Ayekooto
WHEN THE BULLDOZER ARRIVES
There is a familiar scene in Nigerian cities. A roadside trader settles into a small space and begins to work....
Read moreWhen the Bus Becomes Everybody’s Platform
I have been trying to imagine the Nigerian commercial bus without the preacher, the hawker, the medicine seller, the phone...
Read moreDISCORDANT TUNES OF JUSTICE: A New Musical Refrain in the Temple of Justice
By Lanre Ogundipe Every institution has its own language. The legislature speaks through laws. The Executive speaks through policies and...
Read moreWHEN ACCOUNTABILITY BECOMES A SEASONAL COMMODITY
There is something fundamentally wrong with a society where accountability appears only in seasons. It surfaces after a national tragedy,...
Read moreOBASANJO: The Man History Refuses to Leave Alone
Power, Legacy and the Burden of the Documentary Record By Lanre Ogundipe History is often kinder to the dead than...
Read moreThe Forest Must Never Belong to Fear Again
The successful rescue of the Oriire schoolchildren, their teachers and other victims has restored confidence in the ability of Nigeria's...
Read moreEpstein-Linked Model Scout Found Dead
PARIS — Daniel Siad, a French modeling scout whose name appeared nearly 2,000 times in Department of Justice files linking...
Read moreWHEN THE VILLAGE FOUGHT BACK – Orire and the Reawakening of Community Courage
By Lanre Ogundipe There are moments in the life of a nation when an isolated event transcends its immediate circumstances...
Read moreCourt Jails Bandit Ally for 20 Years over Concealment, Terrorism Financing
A Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced Muhammad Sani, a resident of Nabi Village in Shiroro Local Government Area...
Read moreGunmen Kidnap Oyo Headmaster, Demand N30 Million Ransom
ITESIWAJU, OYO STATE — The fragile sense of relief following the recent rescue of over 40 schoolchildren in Oyo State...
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