The challenge before Ekiti State, my snake-bite story
By TUNJI OLOWOLAFE After the Kiriji War of 1877 to 1886, our forefathers chose these iconic hills for their majestic beauty, strategic security and temperate climate. Perhaps that is why Ekiti people carry such unmistakable pride in our heritage, our values and our good looks. Some may even boldly argue that we are the best-looking […]
Face masks @N20,000: The President must hear this!
CIVIC Hive, a nongovernmental organisation, NGO, recently opened a can of worms by accusing the Federal Ministry of Health of engaging in hanky-panky business with regards to recent purchases of Personal Protective Equipment, PPE.
Nation building and obligation of Nigerian youths
Nigerian youths must appreciate that democracy is not an end in itself; that when democracy fails to underwrite social justice and social mobility, it fuels hopelessness
Now that democracy has failed in Africa, what is next?
A couple of days back, a friend had asked, in a Whatsapp group which I belong to, if there is any country in Africa where the military is in power. He said his son had asked him and he wanted to confirm from his ‘fellow daddies’ before giving the appropriate answer to the young boy.
The door wherein lies your power!
BY ISMAILA BALOGUN The dictionary defined a door as a “hinged, sliding or revolving barrier at the entrance to a building, room, vehicle or framework of a cupboard”. This is what most people know as the door and we see the role of a door more as a protective object or equipment rather than some […]
Buhari’s strange question in a strange time
By Rotimi Fasan The last few years have been very strange times in the global scheme of things. But 2020 has been particularly grueling and disorientating. It is for many a wasted year whose after-effects will remain with us for decades. Each country has had to respond to the strangeness of the times in their […]
