The leadership of the non-indigenes community in Delta State has distanced itself from the 10-day nationwide protest billed for August 1. The non-indigenes comprising Hausa/Fulani, Yoruba,...
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has claimed that the Igbo race of the Southern part of Nigeria was originally from Ile-Ife. He also challenged...
1. Swahili With over 100 million speakers, Swahili is Africa’s most spoken language. It is a Bantu language that is thought to have evolved from other...
By Balogun Kamilu Lekan Folorunsho Alakija Folorunsho Alakija, an entrepreneur and billionaire businesswoman, was born on the 15th of July, 1951, in Lagos State. She is...
This week continues my #BlackHistoryMonth series and builds on my February 6 column on the Gullah people, a subset of Black Americans who retain their Africanness more than...
Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde has imposed a dusk to dawn curfew on Sasa and its environs in the wake of the ethnic clash that led...
Popular Yoruba actress, Folake Aremu, also known as Orisabunmi, has passed on. Orisabunmi, who usually played the role of a good witch in most of her...
A group, Northern Patriotic Assembly (NPA) has warned politicians in the country to stop exploiting President Muhammadu Buhari’s ill health situation for political and personal gains....
Governors in the Southwest of Nigeria Monday resolved never to allow political differences to divide them anymore adding that the interest of the people and the...
By Femi Aribisala THE Yorubas and the Igbos, two of the most resourceful, engaging and outgoing ethnic groups in Nigeria, are becoming implacable enemies. Increasingly, they...
Dr Junaid Mohammed, convener of the Coalition of Northern Politicians, Academics, Professionals and Businessmen, has called on Nigerians to allow Igbos to go, if they want...
What is the trouble with Nigeria? The late Chinua Achebe gave his answer to this question as: “The trouble with Nigeria is simply and squarely a...
