Spoken Words is a collection of smart and insightful poems by Senami Amosu, a 15-year-old school girl who loves to inspire through her sometimes controversial topics. By Senami Amosu I want to be confident. I want to be organized....
By Melinda French Gates On a visit to Senegal and Rwanda in June—my first trip to Africa since the pandemic began—I encountered example after example of African-born innovation. Among them: A rural university training the next generation of global...
'By Daniel Ayodele Adeniran There are many Yoruba names whose meanings are now lost due to the facts that the words forming the roots of those words are no longer in use. For instance ask the young Master Olopade...
By Femi Ogunshola He is 70 year old, that's already in the public knowledge, but some have claimed he is far above that age, some said he is 75, 85, 90, they just apropriate to him any age that...
By Victor Emeruwa When the chase for New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) presidential flag bearer, former Kano state governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso began, I knew it was a pointless venture. Kwankwaso at the moment is a man surrounded by facade...
The frenzy over the Labour Party is not yet over; thanks to a new admirable bride, Peter Obi. But the Labour Party must now arise and respond to the challenges of professionalising, institutionalising and building enduring political structure for...
By Mustapha Oluwatoyin Hassan There is a cult of ignorance among some Nigerians, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the...
By Bamidele Johnson In February, my wife and I went to Ibadan where we spent two days, during which all I ate for breakfast, lunch and dinner was amala. I flitted from amala vendor to another-to the barely disguised...
By Yushau Shuaib “Take the law into your hands… You need not report to any authority to kill any blasphemer!” I was shocked to the marrow when an Imam, during a Juma’at service in one of the mosques in...
This is the sort of thing my wife said could happen to me if I didn't do nything about my overworking and under-caring for myself. However frequently she may have warned in the past, hearing it afresh from a...
