In recent weeks, I have watched — with a mixture of disbelief and reluctant fascination — as this new political behaviour takes shape. How does one even begin to describe …
BJ was never an ivory-tower academic. He embodied the scholar-activist tradition. He understood that ideas are not decorative — they are disruptive. They shape movements. They unsettle power. They equip …
Lewis Obi belonged to a generation of editors who saw journalism as a calling, not a career. He shaped writers without spectacle, mentored without theatrics, and enforced standards without cruelty. …
JANUARY was an unusually full month for my family—family now meaning my wife and I together. We had three major and deeply significant events, both centered on the creation of …
Obilo is not just a conversationalist; he is a public thinker. He has been described, at various times, as a “thorn in the flesh” of unserious politicians, a persistent questioner …
Now, when I hear of helicopter crashes — like the tragedy in Ghana — I don’t just sympathise. I relive. I remember. I feel it in my bones. Hardly do …
Today, as we celebrate Osundare, we also celebrate Ikere—its past, its present, and its boundless potential. And perhaps, in the not-too-distant future, when the world gathers to bestow its highest …
Join us tomorrow at the Ekiti State University main auditorium for a special colloquium in honour of the poet laureate, Prof. Niyi Osundare, whose birthday falls on March 12… The …
The “Golden Key of Smederevo” is awarded annually to a distinguished poet and includes a gilded replica of the city’s key, the publication of a bilingual poetry book (in the …
“We must complain. Yes plain, blunt complaints, (peaceful) ceaseless agitation, unfailing exposure of dishonesty and wrong—this is the ancient, unerring way to liberty and we must follow it.” — W.E.B. …
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