THE MASQUERADE THAT FORGOT ITS OWN DANCE Sit down, my children. Sit down. There is a proverb our people keep close to their chest like a farmer keeps his best seed — ugbu a ka oge di mma— now is when the time matters most. I did not leave my *obi* to come and whisper….
Rate Card for a Dying Man: How Nigeria Learned to Monetise Misery By Chidi Ekeh A woman in a pink head wrap looked into a phone camera sometime last year and said, quietly, with the exhausted precision of someone who has finished crying: “Everything we paid to influencers — there was five million, one million,…
. The Night the Internet Did Not Forget _March 6, 2026 – Al Jazeera Head to Head, Conway Hall, London. By Chidi Ekeh Mehdi Hasan vs. Daniel Bwala turned into a public execution by archive. You walked in as Tinubu’s spokesman. You left as a meme holding a water glass.The Demolition – Short VersionTrump bombed…
The Incident: A Detailed Breakdown By Chidi Ekeh On February 27, 2026, during a monthly media parley in Umuahia, Abia State’s capital, Governor Alex Otti engaged in a heated exchange with journalist Chika Nwabueze of Don Media Group (sometimes referred to as BON Media Group). This event was part of Otti’s regular “Media Chat with…
Fame, Legacy, and the Delusion of Greatness Olaitan Adesina Since his mother’s passing, Ibrahim Ayodeji Balogun AKA Wizkid has been on a downward trajectory. While his undeniably immense talent may conceal the true state of his mental and emotional stability, his latest comment in the social media tiff with Seun Kuti is a dead giveaway….
The Ivory Tower in Ruins: Is the Nigerian University Still an Engine of Social Mobility? For months of Sundays, the Nigerian public university was the great equalizer. It was the place where the son of a palm wine tapper from a remote village in Ekiti could sit in the same lecture hall as the daughter…
“If you see something, say something”: Exposing Nigeria’s political charlatans and spiritual merchants Today, “Apuro Jeun” media outfits and opportunistic podcasts are mushrooming across Nigeria, turning into cheap tools for exploitation and extortion. They prey on money-bag politicians seeking elective offices as legislators and governors, including aspirants such as Adegoke Adelabu Jnr. of Oyo…
Wole Soyinka: The Man and the Arrow of God for Nigeria! “Our fear” for Nigeria when Nigeria’s greatest asset and prisoner of conscience Wole Soyinka is no longer with us is what this article is going to be all about I am using the word “Our” and not just “My” fear because I have done…
Mobocracy: How the Cancel Culture Is Strangling Democratic Dissent in Nigeria By Olaitan Adesina Democracy was never meant to be a chorus of identical voices. It thrives on disagreement, debate, and the tension between competing visions of society. Yet in today’s hyper charged digital space, dissent, the very soul of democracy, has become a dangerous…
ONDO STATE AND THIS GROWING CULTURE OF SMALLNESS By Olaitan Adesina I recently read an article by JJ Omojuwa on the state of governance in Ondo State. His observations were sharp and unsettling, not because they were exaggerated, but because they were accurate. They captured a frustration that many people in the state feel but…
