Remembering Ayo Odebisi: His Lessons
Remembering Ayo Odebisi (Paramole): His Lessons It has been one year since Ayo Odebisi went on another kind of going abroad trip. When I heard and looked at his photo,…
Social Relations
Understanding Akpunwaism
Understanding Akpunwaism Akpunwaism is a cultural reaction to defeat and the subaltern status of an ethnic or regional group within a state. Akpunwaism is unique to the Igbo ethnic group,…
Obasanjo is neither Fulani nor Igbo
Obasanjo is neither Fulani nor Igbo In 2012 an Odua Peoples Congress (OPC) operative intimated to me very intensely that the then President Olusegun Obasanjo was a traitor to the…
Uber License: A Nigerian Interest
The Uber License: A Nigerian Interest In the UK and the USA, the spectre of Nigerians achieving academic excellence in institutions of higher learning everywhere has increasingly etched for itself…
The “Babangida Must Go” Protests
The “Babangida Must Go” Protests: A Missed Opportunity for Revolution Young, obscure student leaders in 1989 led the best chance of a revolution Nigeria had at the University of Benin…
When I Last Saw Simon Hughes
When I Last Saw Simon Hughes Thursday, two weeks ago I had just come out of hospital after a two-week stay there. As a resident of a Bermondsey, my brother…