Tacking poverty in Nigeria: Onus on crony billionaires, not self-made musicians! By Olu Fasan
Senator Oluremi Tinubu, Nigeria’s irrepressible first lady, recently made two controversial interventions on the country’s socio-economic situation. First, she told the jobless to start selling akara, roasted corn or kuli-kuli to eke out a living. Then, she admonished rich young musicians to help the poor. She received a torrent of criticism for the comments. Yet they […]
When systems fail, by Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi
A popular actress joins a new church and decides to recommit herself to her faith. She takes it upon herself to perform a public ‘deliverance’ for a schoolgirl, who is still in her uniform. There are no teachers or parents in sight. Just the actress/pastor fiercely gripping the face of a teenager and performatively screeching at […]
Even INEC admonishes the media? By Tonnie Iredia
No other group played a greater role than the media in the struggle for Nigeria’s independence. The British had to harass Nigerian media professionals using obnoxious laws that confiscated freedom of speech in the colony. The Newspaper Ordinance of 1903, the Seditious Offences Ordinance of 1909, the Criminal Code of 1916 and the Newspaper Registration Act […]
The lights of democracy are going out in Nigeria, by Dele Sobowale
“There are some situations one simply cannot be neutral about; because when you are neutral, you become an accomplice” – Christiana Anampour, CNN. For reasons too numerous to discuss, I had since my days in university vowed never to participate in politics by becoming a member of any political party. That should not be interpreted to […]
Wike, the man who married the microphone, by Stephanie Shaakaa
For a country whose presidents speak so rarely that citizens hear more from rumours, Wike’s media chats now feel like a genre of their own
The New Family: How science is rewriting parenthood, by Stephanie Shaakaa
Today parenthood can begin in a laboratory long before it begins in a bedroom. It can start with frozen eggs preserved against time, with donor profiles
