When dispassionate commentaries are made by independent analysts in the fullness of time about the Tinubu presidency, a striking reality will emerge: he infused the political economy with fresh thinking. Let us be clear: it is not just about a birth date. As former Governor and Minister Babatunde Raji...
Chief Obafemi Awolowo
In times when our national conversation becomes too heated, fuzzy and bogged in intractable controversy, I prefer to take matters to the barber’s shop at Ikeja Bus Stop. That is my definition of the Public Square. In that place, fact, fiction and faction meet and mix in a noisy...
Delta state governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, has a knack for speaking with the wisdom of a centurion, a savant of grand old age. But he’s only 62, two years younger than independent Nigeria. On Wednesday, April 29, this year, he once again demonstrated such sagely wisdom. He was guest of...
In what has become a familiar ritual of Nigerian campus trade unionism, ASUU has served notice of an imminent work stoppage. It is all about long standing service agreements over benefits and allowances that have been lingering for the better part of the last few decade or more. In...
The wise learn from their errors and successes of their neighbors. And as they say, we learn from history that we learn nothing from history. Actually, history is his story told by him or by others, written with his actions and published by observers. Errors could be made in...