Saturday, December 7, 2024

Opinion

December 7, 2024

Sacred Yoruba tradition protects Afe Babalola from ridicule, corruption allegations

To label an Ekiti man with allegations of corruption or theft without substantial evidence is a serious affront.

Afe Babalola, Dele Farotimi
December 5, 2024

Word of the year 2024

My five finalists for the words that most captured younger adults’ moods, feelings, imagination, and ethos in 2024 are e choke, steeze, no cap, vibing, and composure.

Gen Z
December 3, 2024

Of Hunter Biden, Seyi Tinubu and Democrats unbridled hypocrisy

The thing about bad behaviour, when it is legitimised, is that it becomes the standard that human beings want to aspire to.

Hunter Biden and Seyi Tinubu
November 28, 2024

The Fuss about Kemi Badenoch

Badenoch has a lot of work ahead of her, but she has the competence, character, and energy to do it despite the snippers at home and abroad.

Kemi Badenoch
November 26, 2024

Adeleke’s Leadership: A dance of transformation in Osun

Governor Adeleke’s approach to healthcare mirrors the precision and care found in Graham’s choreography.

Governor Ademola Adeleke
November 24, 2024

140 years on, ruinous legacies of Berlin West Africa Conference endure

The Berlin Conference was an event whose consequences for Africa and international law were seminal but not always constructive.

Berlin Conference participants
November 14, 2024

Akin Adesina: Evaluating natural capital, economic productivity in Africa

It is time for Africa’s green wealth to be properly measured.

Dr Akinwumi Adesina
November 14, 2024

Azu Ishiekwene: Is AI coming for the journalist?

This may sound incredible, but increasingly, with improvements in infotech and biotech, it seems that what AI cannot do does not exist.

November 10, 2024

Chidi Odinkalu: Nigerian judges are normalising human rights abuses under Bola Tinubu

A regime committed to capturing all levers of power and arresting the machinery of constitutional guardrails has been enabled by a complicit judiciary.

Kekere-Ekun and Tinubu
November 7, 2024

Wale Odunsi: IMF, World Bank and Nigeria’s debt burden

Nigerian leaders should stop taking the people for granted.

World Bank and IMF