There is this African riddle and I think it is most appropriate today and for the few words I have.…
Browsing: Sunday
The kangaroo, and the chameleon set out to visit the turtle, after days in the forest trekking, they were almost…
By next week it would be December, the month of Christmas, better put the last month of the year, so…
A coup is a curious thing. Those who make the coup never admit that they have made the coup. They…
In 2017, Issa Shivji delivered the Harold Wolpe Memorial Lecture at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. Issa,…
To the thinking man, the world is a comedy; to the feeling man, it’s a tragedy. I think all the…
I know from experience that criticisms, even apparently destructive criticisms, are helpful to government—Lateef Jakande, former governor of Lagos state…
Debts are nowadays like children begot with pleasure but brought forth in pain So is it news that we have…
It is with great pleasure that I welcome you on board this flight and to the new edition of Inzozi…
The occasion was the Post 2019 Election Review Conference. The idea was to look at how all the stakeholders fair,…
Akì í mú ìbọn tetere. One does not hold a gun carelessly. (Always be careful in handling dangerous matters.) So…
A stone that is visible cannot destroy a hoe. Rwandan Proverb I am tucked in my hotel room in the…
I recollect vividly as if it happened yesterday — the day I first had a one-on-one with Mr Nduka Obaigbena,…
Where were you on June 12, 1993? I was in Ilorin, Kwara state, enjoying the weekend with my cousins. I…
It started like a little rumour weeks ago that the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) was planning to descend on the…
SIMON KOLAWOLE LIVE! simon.kolawole@thisdaylive.com, sms: 0805 500 1961 Your Excellency, I want to seize this opportunity to wish you the…
I always hesitate to use the “R” word because I don’t understand how it really works, but a lot of…
In July 2005, aboard an Egypt Air flight from Cairo to Lagos, a number of Nigerians spent hours discussing the…
We marked the World Water Day on March 22 with a damning statistic: over 60 million Nigerians do not have…
With the exception of Rivers state — where former friends are at war — governorship elections have been concluded across…
In case you missed it, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), an advocacy group, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to appoint…
The conduct of the 2019 general election has, expectedly, become the subject of heated discussions and debates everywhere — offices,…
If you ask me, I would say there are three critical stages of elections in Nigeria — and each is…
When your wife is pregnant and gives birth at the end of nine months, you cannot claim you were caught…
When Globacom, the Nigerian telecommunications giant, unveiled Anthony Joshua as its brand ambassador a couple of weeks ago, something delighted…
By the year 2050, Nigeria will have a population of 410 million people, the UN has projected. We will become…
In 2010, when Dr. Goodluck Jonathan assumed office following the death of President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, he promised us electoral…