May 2021

Akeredolu

Between Akeredolu And Ayade

By Akin Osuntokun In the past few weeks we have been treated to how degraded Nigeria has become, we have also witnessed the manifestation of a contrary trend. The latter was the retrieval and reassertion…



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How to Be A Parent When You Never Had One

By Hara Estroff Marano I was repeatedly abused as a child and was passed from one foster home to the next. Now I am a mother to a young child, and I am intensely afraid…


Muhammadu Buhari

Why Buhari Must Go Now Now!

The funeral ceremony and the cries of the loved ones of the dead from the NAF Plane Crash reminded me of one of Fela Anikulapo Kuti’s songs that says, “…dem leave sorrow, tears, and blood,…


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The 7 Lamps Of Living

Lighting the path to a life well led. By Marty Nemko Ph.D Something as complex and individualized as the life well-led cannot be reduced to seven keys or even 50 keys. That said, amid our…


Naira Marley

RMD, Naira Marley And The Rest Of Us

Last week Richard Mofe Damijo fulfilled one of his dreams. He pierced his ears and wore a pair of earrings. Some days earlier Naira Marley had shared one of his dreams on social media. He…




Prof. Ben Ayade

Nigeria’s Nutty Professors

As an engineering undergraduate at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, I often felt a sense of pride whenever I see Law students carrying or reading the books of Prof. Itse Sagay. Today, that pride has…