Category: Opinion

*Dangote’s Refinery: An Audacious Gamble on Nigeria*

  By Idowu Ephraim Faleye +2348132100608 When you think about the Nigerian economy today, what comes to your mind? Some people think of a country where businesses...

*Sixty-Five Years Later: Whose Nigeria Are We Celebrating?*

*Sixty-Five Years Later: Whose Nigeria Are We Celebrating?* By Idowu Ephraim Faleye +2348132100608 Tomorrow Nigeria turns sixty-five. Ordinarily, independence...

The Power of Volunteering: Why Nigeria Cannot Afford to Ignore It

  Volunteering is the invisible engine that powers societies forward. It strengthens communities, nurtures empathy, and fills gaps that governments cannot always...

*The Real Revolution Nigeria Needs: Dismantling the Cabals, Not Burning the Streets*

  By Idowu Ephraim Faleye +2348132100608 In Nigeria today, when people talk about a revolution, what often comes to mind is a sudden violent uprising like the one...

PENGASSAN and NUPENG vs DANGOTE REFINERY : “When Unionism Becomes Economic Terrorism*

*Your favorite column has decided to give space to above contributor for its uniqueness in addressing our on going fuel crisis By Gbemisola Obadeyi Trade unions are...

I, too, must get American in-laws, the efficacy of prayers and other matters, (1)

By Hassan Gimba (1) Contemplate this: I am someone born in Kaduna just after Nigeria was born, cut my teeth in the undulating plains of Fika, ran around on the...

Uneasy Neighbours and the Biafra Dialogue By Dr Austin Orette

  Dr Austin Orette Lately, there have been eruption of kings and kingdoms of the Igbo people all over Nigeria and other parts of the world. If these occurrences...

‘I don’t want a mother-in-law,’ by 

Tola doesn’t wish anybody dead. She just doesn’t want to go through what her mother went through in the hands of her grandmother.   She had been told that she...

Yoruba: From ancestors to architects (2)

by abiodun KOMOLAFE   Uneven wealth distribution inevitably leads to social catastrophe. The discernible difference between population size and economic might...

LADOJA, THE KING WHO IS TRULY READY

Dare Babarinsa, CON It is a great feeling that Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja on Friday September 26, 2025, is going to be formally crowned the 44th Olubadan of Ibadan. His...