We are nearly there. We had Brexit. The school mock election provides the girls with a little taste of what real life leadership selection is like. Then we had to deal with The Donald, I remember my 10 year old was… Read More ›
Politics
Humanising history
What a fresh breath of air listening to Prof Yemi Osinbajo views on Biafra. I especially like that he started by relating to his school mates who went home during the war and never came back. He talked about how we… Read More ›
Education inequality due to lack of funding
Sometimes last week I read about a group of Nigerian students stranded in different parts of the world because the government has not been up to date with tuition and living expenses payments. The students, as always reached out to… Read More ›
We need to consolidate tribes for progress
Nigeria has 371 different tribes so we’re told, the list is impressive. This is not peculiar to Nigeria, many nations of the world are in a similar situation. Nigeria is categorised into three major groups for economic and ease of governance… Read More ›
Keep it on the chin and bear it
Why are some people ever so critical of Nigeria government? I suppose knowing that Nigeria can do a lot better is enough reason to keep poking the officials, they often tune out the voices anyway, but until they pay attention, poking… Read More ›
What to do about Arungún?
Intriguing the way we deal with social issues in Nigeria. To get a glimpse of what is going on in the southwest, we read news coming out of Lagos which usually can be representative to an extent, however there are… Read More ›
No longer isolated world
It is only in Nigeria that people would proclaim to love their ancestral land and at the same time are ever ready to turn the whole place into battle ground over simple disagreement. The thought of lives that will be negatively affected don’t… Read More ›
Beware of those with nothing to lose
A man who thinks killing of other human beings over a small dispute has nothing to lose is hardly difficult to identify especially when they conveniently turning street violence into avenue to vent about politics. Regardless of the identities of Ile Ife casualties, an arguably simple… Read More ›
Chasing shadows
This country is incredible. The more I look the more I realise why satire is the only way to get through the day if you are a Nigerian or have a hint of Nigeria blood – this is regardless of… Read More ›
Good Guy Persona
There are a few key words we recognise all too well in Nigeria, ‘good guy’ ‘the religious one’ ‘the tribal loyal’ – these are words that should make one comfortable thinking the other person is really who the people think… Read More ›
Health tourism
Last month was a news report of how OAU Ile Ife teaching hospital medical staff are working really hard to change the views that many people have of our local hospitals saying they had successful 14 open heart surgeries in 2016. Bottom line was… Read More ›
GEO Bill: What’s individual opinion got to do with it?
Sultan of Sokoto reminds us on his stance on Gender and Equal Opportunities Bill in regards to family inheritance and his religious beliefs. Reading through the proposed bill I can not say I see any part of the bill that seeks to… Read More ›
