Bayo Olanlege Sounds Alarm Over Football Governance, Demands Accountability Reform
A leading voice in Nigerian football administration, Bayo Olanlege, has called for sweeping reforms, warning that the country’s football system risks stagnation without a renewed commitment to accountability. In a strongly a statement posted on LinkedIn…
Don’t Beat up a Woman For Sex – Duke of Shomolu
The incident of men beating up their wives due to their refusing them sex is becoming rampant. When you beat up your wife and then forcefully have sex with her, in my books that is Rape I don’t know if you could be prosecuted for that seeing that…
What Khamenei’s Death Could Unleash Across the Middle East
The killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is widely percieved as one of the most dramatic escalations in modern Middle Eastern history, thrusting the region into a dangerous new phase of uncertainty. For U.S. President Donald Trump,…
Why Nigeria’s Billionaire Had to Look to India for Skills
The revelation that Aliko Dangote recruited 11,000 Indian technicians to run his refinery because Nigeria couldn’t find 100 qualified locally isn’t a scandal but one that shows uncomfortable truths about Africa’s educational failures.…
Female Genital Schistosomiasis and the Politics of Neglect: Why Universal Health Coverage Must Confront Gendered Blind Spots
For centuries, medicine has treated pain differently depending on whose body it lives in. When a man falls ill and cannot work, the problem is seen as economic. It affects productivity. Therefore, solutions are pursued. When a woman experiences pain…
Africa Must Boycott the 2026 World Cup to Confront US Complicity in Gaza
In a powerful opinion article published on Al Jazeera, columnist Tafi Mhaka argues that African nations must stage a coordinated boycott of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, hosted primarily by the United States. Mhaka draws a direct parallel to the 1976 African…
E-Transmission: The Illusion of Victory
The furore behind the e-tranmission of electoral results may be loud but apparently, if one reads between the lines, hasn’t achieved much. Sigh. In the architecture of democracy, the transfer of power is not merely a procedure, it is a sacrament of…
Can Funke Akindele Dance for us? – Duke of Shomolu
Funke Akindele, the figures are astounding. Over 4b in ticket sales for three movies, making her the biggest money-making machine in the 3rd largest film industry in the world. She has beaten even the biggest movie makers in the world who are shy of…
Men, Ejaculate and Live – By Duke of Shomolu
FOI: This is a very uncomfortable conversation about Prostate Cancer as written by Duke of Shomolu …… It is now official. We have to have ejaculate 21 times a month to survive and avoid prostate cancer. Once a Nigerian male crosses 50, his…
RT.HON.Yusuf Adamu Gagdi,PhD,OON: Redefining Power And Legislation in a Nigerian Democracy
RT.Hon Yusuf Adamu Gagdi is an Unusual Statesman who has inevitably navigated his way from a humble Qur’anic School in rural Plateau State to the Hallowed Chambers of Nigeria’s National Assembly.He is a second-term Lawmaker building a legacy not of…