Yayi: A beacon of hope
In the tapestry of Nigeria’s political landscape, Solomon Olamilekan Adeola (Yayi), emerges as a public figure whose story resonates deeply with the aspirations and struggles of the common man. His journey from
Suggestions
Boko Haram and human explosives
The trend of terrorism in the world in general perpetuated by other Islamic and non-Islamic terrorist organisations and in Nigeria in particular carried out by the Boko Haram terrorist organisations, consisting of
National Youth Service Corps to be made optional?
IN today’s global society, the challenge to maintain unity is even greater even though people with drastically different backgrounds and life philosophies share the same block, the same church and the same
Ugbo-Ilaje’s place in Yoruba history, by Oba Akinruntan
CONTRARY to claims by historians and some sections of oral tradition that the Ugbo people were driven away from Ile-Ife at the beginning of the Oduduwa Dynasty
‘Why Obas hold Ooni of Ife in high esteem’
Let me start with what might appeared a bit of self-centeredness, in other words, I will like to introduce my self first as a Yoruba man; two, as an historian of Africa
On The Politics of Being Mortal
NOT counting my student days, 1947-51. I have spent my life on university campuses in Nigeria, both at Ibadan and at Lagos.
NNPC, ‘missing funds’ and subsidy debacle
These are certainly not the best of times for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). From allegations of non-remittance of oil revenue to those of operating above the laws of the land
The Ooni of Ife: Conflict of modernity and tradition
THE controversy generated last week over the reported demise of His Royal Majesty, Oba Okunade Sijuwade, Olubuse 11, the Ooni of Ife, has again brought to the fore, the peculiarity of post-colonial
Science towards a clean and developed environment (5)
The findings revealed that the content of Pb determined in the facial cosmetics was greater in black antimony than calabar stone.
Science towards a clean and developed environment (2)
CONTINUED FROM TUESDAY Text of an Inaugural Lecture delivered at Yaba College of Technology by Dr. Adeleke Atanda Abiodun, B.Sc.(Hons.)(Unilorin), M.Sc.(Unilorin), Ph. D. (UNAAB). There are a number of definitions of “sustainable
‘If Greece quits the euro, who will bear the blame?’
Soon after Greece’s election, a senior official in the European Commission, one of the institutions that monitors bail-outs, said that Alexis Tsipras, Syriza’s leader and the new prime minister, would turn out