Tag: Komolafe, soyinka
Tribute:Soyinka And The Unknown Soldiers
By abiodun KOMOLAFE From the Archives-First published July 12,2004 _ This must be a particularly thoughtful moment for Wole Soyinka, Nobel Laureate, and world acclaimed...
Powerless: Nigeria’s unending struggle with electricity
By abiodun KOMOLAFE Available records show that the first public electricity generation took place at Pearl Street Station in New York in 1882 and that...
Father’s Day and the essence of fatherhood
By abiodun KOMOLAFE Tomorrow, Sunday, June 16, is ‘Father’s Day 2024!’ Father’s Day, which began as a largely religious observance and recognized in some...
Democracy, governance and credible elections (2)
By abiodun KOMOLAFE Let’s come to the issues of recruitment and selection. All over the world, leadership is what changes history. Think of the Bolshevik...
Democracy, governance and credible elections (1)
By abiodun KOMOLAFE There is a problem about the institutional framework in which the Nigerian state as presently constituted is based. To have democracy, good...
But what really is Nigeria’s problem?
By abiodun KOMOLAFE When, in 1814, Europe’s leading statesman, Count Metternich, said that Italy _“is only a geographical expression”,_ the former Deputy of...
Southwest: Beyond the toga of statism
By abiodun KOMOLAFE The Lagos State Government recently endorsed a food production agreement with the Niger State Government. The partnership, known as the _‘Produce...
Tinubu and the creation of a new society
By abiodun KOMOLAFE Nigeria is at a critical juncture; and in such a context, it is _“cometh the moment, cometh the man”._ For President Bola Tinubu, this...
Of monstrous cathedrals and hungry congregants
By abiodun KOMOLAFE Sometime in 1989, a friend told a story of how he was in dire need of sponsorship for his university education. When all things proved difficult, he...
Ademakinwa: What’s left of life?
By abiodun KOMOLAFE I do not know how to start this Tribute. Still, I have to do it; and it’s to Temitope Adeniran Ademakinwa who died on Wednesday, November 29, 2023....
