Category: Humanities

El-Rufai and the SDP May Be a Worthy Political Option

El-Rufai and the SDP May Be a Worthy Political Option By: Deji Yesufu When Ibrahim Babangida, former military president of Nigeria, published his memoirs recently, the Nigerian nation went agog. Most commentaries on the book were extreme: there was simply...

/ March 17, 2025

My Thoughts on Trump vs. Zelenskyy

My Thoughts on Trump vs. Zelenskyy By: Deji Yesufu In the past few days, our world which is already inundated with too many viral videos, was forced to watch as President Donald Trump of the United States of America lampoons...

/ March 3, 2025

Kemi Badenoch is God’s Anointed

Kemi Badenoch is God's Anointed By: Deji Yesufu On the 6th of March 2025 will be the 116th posthumous birthday of the only Nigerian ever referred to as a sage: Obafemi Awolowo. I have been in touch with the Obafemi...

/ February 24, 2025

My Multi-millionaire Uber Driver

My Multi-millionaire Uber Driver By: Charles A. Adeogun-Philips A Life Lesson in Humility Delivered in an Uber. Something quite spectacular happened to me in London yesterday. I needed to buy some household items from a hardware store. Hardware stores are...

/ February 14, 2025

Adeola Fayehun and Kemi Badenoch: The Science of Government

Adeola Fayehun and Kemi Badenoch: The Science of Government By: Deji Yesufu Kemi Badenoch has been caught up in the eye of the storm again with Nigerians, particularly those in the diaspora. For some inexplicable reasons, Nigerians in the United...

/ February 10, 2025

Is Donald Trump a Modern Adolf Hitler?

Is Donald Trump a Modern Adolf Hitler? By: Deji Yesufu Prof. Fasanmade is a father figure to my family. At over seventy, when a man of his age raises concerns, you want to listen to him. Prof. sent me a...

/ January 27, 2025

What is Edmund Obilo Doing?

What is Edmund Obilo Doing? By: Deji Yesufu Thanks to the holidays, and Christmas, I have been forced out of solitude. The Seyi Makinde government has made driving a lot easier in central Ibadan, having embarked on a massive road...

/ December 28, 2024

Dele Farotimi: How a Failed Judiciary Triggered the Nigerian Civil War

Dele Farotimi: How a Failed Judiciary Triggered the Nigerian Civil War By: Deji Yesufu Obafemi Awolowo explains in his writing that British rule was not entirely negative. Before the coming of the white man, for instance, most of Yoruba land...

/ December 13, 2024

Fisayo Soyombo: Dear President Tinubu

Fisayo Soyombo: Dear President Tinubu By: Deji Yesufu My name is Deji Yesufu. I am a Christian missionary and a die-hard lover of Nigeria. Besides who I am and what I do, I have had opportunities to leave this country....

/ December 5, 2024

Marital Conflicts

Marital Conflicts By: Deji Yesufu Femi Morgan published a note on Facebook, where he describes a conflict between a man and his wife. In the note, Morgan narrates overhearing his neighbors arguing, with their young son trying to mediate the...

/ November 16, 2024