THE Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, was in Lagos last week, and took time out to pay a courtesy…
Browsing: Kazeem Akintunde’s Column
FORMER President Olusegun Aremu Okikiola Obasanjo has several appellations. Some call him Balogun Owu, others refer to him as Baba…
OUR lawmakers have started receiving their N160m SUVs. We should be happy for them. After all, it is not easy…
NIGERIA is gradually becoming a huge joke the world over. This is due to the kind of news emanating from…
THE Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, for now, cannot afford to sleep with his two eyes closed. Although President…
EVEN before the ink with which Supreme Court Justices wrote the 2023 Presidential election judgment dried on the paper it…
ONE of the basic principles of economics that was ingrained in my brain 40 years ago at Boys Academy, Simpson,…
‘When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace- Jimi Hendrix’ INGER Skjelsbæk, a…
THERE was a tit-for-tat fight at the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing in Abuja a few days ago. The…
FOR over 15 minutes on May 7, Afro-pop Musician, Tiwa Savage held the world by storm when she serenaded millions…
LUCKY Aiyedatiwa, the Deputy Governor of Ondo State, and until a few days ago, the acting Governor of the state…
NIGERIANS went to the poll on February 25 to elect a new President for the country, but the outcome of…
‘I Dream of an Africa, which is in peace with itself’- Nelson Mandela SINCE January this year, Africa has been…
THAT Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu is still a political neophyte is glaring for all to see. Though he joined partisan politics…
WHEN the going was good, they were so close that one can mistake them for Siamese twin. Where one is,…
SENATE President, Godswill Akpabio, caught the attention of many Nigerians last week. On Wednesday, at the end of the plenary…
THE seven-day ultimatum handed down to the coupists in the Niger Republic by the Economic Community of West African States…
I DO not envy Ebunoluwa Rotimi Adelesi, the newly minted Kwara State Commissioner of Police. Being the first female CP…
‘AS for man, whenever his Lord tests him, gives him honour and gifts, He says ‘My Lord has honoured me.’…
A FEW years back, government officials attached to Ifako/Ijaye Local Government area of Lagos State were in my mum’s house…