Very few books, I must confess, have generated as much excitement – long before their release and even after – as Femi Otedola’s Making It Big. And the reason is obvious: many readers also want to learn how to “make it big” like the son of the late Sir Michael Agbolade Otedola, former governor of…
By Dr. Yemi Farounbi In life, there are seasons when the path ahead is smooth and the breeze is at your back, pushing you forward. But for many Nigerians, the opposite is true. Every day feels like a struggle against resistance—running uphill, pushing against the wind, straining under the weight of systems that should have…
– Tribune Online Leader of the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom (UK), Kemi Badenoch, is once again in the news after revealing the personal attacks she endured from British racists since becoming the first black woman to head the party, describing the scale of the abuse as “hysterical.” Tribune Online reports that Badenoch, who…
Nigeria’s history has always been shaped by voices—some loud,many silenced, and a few that seem lonely in their persistence fortruth and justice. Today, as the nation grapples with corruption,insecurity, poverty, and broken promises, there remain those whocontinue to speak, write, march, and insist on a better Nigeria. Theymay look around and feel isolated, mocked, or…
Billionaire Femi Otedola has recounted how struggling with academics made him drop out of high school and steer him into the world of business.Speaking in the newly released 286-page memoir, ‘Making It Big’, Otedola, 62, revealed how he started his education at the University of Lagos Staff School in 1968. The energy mogul disclosed that…
I went to a secondary school. It was called a Federal Government Girls’ school in a place called Sagamu, and that was like being in prison.” – Kemi Badenoch. Kemi Badenoch has made a habit (indeed, a politics) of narrating Nigeria as a failed origin story. In doing so, she weaponises personal discomfort as public…
IN Nigeria, bad behaviour often cascades from the top, with the so-called ‘big man’s’ impunity undermining integrity in every aspect of national life. The incident involving celebrity musician Wasiu Ayinde, popularly known as KWAM 1 and K1 de Ultimate, and ValueJet Airlines at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport on Tuesday exemplifies this troubling trend. A…
Kemi Adetiba was born on January 8, 1980, in Lagos, Nigeria, to esteemed communications engineer, Dele Adetiba and renowned civil engineer and actress Mayen Adetiba. Raised in a culturally rich environment, Kemi’s creative journey began early. As a child, she featured in a popular OMO detergent commercial, setting the tone for a career deeply rooted…
In the heart of Nigeria’s ‘Food Basket,’ horror has become a recurring visitor, and the tales are written in blood and tears. But the latest attack in Benue State stands as one of the deadliest in recent memory, both in scale and brutality. In the early hours of Saturday, 14th June 2025, gunmen descended on…
I am naturally homophobic; I run from blood. But I had to encourage myself to watch the videos of the killings in Yelwata town in Benue State on Friday night. The killings, which the locals said started around 10.45pm on Friday, lasted till 2.00 am on Saturday without any help coming the way of the…
