Ondo Ogun Festival: The biggest street carnival in Africa
By Yomisaint Adebayo Ancient tradition, modern spectacle and a sea of white and blue converge in Ondo City in a breathtaking celebration of heritage, love, peace and unity. There is a particular time of the year when Ondo City seems to remember itself. As August gives way to September and the signs of the annual […]
Adenuga @ 65 Why the gold digger remains the real McCoy
It was around mid-day on June 29, 2012. I was neck-deep in work when the call I dreaded most came through. The pleasantry was unusual, very curt. The voice at the other end advised me to be strong and take it like a man. Even without saying it, I knew instantly I had lost my dad who had been on admission at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ill-Ife.
Omo-Agege, the Senate and Nigerians
I have been watching the unfolding drama in our Senate and I am so amused as well as happy that, for once, a senator, one of their own, is standing up to the upper chambre.
Saraki: A cat with nine lives
His several travails and circumstances surrounding his ascension to the position of the President of the Senate and subsequent persecution and trials that seem unending since he ascended the position of the Senate President are enough to describe Senator Bukola Saraki as a cat with nine lives.
BBNaija and Sheep On Social Media
Without a doubt, communication in our increasingly techno-centric society is being taken over by social media, making it easier to relay and receive messages to and from thousands of people with just a few strokes.
The Senate and its Self-Regulating Powers
The recent disquiet in the upper chamber of the National Assembly over the suspension of one its own has thrown open the debate on whether or not the Senate or indeed any chamber of the National Assembly has the powers to suspend a fellow lawmaker who is in the National Assembly to represent the interest and aspiration of a given constituency.
