John ‘Dare Okafor There has always been an unwritten plan; a plan clearly mapped out in the sanctuaries of your soul. All has been going according to plan. You feel like a grand plan master; you’ve always had the history of figuring things out even before they become a reality. […]
Adebayo Abdulrahman Mahfouz Adedimeji, a scholar and university don, once opined that when things fall apart, we are no longer at ease. No one needs a Bachelor’s degree from Nigeria’s premier university to understand that Mahfouz’s statement was inspired by Chinua Achebe’s evergreen piece. However, a closer look at the […]
Infrared It started like this: I had just gone back to school after the Christmas break and I wasn’t really excited to be in that toxic environment again. So, you could imagine my joy when the school authorities told us that we were to come back home because of the […]
Josmat Jerry “Deep within my heart, the dream of living in an environment where lives hope for tomorrow; where the evil that sucks us dry of our national inheritance dries off; where we have a living life within life; where we are all possessed with equality and fairness, where the […]
Theophilus Femi Alawonde The Indy Hall at 60 celebrations have been scheduled to hold on August 28, 2021, in commemoration of Independence Hall’s sixtieth year of existence. According to details disclosed by the incumbent Administrator-General of the Hall, Olaogun Temitope, the event will be held physically in the Independence Hall, […]
James Arikpo Two things come to mind when the reality of a virtual semester dawned on us. First? How the classes would be for us: the data to burn; the poorly developed University of Ibadan Learning Management System; distraction from home; the laxity to read, and so on. At this […]
bọ́lárìnwá… for those times, when the radiance of your smile will be tempted to go dim by some notches — when the sun will smile less happily because its favourite reflector seeks respite; those times, when that which you go through will seem too much to hold in your veins… […]
And therefore, we are praying to God, that based on our understanding, we pray for a day when the images on the notes in our pockets will be removed. No Muslim Cleric has ever spoken against these images as forbidden. May we be self-sufficient enough not to need this currency. […]
Ifesinachi, an undergraduate student at the University of Ibadan, is yet to (technically) pay her tuition and technology fees; she no longer has the fees. Mind you, it is not because she squandered them on some bungee jumping adventure; no! She did not give it to the Mr. Romeo in […]
Kelv There are a lot of Nigerian players in Europe; players plying their trade on the biggest football-merchandising continent, from the big leagues to the deep ends. While some had outstanding games and memorable milestones, some had a weekend to forget. Who are the Nigerian players that did well in […]
