Category: Humanities
Dr Victor Omololu Olunloyo: Uncommon Brilliance – Kolade Mosuro
Dr Victor Omololu Olunloyo: Uncommon Brilliance By: Dr Kolade Mosuro On at least two different occasions, the rumour was rife on social media that he was dead. To be falsely deceased, I teased that he, like Alfred Nobel, had had...
Idowu Farai: Tribute to My Teacher
Idowu Farai: Tribute to My Teacher By: Deji Yesufu Prof. Idowu P. Farai died yesterday, 18th April 2025. He was seventy years old and had only recently retired from the services of the University of Ibadan, where he had been...
Mother Earth: Reflections on Life, Death, and Redemption
Mother Earth: Reflections on Life, Death, and Redemption By: Deji Yesufu I am an indigene of Ilesha – Osun State, Nigeria. My great, great, grandfather, Yesufu, was a Muslim cleric that migrated from Ilorin and came to live in Ilesha....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...