Five Days in Salvador, Brazil’s Yoruba City, by Farooq Kperogi
For the past couple of years, my wife and I have instituted a yearly self-care ritual of taking at least one vacation...
Judicial Bandit Lifu...
Isaac Oluyi: From OAU’s best graduating student to strategic communication leader
Isaac Oluyi is an accomplished public speaker, public relations practitioner, and strategic communication expert with an outstanding reputation for delivering insightful presentations, facilitating high-impact...
Professor Ayo Bamgbose: A Tribute, By Gani Adeniran
I saw Professor Ayo Bamgbose for the last time at the 80th birthday reception of Sister Marie Ekpere, which he graciously chaired.
By then, he...
How to build confidence in public speaking, by Ruth Oji
Let’s address the elephant in every conference room: if you’re terrified of public speaking, you’re not broken. You’re normal. Study after study confirms that...
What happens when a president dies?, Abimbola Adelakun
Who would have imagined that nearly three decades after the demise of Sani Abacha, we would still be arguing about how he died? The...
NURTW: The Politicisation of a Trade Union, by Dada Olumuyiwa Olumide
Let me be honest from the outset: I hold a strong personal bias against NURTW and its activities. But this piece is not about...
History Is a Stubborn Witness: Before Rewriting 2003, By Lanre Ogundipe
One of the greatest disservices we can do to history is to allow it to become the exclusive property of those who once wielded...
OBASANJO: The Man History Refuses to Leave Alone, By Lanre Ogundipe
Power, Legacy and the Burden of the Documentary Record
By Lanre Ogundipe
History is often kinder to the dead than to the living. It sands away...
Did Abacha actually die on top of a woman?, Festus Adedayo
The Yoruba establish a direct causal relationship between tragic news and emotional grief. They observe that if the ears are not fed with rotten...
Minister David Umahi, Miss Mary Habila and Some Missing Links, By Taiwo Adisa
The story of Miss Mary Habila, the nurse found dead in the country home of the Minister of Works, David Umahi, in Uburu, Ohaozara...
