Nigeria, Feb. 5 -- "Kingston, Jamaica, October 23rd, 1978. 8:30 p.m: The exclusive Pegasus Hotel's penthouse suite was buzzing with quiet conversation when Michael Jackson walked through the heavy woo... Read More
Nigeria, Jan. 25 -- Neither Bob Nesta Marley nor Muhammed Ali (formerly Cassius Clay) needs any introduction - except, perhaps, to the Gen. Z and Alpha generations that know next-to-nothing of history... Read More
Nigeria, Jan. 13 -- A one-time presidential aspirant in the United States was asked, if he loses the primaries, whether he would accept to be the running mate to the victor, but he quipped: "I hate al... Read More
Nigeria, Jan. 4 -- As Year 2025 becomes history, there is the need to attempt a forensic analysis of this momentous year, in which Nigeria suffered its first "invasion" by a foreign power since its fl... Read More
Nigeria, Dec. 26 -- President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has threatened to resort to the use of "Executive Orders", made so notorious by the United States President Donald Trump, to beat our governors into lin... Read More
Nigeria, Dec. 18 -- Christmas is here, but there is no "feferity" that usually heralds its coming. New Year itself is around the corner but there are no signs amongst the people. From 2023, only the s... Read More
NIGERIA, Dec. 10 -- These are interesting times in Osun state aka "State of the Living Spring", with governorship elections already slated for August 8, 2026. Noted for its world-class tourist attract... Read More
NIGERIA, Dec. 3 -- Jamaica-born reggae sensation Jimmy Cliff is dead, aged 81. His "House of Exile" (1974) and Tracy Chapman's "All that you have is your soul" (1989) are my best of all times. Cliff's... Read More
NIGERIA, Dec. 2 -- Last week, we started with the spat between former President Olusegun Obasanjo and former Ekiti State governor, Peter Ayodele Fayose. Fayose had invited Obasanjo to his 65th birthda... Read More
NIGERIA, Nov. 27 -- Our crossing of paths left an indelible mark when Banji Adekunle and his bosom friend, Taiye Oladapo, were both undergraduates at the University of Ibadan (U.I.) and I was serving ... Read More