God must be our desire.    Solomon says: “Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of desire. This, also, is vanity and grasping for the wind.” (Ecclesiastes 6:9) A more modern translation of the same verse says: “Enjoy…

President Bola Tinubu  and President Recep Erdogan of the Republic of Türkiye Subú-seré? Poetic licence gave me the indulgence of this headlining. Not even the English Language, in its pretentious globality, could capture Subú-seré. Like Shakespeare benignly prompted, I was in search…

Former Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami. For many Nigerians, the Malami–Dasuki comparison transcends personalities. It exposes a deeper pattern: power exercised without restraint and institutions bent to serve political convenience. It raises uncomfortable but necessary questions. Should national…

The reality is that the enemy within, namely a handful of political leaders in the opposition who seek to undermine and discredit our government and to destabilise our country and who are working in collaboration with foreign powers, are part…

Joy Omosimbo, mother, grandmother, director, leader, friend, and wife, 60 is a start that you wear so well. Still so many more years of your unique mixture of beauty and vulnerability, brashness and kindness, all covered in that sweet you…

The spectre of medical errors is a critically important subject, one that is as old as organised medical practice itself. What is striking, however, is not merely their longevity but their alarming frequency. Estimating the true scale of medical errors…

Following the collapse of the national electricity grid twice within January, African Democratic Congress chieftain, Peter Obi, posted on X last week, “No Steady Power in Four Years, No Second Term – Tinubu.’” It was a reference to presidential candidate…

The purpose of this reflection is to review the chronic inaction and absence of decisive approaches that have undermined national security, resulting in bloodshed and immense human and material loss. This review interrogates three violent uprisings which history reveals were…

I was taking a walk recently and saw Ficus exasperata, known as ewe eepin, in front of a house, and it reminded me of the story I shared about how this plant induced a woman’s menstruation. So, on our visit…

Michael Imoudu, doubtlessly, ignited the 1945 General Strike at a time when the leaders of the labour movement argued that the strike was “ill-timed”. But Imoudu himself was prompted by the  Lagos society to make the strike. Lagos – the…

Western Europe which for the first time in eighty years has sent troops in a growing dispute with the United States, US is falsely claiming it sent its military to disputed Greenland on noble grounds. French President Emmanuel Macron on…

The silence in your home used to be something you cherished. You and your spouse had a life of fine things, the best of what life had to offer. You were a couple defined by your autonomy, but after three…

Many marriages struggle not because love or affection is missing, but because communication becomes filtered through interpretation rather than clarity. While one partner feels the need to talk things through, the other withdraws and pretends that everything is fine. When…

In the last few weeks, I have been writing about the year ahead. Let’s dig further. Living with SCD has shaped how I view resilience and what I value most. Resilience is not merely stoic endurance; it is the ability…

A neighbour was rushed to the hospital some months back. When we visited him, his son told us how they took him to three hospitals (including a teaching hospital) and were told “no space” before they were eventually directed to…