OPINION

By abiodun KOMOLAFE In a Special State Broadcast on Tuesday, Governor Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji of Ekiti State appealed for peace and orderliness ahead of the 2026 governorship election. While condemning recent political…

The recent article by Chief MWA, *“The Yoruba Paradox: Makers of Leaders, Masters of Betrayal,”* raises important reflections on the Yoruba political tradition. Yet, it also calls for clarification of what true politics and democracy…

By Diana Tenebe, Chief Operating Officer, Foodstuff Store September is here, and for many parents in Nigeria, that means the start of the back-to-school frenzy. The mornings become a blur of getting kids ready, packing lunch…

A quiet but significant shift is unfolding in Kenya’s urban centres. Once defined by in-person errands and brick-and-mortar retail, city life is being reshaped by a growing dependence on delivery platforms. The daily routine of navigating…

By Festus Adedayo Growing up, people of my generation matured into a fiery imagery painted of the wild and the animal world. We were fed on such frightening broths in folktales and fabulous novels like that of D. O. Fagunwa.…

By Festus Adedayo A few weeks ago, an outburst of then aspirant for Nigeria’s presidential office, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, marked its third anniversary. On June 2, 2022, in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, Tinubu bit the bullet in…

By abiodun KOMOLAFE There was a delusion that the privatization of the power sector - an existing, dilapidated monopoly - would be as straightforward and eventually beneficial as the transformative liberalization of the…

Written by Festus Adedayo When the weight of words spoken is weightier than whatever response it may attract, my people say Oro p’esi je. The English say such wordless period is an ineffable moment. In its literal rendition,…

By abiodun KOMOLAFE Five years ago, a rare breed of man departed this world, leaving behind a void that nobody has been able to fill. On August 11, 2020, my beloved father and confidant, Sunday Alaba Komolafe, bid this mortal…

By abiodun KOMOLAFE In recent times, we've seen the transition of the powerful, but we must not ignore the transition of millions of ordinary people, for their lives also count. We are reminded of John Donne's famous admonition…