Chief Bode George has said the Yoruba calling for the Igbo to leave Lagos are not Lagos indigenes. The PDP chieftain said Igbo have been contributing to the development of Lagos since the state was created in 1967. The former…
Yoruba and the concept of Omoluabi — Julius Ogunro
I was born in Maroko, a now demolished Lagos seaside slum, which has metamorphosed into posh Lekki. Although Maroko was a medley of various Nigerian ethnicities, Yoruba was its primary language and culture. All Maroko children spoke Yoruba, regardless of…
The Yoruba: 2000 years of workable history – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
The Yoruba: A New History by Akinwumi Ogundiran; Indiana University Press, Bloomington, Indiana, USA; 2020; 532pp It strikes me as not very funny that there was a time when a celebrated historian in Oxford University, England, Professor Hugh Trevor-Roper, boldly…
Let us scrap the NYSC and the Presidency- Lucia Edafioka
When former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon declared ‘no victor, no vanquished’ at the end of the infamous Nigerian civil war in 1970, 10-year-old Nigeria was deeply fractured along ethnic lines. There was mutual distrust and hate among the…
Some people can be very ignorant sha – Lucia Edafioka
One of my friends convinced me to go see The Wedding Party when it was at the cinemas three years ago. It was a comedy through and through. I totally enjoyed the movie. As is expected with cinemas and movies…
A Time to Build: Matters arising from the protest – Obari Gomba
It is normal to posit that every Nigerian wants a better country even when we differ about the route to that destination. It is time to find a common ground and build peace on the basis of justice. The pursuit…
Lagos is full of tribalism o – Lucia Edafioka
Tribalism is to Nigeria what Racism is to America. Majority of Nigerians are oblivious as to how tribalism works, especially the ones who have never left their regions; think of the Yoruba man who has never left Western Nigeria, or…
Our kids won’t be Yoruba, Igbo or Hausa – Peju Akande
When I look at our kids, I know there is hope for Nigeria. We are raising a crop of detribalised Nigerians today. Many of the kids out there learned to speak the English language first before their parents’ mother tongue,…
Maiden Arewa festival and award to hold in Lagos
The maiden edition of the annual Arewa Festival and Awards (AFA) will hold in Lagos in the shape of Dinner and Award on December 28, while the Festival and Exhibition is to hold on December 30, at TBS Lagos. Already,…
Calls for Yoruba unity resonate at Alaafin’s 80th birthday (Nation)
Prominent Yoruba leaders have made several attempts to end the seeming ‘rivalry’ between Ooni of Ife and the Alaafin of Oyo-two paramount traditional rulers in Yoruba land. OSEHEYE OKWUOFU reports that at the conference held at the Lecture Theatre, Faculty…