There is just something about Abuja that opens the eyes of young people only when it’s late. I don’t know whether to call the place a false reality. Go back to where you have some advantage and work your way…

June 19 was World Sickle Cell Day, an annual event meant to raise awareness about sickle cell disease. The medical condition is an inherited blood disorder characterised by abnormal haemoglobin, known as haemoglobin S, in red blood cells. The day…

Marriage is a beautiful thing; however, it takes hard work, commitment, and perseverance to love each other unconditionally and to value their relationship too. When couples decide to dissolve their marriage, some would also find it difficult to curtail the…

Good morning, Mama Thank you for all you do ma. I have good news ma. But before then, I want to brief you on my testimony ma. I never had a boyfriend, until I knew I was ready for marriage.…

Police block mounted a roadblock to stop protesters from matching beyond the designated location at Ojota, Lagos. In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful Praise be to Allah Who has permitted to us that which is…

Agbese’s comments were as unfortunate and unacceptable as they were embarrassing. In his zeal to be seen as protecting the interests of a Nigerian businessman, he compromised one of the key principles of parliamentary procedures – the principle of fair…

Yesterday, the protests started and are scheduled to continue for ten days. It was not supposed to happen. Government said it must not happen, it will not happen and it should not happen because it is addressing all the complaints…

Oba Afolabi Oyefusi Oguntade II was the 18th traditional ruler of Ikorodu. Born on July 8, 1931, he died on Saturday, August 2, 2014, drawing the curtain on an eventful and colourful 43-year reign on the royal throne of Ikorodu.…

To assert that Lagos is a state that caters to the needs of all Nigerians is re-emphasising a fact. The deputy governor of Lagos State, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, has much to say regarding this fact in his latest TV interview.…

I grew up hating my name, Isaac, after listening to Fela Anikulapo-Kuti’s song, Upside Down, which he did with his American soulmate, Sandra Isidore, in 1976. Apart from his mother, the king-dethroning Madam Olufunmilayo Ransome-Kuti, Sandra was a major influence…

As of the time of writing this treatise, the nimbus and patina in designated spots around Nigeria are not presently rocking and rolling in peregrinating protests against President Bola Tinubu and his All Progressives Congress government. Protest crowds against hunger…

Despite residing in Opebi then, and I living in Akute, a border town between Lagos and Ogun, when we had our first child, Nmesomachukwu, she equally journeyed all the way most Sundays just to attend baptism classes preparatory to being…

The Nigerian National Assembly, Abuja. The process for replacing dead legislators…needs to be reviewed. We have a system that makes everything expensive and unnecessarily complicated. The Constitution stipulates a by-election on top of other by-elections to fill vacancies for political…

Today is the set date for the Nigerian citizens to unleash their pent-up anger and frustration against their political leaders, nay the President Bola Tinubu government, through a channel popularised and sold as #EndBadGovernance protest. My fear is that because…

Local government elections in Nigeria have long been marred by rampant rigging and manipulation, favouring incumbents and ruling parties. Since the 1950s, political interference has plagued these elections, thwarting the goal of establishing truly representative local governments. The key factors…