OPINION

Who really cares what former President Olusegun Obasanjo thinks of Nigeria's corrupt democracy? Obasanjo is part of the reason why democracy doesn't work in Africa. Obasanjo had the rare privilege of becoming military head of…

By abiodun KOMOLAFE I do not know how to start this Tribute. Still, I have to do it; and it's to Temitope Adeniran Ademakinwa who died on Wednesday, November 29, 2023. Ademakinwa died at the age of 62, leaving behind a…

By Festus Adedayo It was 25 years ago; Saturday, October 10, 1998 to be precise. We were all inside the living room of the Yaba, Lagos modest home of Frank Ovie-Kokori. We were waiting for our heroes. In the heat of the June…

Written by Festus Adedayo In 1995 when I joined the Tribune newspaper and “squatted” with a friend in Odo-Ona, one of Ibadan’s slums, I met one young boy in whom I took interest. His mother was a dedicated teacher and a devout…

Written by Festus Adedayo Last week, in the ancient city of Ibadan, Oyo State, two bedfellows, journalism and history, became objects of attraction. The duo have always existed in Siamese matrimony. As a way of emphasizing this…

No matter how good the type of government we practice in Nigeria, it will be difficult to build a Productive nation as long as its citizens have immoral attitudes as identified by experts. Nigerians are too passionate about…

Is it not shameful that Nigeria will begin importation of crude oil from Saudi Arabia and Venezuela? And is it not self indictment that Mele Kyari, chief operating officer of an NNPCL which reaps from the sweat of the IOCs, shamelessly took…

Written by abiodun KOMOLAFE It is a glorious thing to have a tested leader as the president of a country. It is also a blessing when the president means what he says and when what he says is not just believable but also…

The Nigerian Gas Company, NGC constitutes a bottleneck that must be quickly scrapped to salvage the gas industry in Nigeria. Whereas there are abundance of natural gas deposits in Nigeria to generate well over 200,000 megawatts…

By Stephen A. Newton, Managing Director at Aleph, Africa It’s become increasingly  impossible to deny that we live in an increasingly global world. Today, nearly 65% of world -wide consumers are connected to the internet.…