He once rioted in untidy hubris of power, puffing and huffing, daring a trampled people to engage him, frightening in that great repose of seemingly infallible authority. He was a cruel and crude partisan who stood in judgement of others, arbitrating in a cause where he stood to gain, pronouncing judgement in primitive fervor when he ought to be collared …

The inaugural lecture of Prof. Gabriel Babawale, an estate surveyor and valuer, at the main auditorium of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka, Yaba-Lagos on Wednesday, 24th May rekindled the memories of the mechanical engineering genius, Prof. Ayodele Awojobi delivering public lecture at the same auditorium decades ago. My supplication then, like so many ambitious students across the country, was …

Ride-Hailing drivers, including Uber, Bolt, LagRide, and Indriver have demanded a price increase from ride-hailing companies. They also demanded commission fee be reduced by 50 per cent. The riders also gave ride-hailing companies a seven-day ultimatum to meet their demands. National President of the Amalgamated Union of App-based Transport Workers of Nigeria, (AUATWON),  Adedamola Adeniran presented the demands of riders …

Nigerian Postal Service, NIPOST, is to collaborate with the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, to improve the turnaround time for passport collection. The Postmaster General of the Federation, Adeyemi Sunday Adepoju on Thursday announced the collaboration when he led  Management on a working visit to the Acting Comptroller General of Immigration, Caroline Wura- Ola Adepoju, at the Service Command Headquarters, Sauka, …

Last night was a winding down at Kingfisher, the celebrity outdoor lounge off Lekki’s Admiralty way. There were the four of us – a club chairman I’d rather not protect his identity because of his approaching appointment to higher state duties; Special Adviser on Media to the immediate past Sports Minister Mr. Kola Daniels; and General Manager of Kwara United, …

I’m getting ahead of myself. Father’s Day is still next Sunday. But after the Executive Editor of LeVogue, LEADERSHIP’s Fashion and Lifestyle magazine, Nikki Odu-Khiran, asked me if I could write a piece to mark the day, it got me thinking. If my father, who passed on 28th May 2000, ever had to write on Father’s Day, what would he have written? …

Bauchi, the capital of the north eastern state which goes by the same name, last weekend hosted critical stakeholders of the opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP). The state is otherwise famous as host of the Yankari Game Reserve and National Park, a major national touristic asset which harbours some of the world’s rarest fauna. Bauchi is also the primordial home …

Nice to hear that the nationwide strike action threatened by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) over the removal of fuel subsidy, which would have begun today, has been postponed. Commonsense, which actually is nowhere common, appears to have prevailed. We thank God for little mercies! Let the NLC learn from the experience of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) …

It wasn’t surprising that the 70th birthday anniversary of a foremost human rights campaigner in Africa, Olisa Agbakoba appeared to have sneaked away 29th May. There wouldn’t have been any basis to struggle in the media for attention on that handover day. But Agbakoba remains the head, the fountain and indeed the very source of  hope for many of us …

In a society deeply entrenched in corruption; the National Assembly should be seen as a beacon of hope. The National Assembly, driven by the mission to eradicate corruption, has taken the responsibility of fighting this pervasive evil by passing into law, “The Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition)”; and “The Terrorism Prevention Act and The Proceeds of Crime Act”. Public support …