Category: Opinion

Nigeria’s presidential election outcome and the foreign observer missions

  By Temitope Ajayi The outcome of Nigeria’s presidential election won by Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has thrown up all...

Four sets of people in Soyinka’s fascist universe

  By Temitope Ajayi We should not forget that Professor Wole Soyinka addressed four sets of people in his essay on fascism, in which he stomped on perennially...

Taking society for granted!

By abiodun KOMOLAFE   Whenever a section of the society wants to embark on something new, it’ll first fly a kite. To sane minds, flying a kite is like testing the...

Between Kongi and the scions of Mussolini-Hitler

  By Louis Odion “Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka is a principled fighter for justice in our country and around the world. He is a phenomenon that unlettered and...

In praise of ObiDients

  “I am not an expert on treason or toxicity, but I am in love with the ObiDients. They are an inconveniencing lot because they refuse to accept the excuses...

2023 Polls and it’s sad aftermath

By Kazeem Akintunde The 2023 General Elections have ended, but the ripples generated by the polls are yet to clear. Rather, the polity is heating up as the May 29...

Can Labour Party redeem Imo State?

  Another governorship election year is here in Imo State. Imo state cannot be said to be fortunate with competent governors. We cannot easily forget where the rain...

OMG! The Nigerian swagger is gone! 

SATURDAY BREAKFAST with TONY OKOROJI   Things are bad in Nigeria; very-very bad. But, you have to step out of Nigeria to fully comprehend the great damage that has...

Chimamanda: Nigeria’s positively growing democracy

  By Dele Alake The noted and internationally acclaimed Nigerian novelist and essayist, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, deserves a great deal of pity and sympathy for her...

Four biggest losers of 2023 Nigerian general elections

By Michael Owhoko Real losers of 2023 Nigerian general elections are not the electorate who were deprived of their rights to freely choose candidates of their choice nor...