Chief Obafemi Awolowo, former premier of Western Nigeria is often credited with giant strides the region experienced under his watch as premier but not many know that his successes were largely because of the efforts…
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Where Sir Victor Olaiya found inspiration for the song, ‘Omo Pupa o, Omo pupa ne mife…
In the 60s competition for admission into the few available colleges was stiff and keen apart from the fact that many could not afford the school fees. Many brilliant students who could not make the…
Balewa, the Hemifusis and how Nigeria’s bout of Affluenza began
Affluenza is not sea sickness, which many who typically travel by sea experience. It is a condition which affects those living in an affluent society. According to Merriam-Webster, is the unhealthy and unwelcome psychological and…
Umaru Dikko: Feeds from the spellbinding diary
How did Umaru Dikko come to command the attention of the British official who stood above him in the above photo? How did the photographer know his famed brilliance was the big elephant in the…
National Arts Theatre, Lagos – Tribute to reclamation
How many know that the National Arts Theatre (Iganmu) Lagos, one of Nigeria’s iconic piece of real estate, sits on reclaimed land? This is the story: Police Commissioner Joseph Gomwalk, who was military governor of…
Handling Greek Gift – the Aminu Kano Masterclass
Mallam Aminu Kano once lived in Nigeria. He could well have been a Spartan for he lived and modelled their famous ideas. He was a teacher then he became a politician, passionately loved by those…
Abiku of Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos
For decades, the Poems ‘Abiku’ by Professor Wole Soyinka and Professor JP Clark have had the wow effects on lovers of poetry worldwide. JP Clark’s appeal to the coming and going phenomenon to ‘step in…
Was Abubakar Tafawa Balewa right when he said, ‘It will be the end of happiness in this country when religion is brought into politics?’
As Nigeria marches towards the inauguration of the 9th National Assembly in June 2019, calls and counter calls that officers be selected based on the religion they profess have poured into the media so it…
From the now extinct Presidential Book of Fallacies
Those who claim northern Nigeria secured its right to produce the leader of Nigeria because the region once provided the leading foreign exchange earner for the country through groundnut cultivation in the era of the…
Come Rustle this, Come Rustle this
Yesterday, I threw out a challenge following a dream my neighbour shared with me about an interesting dream he had. I should have waited before sharing the dream because he called me later to give…