Communities organise donations, religious centres hold emergency fundraisers, and relatives sell properties just to rescue loved ones

By Louis Odion  First, we need to “set forth at dawn” (apologies Wole Soyinka, GCON) onto any of the arterial road abutting the main Lekki highway; or be at a typical crossroads in any of the derelict suburbs between closing hour and sunset to feel the tidal current — that sheer apocalyptic wave — of an […]

By Pavel Ursu Each year on 31 May, World No Tobacco Day highlights the health, social, economic, and environmental consequences of tobacco use. This year’s theme, “Unmasking the appeal: Countering nicotine and tobacco addiction,” emphasizes the growing and troubling trend of the tobacco and nicotine industry targeting children and adolescents. Tobacco use remains a leading risk […]

By Femi Fani-Kayode Now that we know who all the presidential candidates are permit me to say the following.President Tinubu will not only win the 2027 presidential election fair and square but he will win it hands down. The following words come to mind when I consider the opposition and those that seek to challenge […]

By Wole Oni  In moments of national recalibration, certain commentators develop a dangerous habit. They mistake expansion for displacement. A new office emerges and the speculations begin. Someone powerful has fallen, some pundits say. Someone influential has lost favour, others conclude. Someone once central has now become peripheral, the theorists insist. That interpretation may satisfy the […]