Category: Humanities
Visiting Enugu: How IPOB is Destroying Eastern Nigeria
Visiting Enugu: How IPOB is Destroying Eastern Nigeria By: Deji Yesufu October 2018 I was in Enugu to promote my book, VICTOR BANJO. I used the trip to also familiarize myself with Eastern Nigeria – since I had never been...
Guns and Blood in Ibadan
Guns and Blood in Ibadan By: Deji Yesufu Yesterday, there were guns blazing in Ibadan and there was blood everywhere. It is no longer news that a bullion van was attacked by armed robbers in the early afternoon yesterday at...
Dear Nigerian Parent…
Dear Nigerian Parent... By: Deji Yesufu My dear Nigerian parent, I trust God that this letter meets you well. Since I do not have a specific person in mind who I am writing to, I hope that as you read...
Mummy G.O, Indabosky and Other Madness on Nigerian Pulpits
Mummy G.O, Indabosky and Other Madness on Nigerian Pulpits By: Deji Yesufu If you have not seen the videos of one woman, whom Nigerians have aptly called “Mummy G.O”, you are missing out on the latest social media sensation. Some...
Tribute to Prof Jesse Abiodun Otegbayo at 60 – Dr. Bukunmi Kolade
Tribute to Prof Jesse Abiodun Otegbayo at 60 – Dr. Bukunmi Kolade How I became a diligent student in medical school because Dr Otegbayo described me as such... It gives me a lot of pleasure to write these few words...
Marriage: To Rejoice Over or to Mourn
Marriage: To Rejoice Over or to Mourn by: Deji Yesufu A friend got married a few days ago and published pictures on social media. I am one of those who had been on his neck to end his bachelorhood and...
Parenting and the Dowen College Death
Parenting and the Dowen College Death by: Deji Yesufu The death of Sylvester Oromoni is no longer news around Nigeria but for the sake of those who may not have heard of what happened to him, here is a brief...
Mr. Lecturer: Prof. Hardlife
Mr. Lecturer: Prof. Hardlife by: Deji Yesufu Mr. Macaroni's skits, where he plays Prof. Hardlife, reminds me of my university days. Now that one has graduated from the university, I can look back on those days with a little more...
“Unknown Soldier – na ‘im do am”
"Unknown Soldier - na 'im do am" by: Deji Yesufu Three individuals were the primary planners of the Janaury 15th, 1966 coup. They were Kaduna Nzeogwu, Ifeanyi Ifeajuna and Adewale Ademoyega. Of these three only one survived the upheaveals that...
Lekki Toll Gate Shooting: An Appeal to the Nigerian Military
Lekki Toll Gate Shooting: An Appeal to the Nigerian Military by: Deji Yesufu Twentieth October will be exactly one year when the momentous EndSARS protests, that raged through many states in Nigeria, was abruptly cut short by the killing and...