On November 18, 2005, I found myself strapped to a seat of a United Airlines airplane at O’Hare International Airport, Chicago, en route to Washington DC for a workshop organised by the United States Department of State for over two ...

It was shocking and heart-rending last week when it was reported that a Lecturer at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (Enugu Campus), Dr Bede Apata, committed suicide. Why it was jaw-dropping for all is that at 38, with a Ph.D. ...

If brilliance and intelligence were to be factors that guarantee winning elections in Nigeria, the former Governor of Kano State and new Minister of Education, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, would have been the President of Nigeria. This is because many Nigerians ...

When the famous English poet, T. S. Elliot, wrote his “Murder in the Cathedral”, a verse drama that was first performed in 1935, he did not envisage that his submission would have grim relevance to Nigeria. In his portrayal of ...

Despite the defeat suffered by the Super Eagles of Nigeria in their encounters with Argentina and France in the ongoing World Cup competition in Brazil, many Nigerians still follow the round leather game with interest. Karl Marx once said that ...

When the Coordinating Minister of the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, came to the University of Ilorin on Thursday, May 15, 2014 for the inauguration of our oil palm plantation project, she was wowed by the University ...

For almost two billion Muslims across the world, Ramadhan is always a special period because of its significance as one of the holiest seasons in the year. It is a period marked by solemnity and devotion during which conscious efforts ...

Mahfouz A. Adedimeji, Ph.D. The Beginning Since fasting in Ramadhan was made obligatory in the second year of Hijrah, generations of Muslims have maximized the gains and benefits of this holy month. It has been observed in our part of ...

Last Friday, I wrote an addendum on this page on “Four Factors For Fayemi” in which I briefly discussed the possibility of Dr Kayode Fayemi winning the Ekiti Governorship election slated for the following day on the grounds of his ...

The world is in a bad state with the horrifying news that always dominates our airwaves. Everyday, we are regaled with details of nerve-wrenching atrocities bordering on human inhumanity. The global situation is chaotic, messy and bloody. In Nigeria, the ...

When the former Opposition Leader of the Western House of Assembly, Alhaji Adegoke Adelabu, died on March 26, 1958, the “Daily Service” newspaper of Friday, March 28, 1958 on page 5 published an extract from his book, “Africa in Ebullition” ...

Mr Babatunde Raji Fashola, SAN, is one Governor that has won the hearts of many Nigerians, including mine. This is because of the popular assessment that he has done tremendously well as the helmsman of the famed Centre of Excellence. ...