Avoidable distractions on the political trail, by Rotimi Fasan
When one observes the actions and utterances of Nigeria’s political actors, their habit of moving in circles, and the people’s preference for sensationalism over substance, it becomes clear why we are not making progress politically. We are back again where we were. We are in the campaign season, and the discourses of our engagement are […]
Women, sex and power
HARVEY Weinstein has denied all nonconsensual sex. But he seems to be accused of “sexual assault and inappropriate sexual behaviour”. What are we talking about? And he is ostracised not really for making love or having sex with these accusers but for masturbating in front of some, wearing a bathrobe, etc.
Oxford as Numero Uno
THE medieval city of Oxford (population 170,000), is just 92 km from London. The Victorian English poet Matthew Arnold famously described it as the “city of dreaming spires”. Looming large over the city is the university that bears its name, founded in the twelfth century – the oldest in the English-speaking world.
Time has come for a revolt of power consumers – Dele Sobowale
Time has come for a revolt of power consumers – Dele Sobowale
Pyrrhic victory of any rise in minimum wage – Henry Boyo
Pyrrhic victory of any rise in minimum wage – Henry Boyo
Slaves in our Papa’s Land
Libya is a conflict economy in which everything including human beings are commodified; it is ruled by violence and the persons who can muster the most violence, get away with anything
