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Environmental challenges: Another diaspora Nigerian rescues
Environmental challenges are many and a source of concern globally. They are in news reports and academic research work, some of which I pay close attention to as a nature enthusiast. I am intrigued b...
10th January 2025
The day alcohol showed me shégè (1)
I told this true-life story to my children a long time ago. But I censored its indecent climax because of their young age. Today, I am going to tell it in full because they have come of age. I don’t...
10th January 2025
How do you ‘cyberbully’ someone who can hire the police?
Underlying the definitions of bullying in dictionaries is power imbalance. To bully someone is to direct aggressive behaviour at them, to intimidate or threaten them, to act cruelly towards someone, o...
9th January 2025
Bambara for the good, the bad and the hungry
One thing that a depressed economy does to its citizens is that it presses them into a position to reinvent the nation by unveiling latent potential. This is why, as Nigerians, we should take advantag...
9th January 2025
Yakubu on Ghana’s elections
The Chairman of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, recently praised the resilience of Ghana politicians, like (part-time Nigerian and) former President John Ma...
8th January 2025
Democracy and development at Nigeria’s subnational levels
“Let me use this New Year’s message to urge our governors and local council chairpersons to work closely with the central government to seize emerging opportunities in agriculture, livestock, and ...
8th January 2025
‘Data’ and three other words that can be pronounced in two ways
Do you sometimes wonder whether ‘data’ should be pronounced as dEYta or dAta? It could be the data we gather in the course of research or the one we buy from telecoms firms for internet purposes. ...
7th January 2025
My most exciting achievement in 2024
With 2024 finally behind us and 2025 about one week gone, it is good to look back and count our achievements and blessings. Many things happened to me, and I happened to many things, but one stood out...
7th January 2025
Manufacturing growth for employment and income
Like the beginning of years before 2025, hope for a better year is on the horizon. Whether the hope becomes reality depends on government policies, actions, and inactions and its behavioural dispositi...
6th January 2025
Dangers of herbal medicine abuse
Dear esteemed readers, I wish you a year filled with happiness, success, and good health. May your dreams come true, and may your heart remain joyful this New Year and always. Following the publicatio...
5th January 2025
Someone to praise
To open 2025, I have good news. Three months ago, I expressed delight to discover that the Immigration area at the Murtala Muhammad Airport in Lagos had been rebuilt and that the air-conditioning appe...
5th January 2025
The scourge of carbon monoxide poisoning
Carbon monoxide poisoning occurs with increased frequency across the country, especially during times of celebration and merriment. In an atmosphere where people have become numb to constant reports o...
5th January 2025
Are you in a safe place?
Most of us do not realise that our disposition can either heal, improve, or damage others. It is time for sober reflection, and the starting point is an honest answer to this question: am I in a safe ...
4th January 2025
The days of oppressors are numbered
I begin this new year with my first weekly opinion which is a helping homily. What is a homily? It is a form of exhortation, a written or spoken expression meant to uplift and guide, encouraging resil...
3rd January 2025
Pastor Adeboye, religions, and knowledge of Ifa
This piece is spurred by the curiosity expressed recently by a Yoruba Nigerian. He posted a video online in which Pastor E.A. Adeboye of The Redeemed Christian of God told a story while he also prayed...
3rd January 2025
2025 sends off 2024 and its baggage of rubbish
The good, the bad and the ugly incidents that fetishised the ‘Ember’ months, notwithstanding, the year 2024 rolled off Earth’s cliff two days ago, plunging into the domain of history. For most N...
3rd January 2025
The eyesore on Bourdillon Road
It has now become something of a yearly tradition that someone would share a video of hundreds, or perhaps even thousands, of beggars lined up on one of the priciest real estates in Nigeria—Bourdill...
2nd January 2025
Soludo, solution is not here
No matter how competent a political leader is, the leader will always be seen as incapable if the people he has chosen to carry out his instructions and implement his policies do not get it right. The...
2nd January 2025
Constitution on local government areas
The Eastern Nigerian Government (of the colonial era) pioneered the creation of local governments by regional governments with the Eastern Nigerian Local Government Ordinance of 1950, which created a ...
1st January 2025
Political economy of Nigeria in 2024
Happy New Year to the good people of a great nation, Nigeria! What a rough and tough year 2024 has been! To have survived the turpsy-turvy of last year shows how resilient and long-suffering Nigeria...
1st January 2025
Why are foreign women ‘rushing’ Nigerian men?
Anyone who pays attention to what is happening on social media knows there is a high demand for Nigerian men by women from other countries. In the past, the assumption was that most of the marriages b...
31st December 2024
Five stubborn errors you should avoid from 2025
It’s a huge delight discussing English Language with you this last day of 2024. It has been another exciting long year sharing ideas with you on how all of us can better our spoken and written Engli...
31st December 2024
2025: Issues carried forward
As 2024 winds down, I checked records to check the last time common Nigerians celebrated Christmas and New Year with desired joy, jubilation and happiness. For over two decades, the story had been of ...
30th December 2024
Some myths about losing weight
As 2024 draws to a close, many people are preparing actionable agendas for 2025, often referred to as New Year resolutions. However, it is important to note that many individuals tend to gain weight d...
29th December 2024
Hidden sugars in our food
Dear esteemed readers, may the Christmas season fill your home with joy, your heart with love, and your life with laughter. May whatever is beautiful, meaningful, and brings you happiness be yours thi...
29th December 2024
Nigeria’s shrinking superhighways
Here, in September 2023, I welcomed the Federal Government’s announcement that it would construct two major highways: Abuja-Lagos, and Lagos-Port Harcourt. Minister of Works, Dave Umahi said they wo...
29th December 2024
Sickle Cell, and iron overload
Living with Sickle Cell Disease means that every treatment comes with its own side effects. Today, we will focus on the dangers of blood exchange or transfusion and the risk of iron overload. In condi...
28th December 2024
Navigating love and intimacy when coping with fibroids
Living with fibroids can be a challenging journey, especially when it comes to maintaining intimacy and a healthy relationship. Fibroids, non-cancerous growths in the uterus, can cause a range of symp...
28th December 2024
We are playing with our health
I heard a very sad story recently. I had gone to a salon to paint my nails, but it was closed, so I walked to the nearest one. Directly opposite was a provision shop. As my nails were being painted, m...
28th December 2024
In the spirit of gift-giving
ABOUT 48 hours ago, Christian adherents the world over celebrated the birth of Jesus Christ. The breeze of the joyful season splashed on our mortal bodies. I was in my hometown of Imesi-Ile joining fr...
27th December 2024
Any gains from demonising all Fulani?
I devoted time in the past explaining the context of inadequate national security architecture to the herder-farmer situation in Nigeria. I added that this was the main reason diverse criminal acts ha...
27th December 2024
