I read Ray Ekpu’s moving tribute to our departed brother, Dan Agbese, with a mixture of sadness and admiration. Sadness, because we have lost a fine mind and a gentleman of the craft. Admiration, because even in grief Ray’s pen remains as evocative and commanding as ever. Ray has endured three personal losses within a…
The video has, expectedly, gone viral, and Nigerians are having a field day analysing the incident involving Senator Remi Tinubu, the First Lady, and the Governor of Osun State, Senator Adeleke. The core of the debate is simple: 1• The First Lady twice reprimanded the governor in Ile Ife at the 10th coronation of the…
He was born in a village called Obosi. But he walked the halls of Buckingham Palace, the United Nations, and the Commonwealth Secretariat with the quiet authority of a man who knew who he was, and who he represented. Chief Emeka Anyaoku did not just serve Nigeria. He dignified her.He did not just speak English…
Reflections from a train ride with a 24‑year‑old on choices, career shifts, fulfillment, and the enduring wisdom of my late mother, Mother Celestial Florence Olomu. On a recent train ride from Abeokuta to Lagos, I sat beside a 24‑year‑old student in his fourth year of a five‑year program. As we talked, he asked me four…
Idi Amin’s first wife Sarah Kibedi. She went against her parents’s wishes and married Amin at the age of 22 in March 1962, just seven months before Uganda’s independence.She converted to Islam and became known as Mariam. However, it didn’t take long before she discovered Idi Amin’s sexual escapades with different women. Incensed with Amin’s…
1. This morning, on a radio station broadcasting in Yoruba, I overheard a presenter painting a picture of how a king was kidnapped in Kwara State, her voice exhilarating as though she was announcing the result of a rip-roaring football match between Arsenal and Chelsea: “Ori Ade ti sun Igboro Aye bayi o…shebi won ni…
“When the nation girds for conquest over terrorism and banditry, some leaders choose to philosophize from the sidelines.”In the last month, Nigeria has endured a coordinated blitz of terror. From the bloodied pews of Christ Apostolic Church in Kwara to the haunted silence of classrooms in Niger and Kebbi, bandits have struck with chilling spread….
This post may annoy many women, but I’ll write it anyway. Often, when I’m on social media platforms (except for LinkedIn), there’s always a woman somewhere aggressively dishing out content on how to deal with men and other related topics. The other day, I came across a post where someone asked women to advise themselves,…
Burna Boy has repeatedly said Nigerians did not make him, and that he rose to the top because of foreigners. To a large extent, he is right. Now, since we did not push him up, the least we can do is not pull him down. Seeing the anti-Burna trend among some Nigerians really saddens me….
There are broadcasters—and then there is Edmund Obilo. He is as compelling as a morning shower: refreshing, steady, and impossible to ignore. For those who love interviews that dive beneath the skin of events, personalities, and epochs, Obilo provides a masterclass. In today’s crowded media landscape, where noise often overshadows clarity, he stands out as…
