By Tope Akinnola And so, finally, I was at the much bragged about or flaunted Ebute Metta Train Station, otherwise called the Mobolaji Johnson Train Station yesterday; and I can say for certain that it lives up to its reputation of great aesthetics and fine architectural design. Subconsciously though, my mind began to make comparisons […] Read more

By Lasisi Olagunju (Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 4 October, 2021) Igboland is the new home of Hades, lord of death and king of the underworld. The land writhes in pains as rough men roast it for supper. Vultures have descended on its forests; hawks feed on its cities. Every dove there is […] Read more

By Wole Olaoye As Nigeria marks another birthday, we mourn with the families of victims who have supped with raw terror as some ring of inevitability begins to form around the serial violence enveloping the country on all sides. We are all potential victims. For once, this scourge, no matter its illogic, obeys the federal […] Read more

Nigeria’s organised Islamic terrorism problem did not start in 2009. It’s a lot more insidious than you think. In March 2021, a 96 year-old businessman died in Rome, Italy. In his lifetime, Ahmed Idris Nasreddin might have amassed a personal fortune of close to half a billion dollars, but the death of NASCO Group’s multimillionaire […] Read more

BACK PAGE COLUMN By Michael West MaTaZ ArIsInG October 1, 2021 In the years gone by, ‘hired’ parents and ‘borrowed’ in-laws were a necessity for an urgent arrangement to fulfill “all righteousness” in the process of solemnising a marriage. It used to be a family affair in which people other than the biological parents of […] Read more

By Dauda Hussaini Paiko Northern Governors are the most useless set of Governor’s in the world. They don’t meet to discuss ideas of how to improve life, add value to their states. The only time they meet is when discussing Social Media Bill or Presidency. We have 19 Northern States. Out of that 19, only […] Read more

By Olusola Ajiboye SHAKING OFF THE MANACLES Until the Fulani Jihadists were defeated at the Jalumi wars of 1840, their objectives of “dipping the Quran in the sea” could have seen a large swath of the Yoruba Country subjugated to the Fullani Emirate Rule. The assassination of Kakanfo Afonja by his Fulani allies and the […] Read more

Monday Lines By Lasisi Olagunju (Published in MaTaZ ArIsInG on Monday, 27 September, 2021) Alhaji Baba Ahmed, a Mauritanian cow seller, plied his trade from his country to the Gold Coast (now Ghana) and to Dahomey (now Benin Republic). Business was very good but at a point, his customers in Dahomey, with impunity, refused to […] Read more