in Jos, at home in Ibadan and […]