On December 18, 1967, Chief Raji Ayoola Adeleke was photographed in conversation with Tony Dechant, then President of the National Farmers Union (often referred to as the U.S. Farmers Union). The meeting reflected Adeleke’s stature within Nigeria’s labour movement and his international engagements during a politically sensitive period in the country’s history. Because of his…
“While I was still in secondary school, I became pregnant at 17. In those days, it was not something people talked about openly. I felt ashamed. I felt like everyone was judging me. In our society, being a teenage mother was seen as a big mistake. When my daughter was born, I knew my life…
Daughter of Ex Nigeria President, Iyabo Obasanjo, has given reasons for her defection from the Peoples Democratic Party to the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC. Obasanjo insisted that she was not pressured or persuaded by the ruling party but left because she became uncomfortable in PDP. Recall that she returned to active politics after about…
To bolster institutional efficiency and productivity, the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), in partnership with Belfort Strategies Ltd, hosted a comprehensive capacity-building program for staff of the Directorate of Human Resources and Administration. The workshop opened with remarks from Dr. Lola Uket, Director of Human Resources and Administration, who urged participants to leverage the training to…
On December 18, 1967, Chief Raji Ayoola Adeleke was photographed in conversation with Tony Dechant, then President of the National Farmers Union (often referred to as the U.S. Farmers Union). The meeting reflected Adeleke’s stature within Nigeria’s labour movement and his international engagements during a politically sensitive period in the country’s history. Because of his…
“While I was still in secondary school, I became pregnant at 17. In those days, it was not something people talked about openly. I felt ashamed. I felt like everyone was judging me. In our society, being a teenage mother was seen as a big mistake. When my daughter was born, I knew my life…
Daughter of Ex Nigeria President, Iyabo Obasanjo, has given reasons for her defection from the Peoples Democratic Party to the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC. Obasanjo insisted that she was not pressured or persuaded by the ruling party but left because she became uncomfortable in PDP. Recall that she returned to active politics after about…
To bolster institutional efficiency and productivity, the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), in partnership with Belfort Strategies Ltd, hosted a comprehensive capacity-building program for staff of the Directorate of Human Resources and Administration. The workshop opened with remarks from Dr. Lola Uket, Director of Human Resources and Administration, who urged participants to leverage the training to…
In the sacred architecture of Nigeria’s democratic journey, Richard Akinnola stands as a pillar ensuring the foundation remains unshaken. His life is an enduring dialogue between the ink of a Journalist and the heart of an activist, mapping the struggle for truth in a nation where silence was once the safest currency. At CIKDAS, the…
Iyabo Obasanjo, daughter of ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo, has commended the President Bola Tinubu administration for its efforts in stabilising the naira. Speaking to journalists on Saturday at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library in Abeokuta, Iyabo described currency stabilisation as a significant positive development that enables better economic planning. She said the steadier exchange rate has…
It was sometime in the middle of 1968, during the civil war years. Despite everything happening in the country, music still brought people together and gave them moments of relief. Around that time, a young and energetic promoter from Lagos, Chris Okolie, came up to Kaduna with an idea — to take “The Expensives” beyond…
I am not the Pope and therefore not qualified to bestow sainthood. But even the Pope does not canonise the living, yet here I am, with neither authority nor jurisdiction, calling someone a saint. And this person is alive and in our midst. We were all here when his retirement was announced from a family…
Away from the happenings in the Middle East, and in the light of a lack organisation by opposition, I wish to reiterate a point I made about this time in 2023. Whether you like him or not, studying President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s political career is basically studying applied Nigerian power politics in slow motion. There…
THE QUIET MATHEMATICS OF GRACE In the hush before dawn, when Redemption City still slumbers beneath the Nigerian sky, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye rises to pray. His voice, sometimes a whisper, sometimes a thunderclap, weaves through the air in Yoruba and English, carrying the weight of a nation’s hopes and the intimacy of a child’s…
