Does Nigeria Have A Firewall Against The Coronavirus?

By Michael Adeosun Following the spread of Coronavirus, the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a public health emergency of a global concern. It has become obvious that this is…

AMOTEKUN: NOT A LAUGHING MATTER

By Michael Adeosun Stop The Memes! Amotekun Is No Laughing Matter. Social media has being proven to be the most potent of platforms for the projection of causes. It's ability…

IMPERFECT AMOTEKUN: THE WELCOME ALTERNATIVE TO NOTHING By Petra Akinti Onyegbule

  There’s been a plethora of concerns, criticisms and outright condemnations both on this space and in traditional media against the South West Initiative to curb crime and insecurity in…

I’LL KEEP THEM POOR IF YOU KEEP THEM STUPID

By Hannu Afere In the sixties, Richard Hofstadter wrote a fascinating book on how the democratization of knowledge gave weight to incorrect opinions over facts. It went on to win…

The Commercialization of Fear and The Never Ending Persecution of Witches

By Hannu Afere As Africans, we are inundated with stories about the supernatural from a very early age. Now, although it is not a practice peculiar to our race, our…

FOUR EXTRA YEARS AND HOW THE COOKIE CRUMBLES

By Hannu Afere With President Mohammadu Buhari in his second tenure as president, there have been, as there are wont to be, whispers that he might be interested in a…

ON THE PRESENT AND FUTURE EXODUS IN SPORTS: NOTES FROM ISRAEL ADESANYA

By Hannu Afere History was made a few Sundays ago when Nigerian-born UFC martial artist Israel Adesanya became the undisputed Middle weight champion of the world. In the Marvel Stadium…

THE LONG LASTING SOUND OF FELA AGAINST THE BACK DROP OF A TRENDING REBELLION

By Hannu Afere Music, from time immemorial, has been a tool for entertainment, for education, for spiritual exhortation and for passing on memorable messages. The ancient Yoruba sang protest songs…

PRAYING FOR XYZ: THE IMPOTENCE OF SUCH SUPPLICATIONS AND THE PRETENTIOUSNESS OF HASHTAGS

By Hannu Afere _____________ Rauf Aregbesola the current Minister of Interior, in August was the subject of jabs and jibes shortly when he admitted to the press shortly after his…

OF HUMAN ZOOS AND MENTAL FETTERS

By Hannu Afere As recently as 1931, African families were being displayed in Berlin zoos alongside elephants. German zoologist Professor Lutz Heck was a happy enabler. Years before that, Brussels…