Category: Opinion

By Tunde Odesola Tigrine is the name of a rocky downhill village located in a cheerless valley. Tigrine is ruled by King Tiger aka Oba Ika, who sits resplendent on the ancient throne of Wiked Kingdom. Though the aborigines of Tigrine village are humans, they call themselves tigers because they disembowel without swords, using ‘a […]

By Nelson Fadoju (Ayekooto Alawiye Afedefeyo). Nigeria has become a theatre of laughter,a laughing stock acted by majority of our leaders that are supposed to work for us but, who are deceiving and ruining us thinking that,they are perfect without knowing that, “Afefe ti fe,a ti ri furo Adie”. The Ostrich that buried its head […]

By Tunde Odesola In Nigeria’s bustling cyberspace, Albert Ofosu Nketia is a name that needs an introduction, but his face doesn’t. At barely seven, Nketia’s meme is potentially the most popular kid video in the Nigerian social media space. The fluky kid holds a permanent residency in the phones of millions of Nigerians who carry […]

By Isaac Asabor In any functioning democracy, a media chat is not meant to be comfortable. It is designed to be probing, unscripted, and, at times, uneasy for everyone involved. That discomfort is not incidental; it is the very engine of accountability. Yet what increasingly passes for a media chat in the engagements of Nyesom […]

By Tunde Odesola With sand, twigs, silk, leaves and bark, the Arigisegi builds its house. If Àrígiṣégi had a father, his name would have been Àràmàndà. But Àrígiṣégi is not human; it is an insect. In the Yoruba worldview, the Àrígiṣégi is a queer insect. Àràmàndà, the supposed name of Àrígiṣégi’s father, means wonder. The […]

By Abimbola Adelakun When the memes that savagely mocked Power Minister Adebayo Adelabu hit the internet, he must have been doubly unnerved because it is election year—the season politicians put up their best behaviour, so they do not trigger an aggrieved electorate. To be unmotivated to vote for you is bad enough; to be motivated […]

By Festus Adedayo Have you read Niyi Osundare’s poem, The word is an egg? It explores a deep-rooted Yoruba philosophy of the permanence and fragility of the spoken word. Osundare also drills into its creative and destructive power. That philosophy proclaims the egg shell-like nature of the word – “eyin l’ohùn”. Osundare’s poem took the […]

By Tunde Odesola Back in the Italy of 44 BC, there lived a babalawo called Spurinna. Spurinna was a haruspice. In ancient Rome, a haruspice was a priest or soothsayer who practised divination by inspecting the entrails–specifically the liver and gallbladder–of sacrificed animals, to interpret the messages of the gods. Spurinna was popular in his […]

File photo illustrating the aftermath of a jungle justice incident in Nigeria. Mob violence continues to claim lives amid weak trust in the justice system. IT is troubling that mob action continues to assume frightening dimensions in Nigeria despite its illegality and the innocence of some of the victims after the fact. The latest incidents […]