By Alade Aromashodu THE Eyo festival, otherwise known as Ada mu Orisa play, a vibrant Yoruba masquerade unique to Lagos Island (Eko) hinter awwland of Lagos, Nigeria, featuring white-clad Eyo figures representing ancestral spirits that parade with staffs (opambata) to honor deceased Obas (kings) or chiefs, mark new leadership, or for special state occasions, evolving […]

By Daniel Adeoye His professional pedigree, coupled with his reputation for strategic thinking, set him head and shoulders above other candidates when President Bola Ahmed Tinubu needed a capable hand to steer Nigeria’s foreign policy. Since assuming office, he has been preoccupied with strategies to consistently project a positive image of the country in the […]

By Toni Kan MR Governor, in a few days, my siblings will be homeless without a roof over their heads.My daughter will lose the inheritance I have willed to her and I will no longer be a landlord in Oworonshoki. Except you come to our aid in Oworonshoki where forces beyond our control are on […]

By Olayinka Oyebode Christmas indeed came early for the people of Ekiti State this year. For them the celebration begun on December 10th when the Ekiti AgroAllied International Cargo Airport in Ado-Ekiti commenced commercial flight operations signaling a new phase of development under the leadership of Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji as Governor of the State. On […]

There was a time, not too long ago, when Monday in Enugu State felt like a weekly rehearsal for despair. Streets that once throbbed with keke horns and market chatter went silent