At almost ninety two, Wole Soyinka remains strong and razor-sharp. The Obidients bear witness to his roar and linguistic agility. Yet three years into his bosom friend’s presidency, and for the first time since 1960, Soyinka appears comfortable with a president’s atrocities and sacrilege. Has the man died? During the 2023 elections he claimed he was out […]

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, […]

The rumour mill has continued to churn over the conspicuous absence of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu from several high-profile commissioning ceremonies during his recent visit to Lagos. What should ordinarily have been a triumphant return to his political base, the very platform that launched him to national power, has instead opened the floodgates of speculation.  Observers have […]

NEARLY six (6) weeks into the US/Israel-Iran war, the effects are being felt worldwide. This is because fuel energy became an unwilling victim caught in the crossfires of the warring parties. You are abreast of issues, but let me remind us that about 20 per cent of the world’s energy is transported through the Straits of Hormuz, […]

I’ve concluded that President Tinubu’s relentless and often clandestine assaults on his opponents boil down to psychological warfare.  He WANTS us to lose faith in the system and throw our hands up in despair and lose the will to actively seek alternative leadership. If you make people suffer, they become physically, mentally and emotionally exhausted and it […]