Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, Nigeria’s Interior minister stands out among President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s ministers because since his appointment, he has consistently worked silently to create a new image for his hitherto notoriously corrupt  sector. He is neither publicity conscious nor does he usurp the role of agency heads he is mandated to supervise. As Minister, Tunji-Ojo […]

“But, fortune’s honey turned to gall…thus Fortune, with a slight turn of her will brings men [and nations] from joy to sorrow”. Geoffrey Chaucer, 1342-1400, VBQ, VBQ p 64. A meeting with one of my oldest friends three weeks ago ended with both of us, 80+, almost in tears. We went back to memory lanes; […]

Proverbs 27:6, says that “Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.” Such wounds or truth from a sincere friend are better than many kisses or lies from an enemy. One truth which many Nigerians failed to accept was the one Alhaji Ibrahim Galadima told them in 2005 […]

Recently, there were reports of the existence of a ‘Rape Academy’ online. There is a website on the dark web where men go to teach and learn how to rape their unsuspecting wives and partners. There are at least twenty thousand videos on this site, and in March, there were 62 million views. 62million. I […]

Let’s begin with thanks to the Almighty God that has brought us to the last Sunday in the month of April.  Glory be to God. Brethren, having gone through four months, we all know that we have eight months left in the year. Within this period, a lot can still happen but what happens depends on […]

They carry history, signal intent, and often reveal more than the speaker realises about how power imagines the people it seeks to lead

There was a time when love did not feel like a system under pressure. It was not described in the language of performance or evaluated like a portfolio

Senate President Godswill Akpabio has again stepped into the eye of the storm, not so much for what he said as for what his words now represent in a country increasingly impatient with the language of power. His latest assertion he is praying that insurgency in Nigeria will end in 2026 has reopened a familiar debate: the […]

A young man and his partner came to see me for a possible interview a couple of weeks ago. They own a Public Relations outfit together. According to them, an encounter with some mass communication undergraduates made them realise ‘something’ was missing in the education of these young students. They decided to introduce some ‘doyens’ of the […]

Leadership by example makes all the difference. Seeing Plateau State governor Caleb Manasseh Mutfwang address grieving families, from an Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC), after yet another blood bath, made me blink a tear. If he could commandeer such bullet proof machine from the police, what stopped the governor from using the same weapon to pursue the killers […]

Pith. Some say wistfully that the alliance has come four years late.  Its optimistic supporters insist that a ticket promising equity, unity and prosperity is never late. It was first mooted in 2022, but bloated egos would not let it thrive. Fortunately, the last elections cleared some delusions. Perhaps the alliance has arrived at its appointed […]

My father knew I loved playing football.  I enjoyed every minute I spent on the football field with friends kicking a ball around, dribbling to the delight of onlookers and scoring goals. It is the goals that make every one to momentarily go ‘mad’.  It is that ‘madness’ that Pa Jacob Adebola Odegbami knew would […]

Taiwan is a defined territory with claims to being a sovereign state. This is partly because powerful countries like the United States,US; Japan, New Zealand, Australia and the European Union member countries, maintain strong informal diplomatic and economic relations with it.  Claiming to be the Republic of China, ROC,  Taiwan is the world’s leading producer of […]

Today, I will fly to Port Harcourt to attend the posthumous birthday celebration of Albert T. Badey, who would have turned 90 tomorrow if the evil assassins who cut him down in his prime had allowed him to live to a ripe old age. Albert Badey was a revered citizen of our village, Body City, […]

I am getting quite despondent about the state of affairs in our dear dear country. In fact, I am in so much despair that a terrible feeling is welling up in me. It is a feeling of sadness and anxiety about the ever burgeoning blanket of insecurity thrown over our dear country. These feelings make me feel […]