Was The Cake Half-Eaten? – Bolutife Oluwadare
The popular saying goes, “You cannot have your cake and eat it too.” In other words, you cannot consume something and still expect to retain it. Some choices come with consequences that cannot conveniently be reversed. Culture, however, is…
Osun: EFCC and the war this week – Festus Adedayo
Midnight was just shyly unfolding its grim loneliness over the Coal City. I nudged the nose of my blue Peugeot 504 Saloon out of my apartment’s drivewayopposite the Fire Service Office. I thenturned into the dark, quiet embrace of the main road at Otigba…
The Billion-Dollar Dropout Myth Is Killing A Generation Of Hustlers
Every year, another wide-eyed 19-year-old stands on Instagram Live, hoodie on, AirPods in, and says the same line: “School is scam. Zuckerberg dropped out. Gates dropped out. Jobs dropped out. I’m next.”. Its a billion dollars rhetoric…
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…
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…
Opinion – I am Voting For “Mr Garbage” Because…
It’s a knotty era and making a choice for who to steer it, makes it gaddamn complex. I reside in one of the swing states in America and I am not black. However, that doesn’t impinge my senses or cast a cloud over my sentiments. America today…