Governor Oborevwori and the triangular tide
By: Enewaridideke Ekanpou A tide is a tide anywhere but a tide assumes connotative colours when it becomes triangular in built and action. Like a cumulonimbus cloud endowed with both positive and negative potentials, there must be something hidden behind a triangular tide.There must be something equally iconographic about a triangular tide too when viewed […]
JAMB 2025: One exam, high stakes and a broken system
By KALU OKORONKWO In Nigeria where the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, examination is the only route to tertiary education, the pressure on candidates is unparalleled. For many a candidate, JAMB examination is a do-or-die affair, as not just pass but very high score, guarantees university admission to study the candidate’s preferred course in the […]
‘Pesin wey no sabi sing’: Profiling David ‘Davido’ Adeleke
I understand that the 30 Billion Family may get furious and, as it is said in internet slang, “may come for me”
A word for Babachir Lawal
At a time when the whole country is rejoicing and proud of the fact that President Tinubu embarked on a two-day trip to Rome to attend the inaugural Mass of the newly- installed Pope Leo X1V
Our leaders do not care
By SUNNY IKHIOYA They did not care in the past. They do not care now, and most likely, they will never care in the future. According to Vilfredo Pareto, Italian sociologist, they “are the small number of individuals who, in each sphere of activity, have succeeded and have arrived at a higher echelon in the professional […]
Compulsory voting is not the answer Nigeria needs right now
By Ezenwa Nwagwu The House of Representatives recently made headlines with a proposed legislation that could criminalize non-voting in Nigeria. Surprisingly, the Bill was sponsored by the Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Abbas Tajudeen. Since the news broke, it has stirred intense debate across the country, with many Nigerians questioning its fairness. On the […]
