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MY ENCOUNTER WITH MAJEK FASHEK
How time flies and how people forget the dead so easily too. Yesterday marked the first anniversary of the death of this great reggae icon and it is amazing to note how people appear to
“Who killed Dr. Aborode?” – Mrs. Aborode, widow of slain Analytical Chemist and PDP Chieftain, asks one year after
On December 11, 2020, four assassins took the life of Dr. Fatai Aborode, an Analytical Chemist turned politician, in Igangan, a town in Ibarapa East Local Government, Oyo State. Early that morning, Dr. Aborode and
“We Want Justice and Closure” – Mrs. Aborode, widow of slain Analytical Chemist and PDP Chieftain in Igangan
December 11, 2021 makes it one year that Dr. Fatai Aborode was murdered at Igangan, a town in Ibarapa North Local Government Area of Oyo State, Nigeria. On that fateful day, Dr. Aborode, who was
ANIKULAPO: A POUCH THAT NEEDS IMPROVEMENT
On Monday October 3, 2022, I wrote a small piece on my Facebook page, reviewing Mr. Kunle Afolayan’s movie, Anikulapo, which I watched the previous evening. As I noted in the piece, I watched the
“Another Confidence Man”: The Unmaking of Christiano Ronaldo and the Making of Manchester United
Introduction November 13, 2022, the whole world woke up to a snippet of an interview between Christiano Ronaldo and Piers Morgan, where the Manchester United forward made a number of damning claims about his current
Manchester United Sacked Ronaldo
Manchester United has parted ways with Christiano Ronaldo. In an information made available by Manchester United’s Communications Department on Tuesday 22 November 2022, the Club noted that Cristiano Ronaldo and Manchester United have parted ways
A SALUTE TO HUMANITY
The other day I was at my dentist’s to keep an appointment. While there, series of tests were carried out. In addition to the usual x-ray, I was subjected to a 3D imaging to check
Lest We Forget – Ka’ Ma Ba Gbagbe
Peter Gregory Obi, the Presidential Candidate of the Labor Party (LP) in the forthcoming Nigerian Presidential Election was the Governor of Anambra State for eight (8) years. Prior to his election, he boasted he will
Farooq Kperogi: The Duty to the Truth
As a concept in journalism, “duty to the truth” describes a moral and ethical obligation, which mandates journalists to seek, uphold, and promote the truth in public discourse, thoughts, actions, and communication. It implies a
Are Nigerian Muslims more Muslim than their counterparts from Saudi Arabia?
In the video attached to this essay (see link at the end of this essay), a clip from Davido’s upcoming song and another one from a private party in Saudi Arabia were blended to form
The Death of Intellectual Courage: OAU’s Cowardly Cancellation of Moyo Okediji
According to Professor Moyo Okediji’s public account, Obafemi Awolowo University cancelled his lecture and book launch, and withdrew his book from the press. If that account is accurate—and OAU has a duty to tell the
When the Circle of Care Collapses: South Africa, Xenophobia and the Betrayal of African Solidarity
There are betrayals that wound the body, and there are betrayals that wound memory. The xenophobic attacks on Nigerians, Ghanaians, Zimbabweans, Mozambicans, Malawians, Ethiopians, Somalis and other African immigrants in South Africa do both. They
How societies learn to make neighbors killable
Mass killing does not begin with mass killing. It begins earlier, in language, in law, in bureaucracy, in the daily rehearsal of who belongs and who does not. A people are made killable when a
Why Awolowo Did Not Become President, Why Tinubu Did, and What Obasanjo Teaches Us About Power
Why Awolowo Did Not Become President, Why Tinubu Did, and What Obasanjo Teaches Us About Power In Nigeria, we often explain politics backwards. A man reaches the summit of power, and we call him destined.
First Lady Commissions ICT Centre at Nigerian University
Nigeria’s first lady, Oluremi Tinubu, has commissioned a state-of-the-art Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Centre named after her at Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ile Ife, Osun State. The hub named Senator Oluremi Tinubu Dream Centre
When Gamesmanship Becomes Cheating: The Moral Failure of Conduct in Moroccan-Hosted Competition
Sport derives its legitimacy not merely from skill or victory, but from the shared assumption that competition is conducted on a level playing field. Football (aka soccer), in particular, depends on a fragile moral contract:
Against Bombs, Not Against Justice: Why Critiquing Kinetic Counterterrorism Is Not Support for Terrorism
In recent years—especially amid renewed military operations against Boko Haram and ISWAP—a troubling conflation has emerged in public debate: that opposition to kinetic, military-first counterterrorism must mean sympathy for terrorists. This assumption is not only
Open Letter to Nigerian Muslims
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Assalamu Alaikum (Peace be upon you), my dear brothers and sisters in Islam and fellow Nigerians. I write to you with a heavy heart
Tinubu’s Gaffe: We Need Gun Laws, Only Not By Knee-jerk Reaction
Today, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu presented his government’s 2026 Appropriation Bill before the National Assembly. This, in itself, is a routine but important constitutional exercise. Yet embedded within the address was a far more consequential
Obasanjo, Coup-Proofing, and the Burden of Hypocrisy
When Elders Forget Their Own Footprints: Obasanjo, Coup-Proofing, and the Burden of Hypocrisy There is a proverb that warns that when an elder forgets the path he once walked, the entire village wanders in circles.
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