Ekiti @ 30: The roles Afe Babalola played
By Dapo Ipoola Ekiti State is one of the Southwestern states in Nigeria that was carved out from the old Ondo State. Long time before the creation of Ekiti by the late former military Head of State, Gen. Sanni Abacha, there were stentorious agitation by notable Ekiti elders who were hell-bent on having a of […]
Detractors should leave Akpabio alone
The appointment of Senator Godswill Akpabio as Minister of Niger Delta Affairs by President Muhammadu Buhari was greeted with mixed feelings.
5G, God’s Generals and the Hordes of Mordor by Femi Fani-Kayode
Fry their brain and lungs with 20G, as long as they receive recharge card money or they are promised a position in 2037, an average Nigerian is cool.
COVID-19: Unravelling inaccuracies in NCDC data
By Maxwell Adeleye On April 11, at exactly 9:30p.m., the National Centre for Disease and Control, NCDC, announced a total of 318 cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria through its website and verified social media accounts. Analyses: 70 discharged, 10 deaths and 238 active cases. However, a further look at the data released by NCDC shows […]
5G, God’s Generals and the Hordes of Mordor
By Femi Fani-Kayode “Fry their brain and lungs with 20G, as long as they receive recharge card money or they are promised a position in 2037, an average Nigerian is cool. He is totally void of a questioning mind and he never challenges the status quo. In my opinion, the zombie vaccine is already at […]
The illusion of options
For someone who has lived and worked across two continents for over a decade, global mobility strangely still invokes a slew of sinusoidal emotions within me. Aside from dealing continually with the psychological bifurcation of not belonging in any one place permanently, a wave of exhilaration and excitement during the peaks, as well as apprehension […]
