This was a personal story a man shared with me recently. “My mother died about seven years ago, but what died with her was my marriage. My ex-wife is from a rich family, and she never failed to make the…

In recent years, social media has become flooded with videos promoting “natural healing” remedies. Garlic, ginger, turmeric, lemon, cloves and herbal mixtures are often presented as miracle solutions capable of curing everything from inflammation to chronic diseases. Short videos promise…

Starting a family is expected to happen naturally, but for many couples, the journey becomes painfully complicated, especially when the fear of passing on a serious inherited disease hangs over every pregnancy. In Nigeria, thousands of families quietly live with…

The United States (US) Department of Justice, on 20 May, charged former Cuban President Raul Castro Ruz, 94, and five others for their alleged roles in the 24 February, 1996 shootdown of two unarmed US civilian aircraft operated by Brothers…

In the name of Allah, Most Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy Praise be to Allah, the Most High, the Most Great, the Exalted, the Supreme, for whom honour is a garment and majesty is a robe. I bear witness that…

Governance will not achieve a clean separation between family and state. The expectation is conceptually flawed. Political systems are built by individuals whose primary loyalties are shaped long before they enter office. The real challenge is not separation, but control……

Until Nigeria begins to treat human development as infrastructure with the same seriousness we reserve for roads, oil, and finance, our talent-scarcity debate will keep repeating itself. Not because Nigerians lack potential, but because potential without systems rarely scales. When…

There is no provision in Nigerian law that specifically defines deepfakes, prohibits their creation for fraudulent purposes, or creates a standalone offence for using AI-generated synthetic media to deceive. There is no mandatory labelling requirement obliging platforms or creators to…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu It has been three years since his assumption of office, and President Tinubu has continued on the unifier’s path, stitching the national fabric, building a more cohesive nation and forging a shared future for us all……

To put this in further perspective, what strikes me about Badejo across these contexts is his apparent ability to pitch his thoughts a little further outside scholarship’s comfort zone of mere research and analysis, by influencing political development and events…

The proposed Initial Public Offering of the Dangote Refinery is not merely another corporate listing. It is emerging as a defining economic milestone capable of reshaping how mega projects are financed, how wealth creation is democratised, and how Nigeria’s capital…

The new Sahelian juntas have rebranded the soldier as saviour. In Mali, Burkina Faso, and Guinea, military rule now wears the garment of liberation — presented as the lesser evil compared to democratic sheriffs who plunder state coffers while chanting…

Ebola virus, with its devastating nature, broke out in 2014, mainly in Guinea, Liberia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Sierra Leone. It resulted in about 28,000 cases and 11,300 deaths. Within the same year, 2014, it spread to Nigeria…

Today, as Dapo Abiodun turns 66, Ogun State joins family, friends, political associates, and admirers in celebrating a leader whose journey has been defined by resilience, vision, and an unwavering commitment to the progress of the Gateway State. For the…

The political parties that have so far held their presidential primaries have either descended into absurdity or dissolved into the usual bitterness. In high-stakes politics, elections at all levels will be highly contested, and there will be bitter feelings among…