Dear Duke of Shomolu, I read your piece, not just with eyes, but with a heart heavy with the weight of what it truly means to lead in these times—and what it means to be led.The scene you described—a man in his own land, bowing with grace, hand outstretched in loyalty, and being publicly ignored—was not just a political moment. It was a human one. It pierced through the optics, through the headlines, and settled in that quiet place where dignity resides.It was painful to watch. Painful not because one politician may have lost favor with another, but because it...
Babajide SANWO-OLU – The Tinubu debacle
I had thought everything had died down. The news of the ‘wahala’ my favourite Governor was going thru with the powers that be had left the front pages and I had thought the worse was over. The lady was granted the fastest bail ever and had scurried back into obscurity and there was seeming peace in the land Then Baba forgot or refused to shake his hands in a line up of his people at an event Sanwo had taken a deep bow like his peers and stretched out his hands and the President in a very un presidential manner...
“Why Do Public Universities And Polytechnics Treat Students Transcripts With Impunity After Years Of Hard Labor?”— Nigerian Harvard Graduate
In 2009, I graduated from University of Ibadan. We had ‘minor ASUU-FG strikes’, some major challenges because of involvement in unionism, but sailed through. Then came Law School. That’s when a single policy in Lagos changed everything. Fashola restructured Yaba market, and traders’ shops demolished overnight. The microfinance bank where my mum had saved up Law School fees for 3 years? Gone! Just like that. The bank collapsed because it loaned money to shop owners who had just lost everything to demolition One government policy. One demolition. One incompetent finance institution. And just like that, my law school plans were...
Peace Talks Ensue Between Russia And Ukraine In Istanbul
Face-to-face peace talks between Russia and Ukraine are under way in Istanbul. Delegations from both countries and hosts Turkey arrived at Ciragan Palace just before 13:00 local time The talks come after Kyiv launched a series of major strikes on air bases deep inside Russia on Sunday, and as both countries continued to trade strikes overnight. Ukraine Defence Minister Rustem Umerov says it has received Russia’s memorandum, adding that the delegation will now take a week “to decide further steps”. He confirms the two sides have “agreed to exchange all seriously wounded or ill, all combatants aged 18-25”. The bodies of dead soldiers...
‘I Watched Helplessly As Water Washed My Family Away’ In Nigeria Floods
Adamu Yusuf’s life has been upended since he lost nine of his family members in Tiffin Maza, one of two communities in his town worst-hit by floods in north-central Nigeria. The father-of-one, 36, said his wife and newborn baby were among those washed away in floods early on Thursday morning in Niger state. “She was the one that woke me up when the flood hit, and I quickly gathered the family and told everyone to hold one another. As we stepped outside, we saw water everywhere in our living room and the compound. They panicked and we got disconnected.” His...
Palestinian Doctor Whose Nine Children Were Killed In Israeli Strike Dies From Injuries
A Palestinian doctor whose children were killed in an Israeli air strike in Gaza on 23 May has died from injuries sustained in the same attack, health officials say. Dr Hamdi al-Najjar, 40, had just returned from dropping his wife, Dr Alaa al-Najjar, off at Nasser Hospital, where the couple both worked, when their home in Khan Younis was struck. Nine of their children were killed, while the 10th was severely injured. Hamdi was treated in hospital for brain and internal injuries but died on Saturday. Alaa and their 11-year-old son Adam, who remains in hospital, are the sole remaining survivors of...
‘I Watched Helplessly As Water Washed My Family Away’ In Nigeria Floods
Adamu Yusuf’s life has been upended since he lost nine of his family members in Tiffin Maza, one of two communities in his town worst-hit by floods in north-central Nigeria. The father-of-one, 36, said his wife and newborn baby were among those washed away in floods early on Thursday morning in Niger state. “She was the one that woke me up when the flood hit, and I quickly gathered the family and told everyone to hold one another. As we stepped outside, we saw water everywhere in our living room and the compound. They panicked and we got disconnected.” His...
