Charly Boy: Of bus stops and last stops

By Abimbola Adelakun Future historians of this period will one day note that the 2027 presidential election was one of the most remarkable in our national history, as it was the first campaign to begin even before the 2023 election was properly concluded. We know that in Africa, time ordinarily orbits around elections and electioneering. […]

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Femi Adesina made Buhari’s hypocrisy worse

Departed former President Buhari, and Mr Femi Adesina By Dele Sobowale “Silence is golden when you can’t think of an [intelligent] answer” – Mohammed Ali, 1942-2016. Buhari’s death has exposed more horrors about the real attitude of those who held the highest posts in his government – which was largely a failure based on lies […]

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Ìṣẹ̀ṣe: Between culture and religion

By Abimbola Adelakun The Muslim burial that the Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona, received infuriated many traditionalists and reignited the old questions about the future of our indigenous beliefs and practices in a world dominated by the Abrahamic religions. But at some point, we must also come to terms with the reality that Islam […]

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Again, Buhari nails Femi Adesina to the cross

By Tunde Odesola By some indices of human assessment, such as professionalism, intellect, carriage, humility, handsomeness, etc., the erstwhile Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari (of bitter memory), Mr Femi Adesina, was not cut from the same cloth as many of his colleague editors. There was the tale of a toad-eyed, bosomy and big-mouthed female […]

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The democracy-development nexus in Nigeria

By Femi Mimiko, mni, The Nigerian Political Science Association (NPSA), under the transformational leadership of Professor Hassan Saliu, of the University of Ilorin, held its second virtual conference this year, July 16 and 17, 2025, on the theme, “Democracy and Development: Exploring the nexus in Nigeria.” The first day was chaired by a foremost Political […]

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