Thursday Column

Thursday Column

Unravelling the complexity: Israel-Palestine conflict and the question of humanity

As everyone not living under a rock knows by now, on October 7, 2023, Hamas, the Palestinian militant group, did what was considered impossible. It la

Academic record brouhaha: What President Tinubu must do

My undergraduate project supervisor was a severe professor many students would rather avoid. He was prone to drama and drunk on power as the Head of t

The Mohbad mystery: Justice, scandal and questions unanswered

Three weeks ago, if you had stopped me and asked me about Mohbad, it would have meant nothing to me because I wouldn’t know what or who that was. I su

When Tradition Meets Controversy – Obasanjo’s Clash with Yoruba Monarchs and the Debate on the Role of Monarchy in Modern Nigeria

What would have been a usual, dreary event, with speeches and dances and tape cutting, such as the inauguration of the Iseyin Campus of the Ladoke Aki

Unmasking the silent menace: The deadly consequences of pesticides in Nigerian agriculture

The English playwright Christopher Marlowe is largely credited with popularising the Latin phrase “quod me nutrit, me destruit,” which translates as t