The concept of zoning the governorship position among the three senatorial zones (Ondo Central, Ondo North, Ondo South) every four years was probably instituted with the good intention of ensuring that no senatorial zone is permanently excluded from power. Zoning…

A global community with a shared future is central to Chinese President Xi Jinping’s ideas and vision for the world. In the last half decade or thereabouts the philosophical concept of a global community with a shared future as proposed…

In many democracies, the state of the national economy determines where the votes go. It is not for nothing but for the survival of the electorate. Even in Nigeria where religious and ethnic factors seem to play pivotal roles, the…

Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Olukayode Ariwoola with President Bola Tinubu and at a Ramadan dinner with members of the federal judiciary. No one had ostensibly warned the Chief Justice about the perils of turning into a prayer warrior for…

Julius Malema. Picture credit: The Times/Alon Skuy. Malema may not have been born in the 70s when Nigerian students put their lives on the line for the liberation of southern Africa, but his sense of history and commitment to a…

On this Wednesday afternoon, in the study of his Abuja home, was Kayode Fayemi, the former governor of Ekiti State.  He looked relaxed in a multicoloured cotton shirt and black trousers. His mid-sized study was packed full of magazines and books…

“I know the arithmetic of the budget and the numbers that I brought to the National Assembly, and I know what numbers came back… Those who are talking about malicious embellishment in the budget; they did not understand the arithmetic…

The times are tough. It is therefore just appropriate that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has shunned all forms of celebration of his 72nd birthday.He has great dreams. And a proverb says a man who wants his dream to come true…

Nigerian afrobeat musician Bisade Ologunde is better known by his stage name, Lagbaja. His signature face mask denotes him as the country’s everyman—the faceless individual. As a Yoruba word, Lágbájá means a person whose name and identity are purposely concealed…

President Bola Tinubu was 72-years old two days ago.  Instead of rolling out the drums to celebrate the day, the President directed there should be no celebration of any kind, including placing newspaper, radio or television advertorials in his honour.…

Olayemi Cardoso, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has emerged as a central figure in the narrative of Nigeria’s economic resilience, especially in the face of the Naira crisis that has tested the fortitude of Africa’s largest…

On Wednesday afternoon, President Bola Tinubu touched foot at the National Army Cemetery, Abuja, for the first time as President. Standing solemnly before the rows of white caskets, he laid a wreath in honour of 17 soldiers who gave their…

One thing that may be more mournful than the death of Herbert Wigwe, in my own opinion, is missing the significance of his life and death, especially among his so-called billionaire friends and billionaire business partners, colleagues, among others. That…

I have a maternal uncle who is diabetic. He once told us how he landed in the hospital after eating pineapple. It is not about food only. Some fruits are high on the glycaemic index. The glycaemic index is designed…

Last week we took a detour to talk about one of the most commonly consumed beverages in the world, coffee and explored quite a range of health benefits that is attributable to this drink. Sadly, while there are no reliable…