Category: Opinion
The artist and tragedy of a nation
On March 28, 1991, the late Professor ‘Zulu Sofola, Africa’s first female professor of Theatre Arts delivered one of the most reflective and scholarly...
FELABRATION: Remembering Fela and his briefcase
FELABRATION: Remembering Fela and his briefcase….. By Charles Okogene Towards the last days of the military regime in Nigeria, especially that of the late Gen....
The Ransome-Kuti family, are they Nigeria’s most iconic and impactful family?
I love this picture – Oluwani’nfela pelu Olikoye, egbon re. Timeless legend Fela, with his elder brother, Professor Olikoye Ransome Kuti – the...
Bola Ajibola, the man who kept his promise!
Okoroji This week, I have thought about Prince Bola Ajibola, Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), former...
Media aide jobs: Mixed fortunes of journalists in government
Contributing Editor, Tunde Abatan, writes on the mixed fortunes of journalists who have served as media aides in government at federal and state levels and what...
Marketers do not operate in a vacuum
There are a number of factors that come from the environment that people who operate there must understand. The first thing we must really understand is that each...
Arrest the Music!
I met Professor Tejumola Olaniyan a couple of times just before his exciting work: “Arrest the Music: Fela and His Rebel Art and Politics” was released. The amiable...
South Africa: The slide into barbarism
Will South Africa, the most industrialised country on the African Continent implode under the renewed wave of xenophobia? Or will the African National Congress (ANC) led...
We are ALL Nigerians
By Simon Kolawale You may not really know how it feels to be stigmatised as a Nigerian until you travel out of the country or have dealings with foreigners. Years...
