From last week continues the narrative on the emergence of Dr Moses Majekodunmi as administrator of Western Nigeria following the declaration of emergency rule. It also highlights the emergence and various roles played by Oba Akinyele, Oba Akenzua and Oba Aderele. This came to a head when Alhaji Chief Dauda Soroye Adegbenro (1909-1975), the Balogun of […]

In Nigeria’s North-West, tragedy has become a slow, creeping presence. Fear shapes daily life-travel is risky, farming uncertain, and education a gamble. Banditry, kidnappings, cattle theft, farmer-herder clashes, and violence against women are no longer rare events but a constant reality. The security crisis is not just about violence and displacement; it is deeply tied to […]

“Once you carry your own water, you will remember every drop”– African proverb. A member of the US team that visited Nigeria recently to verify claims of genocide against Nigerian Christians, Congressman Riley Moore, has  taken up huge space in our media.  On his return to the US he released a statement and was shown on […]

The world witnessed an awakening on May 8,1945. The nightmarish Second World War virtually ended. In Nigeria, the immediate fall-out of this was that freedom bells tolled for an implacable enemy of colonialism, Michael Aithokhaimen Omiunu Imoudu. He had been detained by “freedom loving” Britain for 29 months.  Imoudu’s release came on May 20, 1945. The day […]

My brother, Professor Chidi Odinkalu, offers a critique of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s nationwide security emergency announcement on November 26, 2025.