When Misfortune Becomes a Marketplace: Comfort Emmason and Nigeria’s Predicament Economy – Charles Adeyemi
Charles Adeyemi writes.. When Comfort Emmason caused a commotion aboard an Ibom Air flight yesterday 11th August 2025, she probably never imagined her name would instantly become a trending national talking point but in today’s Nigeria, one…
Omodo: Domestic Servitude or Slavery?
Omodo, thats what its called in the popular parlance. For context “househelp“, an anglicized way to morph the hideous trend behind this domestic misnormer. A few years ago when Nigerian author Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani published her personal…
Reflections: Hierarchical Partnership in Marriage – Bolutife Oluwadele
It was when I sought divine clarity about this topic that I gained a deeper insight into what I am writing about. My initial thought and focus were to treat hierarchy and partnership as either/or phenomena in marriages. However, I am convinced that it is…
Opinion: Can AI take your Job?
Can AI take your Job? The question should be; would you allow it? There’s a quiet anxiety rippling across offices, studios, and classrooms. It isn’t always spoken aloud, but it hums beneath meetings, hangs over job boards, and lingers in the pauses after…
Tensions Rise as ‘Nigerians Must Go’ Protest Exposes Growing Resentment in Ghana
The entire plot has been an uncomfortable reminiscent of historical hostilities in West Africa. The recent protest in Ghana has reignited a long-simmering tension between locals and Nigerians living in the country. Chants of “Nigerians must go”…
Charly Boy Busstop, the pettiness within – Duke of Shomolu
Duke of Shomolu writes…. The renaming of the Charly Boy Busstop by the Bariga Local Govt is all shades of petty. With all due respect to Olamide, that Busstop, I reconfirmed while working with Fada on his biography was named as such cos the very…
“How Can I Be A Good Husband?” Six Suggestions – Bisi Fayemi
This Opinion piece was culled from an article compendium ( Loud Whispers ) by former first Lady of Ekiti State, Erelu Bisi Fayemi. …… I have decided to address an email from a young man who read my article on Loud Whispers, ‘Then and…
It’s Time to Let Go of ‘African American’
John McWhorter An opinion writer put this together for New York Times. …. I’m no fan of performative identity politics, and I think racial preferences are long past their expiration date. Yet I don’t think the New York City mayoral candidate Zohran…
Editorial Review: Climate Change in West Africa: Sub-Regional Political Dynamics, Adaptation Strategies, and the Quest for Resilience
In an era where climate change dominates global headlines, Climate Change Crisis in West Africa: Sub-Regional Political Dynamics, Adaptation Strategies, and the Quest for Resilience takes off as timely and necessary. It’s a joint work by Gbolahan…
ADC: Death, Onikoyi and a hunter’s pouch – Festus Adedayo
This piece was published by the Sunday Tribune, July 6, 2025 “Death does not kill alone/Nor does he fight singly/He goes to war with plenty of warriors…/He sends Disease first/He sends Paralysis next/He sends Loss/He sends Curses…/Death finally…