The family is the cornerstone of modern society, providing the support, love, and understanding necessary for stability and happiness. However, increasing socio-economic pressures have placed intense strain on the family unit in recent times, making it harder to prioritise family…

My darling, precious, glorious, dignified, world-famous, and heavenly celebrated Nigerian sisters, when I tell you sexual immorality brings you nothing but trouble, especially the female folk falling victim, I know what I’m talking about! When I tell you that some…

A blog posted the video of a lady (probably in her early 40s) some months back. She was dancing in that video, and it’s said to be the last post she made on social media before she died. She was…

After the last United States presidential election, I cancelled my cable news subscriptions without a second thought. I had reached a point of saturation. I no longer wished to permit Time Warner, the Murdoch family, or any other corporate media…

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie In just half a decade, Adichie has lost father, mother and son….Grieving for them is out of the heart’s unwillingness to let go of those we truly love, however long they may have been with us. But…

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful All praise is due to Allah, who created souls and gave them life, who honoured them through Islam and made them precious, and who threatened those who transgress against…

Nigeria has not consciously addressed the question of designing the country’s political philosophy based on the knowledge of its history – precolonial and colonial, the failures of the present, and the opportunities as well uncertainties of the future. As the…

More than 60 years after surviving a civil war that nearly shattered its fragile unity, Nigeria deserves truth, context, and healing, not narratives that fan ethnic hatred. History must be approached with care and intellectual honesty, supported by evidence from…

The Nigerian oil and gas industry has frequently been in the news for various reasons. Decades before the Petroleum Industry Act was enacted in August 2021, the country’s oil and gas exploration sector faced significant challenges due to unclear rules,…

Ejo ki i se ti ara eni ki a ma mo da (One must be honest with oneself, even when judgement is uncomfortable). Any fair reflection on the present controversy surrounding the Alaafin’s place within contemporary governance must begin with…

Now, Canada was amongst the first to hear the wake-up call, leading us to fundamentally shift our strategic posture. Canadians know that our old comfortable assumptions that our geography and alliance memberships automatically conferred prosperity and security – that assumption…

Something is unsettling about how often Yoruba royalty now finds itself locked in arguments over rank while the land they preside over groans under neglect. The Yoruba are heirs to a tradition renowned for philosophical depth and political sophistication. Sadly,…

Russian President Vladmir Putin. [CREDIT: Twitter handle of the Russian government] If Trump believes that he can grab Greenland and plant the US flag in Nuuk, whether the people like it or not, because he was denied the Nobel Peace…

Sigmund Freud was an Austrian neurologist and the man who first formalised the idea of psychotherapy. Freud was a profound pessimist about human nature. He believed that life is governed by deep, dark drives that humans can only tenuously control.…

Recently, the Minister of Works, David Umahi, was out there inspecting a federal road construction project. After checking the state of work on the Abuja-Keffi Road, specifically, he expressed his displeasure regarding the condition he met it. Umahi didn’t say…