Hello, hello, is the President around? Yes, for now, but he is being prepared for the United States. Which plane will he use? Oh! The new plane. The latest. Do you mean the Tokunbo plane? Yes. The grade 1 Tokunbo.…

In the global arena, sovereign states ‘hustle’ really hard to be ‘very demure, very mindful’, very value-driven in their exchanges with other states, and are expected to maintain a dignifying degree of productive steeze. To be globally relevant, every sovereign…

No doubt, photographs evoke metaphors, imageries and diverse interpretations. Imagery was evoked in my mind as I read President Bola Tinubu’s remarks during his recent adventure to China. He spoke while addressing Nigerians living in that country. “Nigeria is going…

Human generosity is a sin against God. How can a mere mortal be right-standing in the eyes of God? First, he has to admit that he can do nothing by himself. He must admit that he automatically does everything the…

Ordinarily, peanuts do not cause liver cancer as people believe. What you should avoid are mouldy or spoilt groundnuts because they contain aflatoxin. Having said that, I am worried about consuming store-bought peanut butter. Apart from the fact that they…

In October 2023, The Punch did.  So did Businessday.  And Leadership.  You, too: Channels Television.  Daily Trust.  And many other news organizations. You all enthusiastically reported the public order of Ola Olukoyede, the new Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), that all…

After his lecture that day, the course facilitator read a brief story to us, the participants, and 15 questions to test our listening skills. It was one of those true-or-false tests where you are correct or wrong. There were no…

…whilst external support is welcome to close existing vaccine availability and research gaps, the continent needs to do more for itself. The 10,000 doses delivered to Nigeria, out of the 750,000 doses promised Africa from Spain, France, Germany, and USA,…

This past weekend, I encountered a very familiar debate among Nigerians on Facebook. A well-educated and highly respected Nigerian was seeking to understand the basis for the Nigerian diaspora’s support of Vice President Kamala Harris in the US. He couldn’t…

The Student Movement today, is near comatose. This has not always been the case. I attended Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, in the 1980s. There I participated and, equally organised students’ Congress meetings to agitate for qualitative and accessible education,…

In the annals of Nigerian academia, certain figures stand as luminaries, casting their brilliance upon the tapestry of knowledge and enlightenment. One such luminary we celebrate today is Prof. Idowu Bamitale Omole, a scholar, leader, and visionary, as he marks…

The on-going Triennial Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, FOCAC, holding in Beijing from 4-6 September, raises a fundamental question: do both sides understand the language they speak? The theme: “Joining Hands to Advance Modernisation and Build High-Level China-Africa Community with a…

Dear Evangelist Temilolu, Since I began reading your articles online, I have been profoundly convinced that everything my father said about women was a gross misconception. It feels as though you have opened my eyes to a world of potential…

One of the most important commitments couples make during their marriage vows is to love and cherish one another, which means paying attention to each other’s needs, no matter how trivial they may seem. Although relationship experts have long stressed…

Many women have shared how men who initially spoke of “serious relationships” and even marriage suddenly stopped communicating after the women refused to engage in WhatsApp sex. These days, any relationship that has a good chance of survival must break…