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Electoral infidels!, By Wole Olaoye

Nigeria, Aug. 17 -- Anyone against the universal brotherhood of humankind and the secularism of multicultural Nigeria is an infidel. So is anyone who canvasses for bloodletting as a campaign tool or t... Read More


When pulpit confronts power, By Wole Olaoye

Nigeria, Aug. 10 -- John Cardinal Onaiyekan has been known as a temperate, sagacious, and even-handed man for all his 82 years on earth. Anyone now trying to cast him in the mould of a rabble-rouser d... Read More


The reset button, By Wole Olaoye

Nigeria, Aug. 2 -- "The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones." - Lao Tzu "You are under arrest for urinating in public," barked the police officer. "What do you mean? Am I ... Read More


When the wells run dry, By Wole Olaoye

Nigeria, July 19 -- I like to think that I'm a citizen of the world. Truthfully, I have not been raised to have racial or ethnic boundaries, even as I've been socialised to appreciate the beauty of my... Read More


Not what you say, it's what you do!, By Wole Olaoye

Nigeria, July 13 -- Congratulations, Nigeria! For a change, we are singing songs of joy, not elegies for the dead. We huddle together under the embrace of hope and joy as we gather to celebrate an ext... Read More


Tell South Africa, karma is a bitch!, By Wole Olaoye

Nigeria, June 15 -- Never poison a stream from which you may want to drink in future. That is a profound and timeless warning from the stable of our forebears. It is closely related to the modern idio... Read More


Should Jonathan run (away)?, By Wole Olaoye

Nigeria, June 8 -- If Dr Goodluck Jonathan were my brother, I would find a quiet place to have a heart-to-heart fraternal talk with him. Don't Run "My dear brother, God has been so kind to you that ... Read More


No way forward without restructuring, By Wole Olaoye

Nigeria, June 1 -- We are on the march again - 27 years after our return to democratic governance and three years into the tenure of the Tinubu administration. Centrifugal forces are on the ascendancy... Read More