When Giants Clash: The Echoes of War and the Price Humanity Pays By Dikko Falilat Kehinde War, they say, is like fire, once it starts, it consumes not only the dry grass but also the green. Today, the rising tensions among United States, Iran, and Israel remind the world of an old truth: when elephants…
BWALA BASHING ON AL JAZEERA : WHAT NEXT ? By Dr. Bisi Olawunmi. First responders have had their field day of reactions immediately Daniel Bwala , Special Adviser on media and policy communication to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu literally got roasted during a public affairs programme on Al Jazeera, a global television station. Bwala has…
Plateau Bleeds While Leadership Plays Politics: A Nation on the Brink of Anarchy The disturbing scenes coming out of Plateau State are not just another “incident” — they are a grim reminder that Nigeria is gradually sliding into a dangerous abyss. Reports confirm that dozens of innocent Nigerians have been slaughtered in cold blood,…
A Thousand Ways to Spend What You Don’t Have By Olaitan Adesina There is something almost poetic about a government that cannot grow its revenues but has mastered the fine art of multiplying aides. In Ondo State today, Internally Generated Revenue limps along like a reluctant civil servant on a Monday morning, but Governor Lucky…
Reclaiming Praxis: Reviving Amotekun’s Community Roots By Sola Ajisafe, Esq Ondo State, a frontier State with multiple entry points and shared boundaries, faces escalating security challenges. Kidnappings, killings, and terror grip communities. Government actions under Aiyedatiwa seem reactive, contradictory, and unfocused. As Chief Security Officer, the governor needs synergy with security agencies like the Artillery…
Imado (Wathorg) and The Slave Story By Sola Ajisafe, Esq ” _Imado iba se bi Elede a ba ilu je, eru i ba j’oba ko ni ku eni kankan” – Yoruba Wise Saying (When a leader is like a wild elephant, “Wathorg” destruction follows_ Over a year ago, I wrote about the dangers of leaders…
Free Speech Is Not License for Anarchy. By Olaitan Adesina I have read several elegantly written and legally textured articles demanding or appealing for leniency from the Honourable Minister for the Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo in the matter of Emorioloye Owolemi, the self-acclaimed Director General of Asiwaju Media Team, an organization which parades itself as a…
Borrowed Glory and Stolen Credit: Why Nigeria Must Get Serious About Copyright (2) By Olaitan Adesina If music theft is loud, intellectual theft on blogs and social media is whisper-quiet and far more pervasive. It’s usually just copy, paste, and a confident tone. Someone spends hours researching, writing, editing, and publishing. Another person screenshots it,…
Borrowed Glory and Stolen Credit: Why Nigeria Must Get Serious About Copyright (1) By Olaitan Adesina In Nigeria, we love talent so much that we sometimes excuse theft if it sings or dances well. We clap for the remix, sing along to the faster tempo, and we call it innovation. But there is a…
Blood in Idanre, Bruises in Akure: A Party in Turmoil By Olaitan Adesina Just when many hoped the chaos at the secretariat of the All Progressives Congress in Ondo State would be an isolated embarrassment, events in Idanre have deepened the sense that something is badly wrong in our political atmosphere. According to the police,…
