Category: Humanities

The Israeli/Palestinian Conflict: A Perspective
The Israeli/Palestinian Conflict: A Perspective by: Deji Yesufu It has been a few weeks now that Isreali/Palestinian conflict begun. There has been constant tension in this region of the Middle East since 1948 when the nation of Israel was carved...

Thank You Gov’ Seyi Makinde
Thank You Gov' Seyi Makinde By: Deji Yesufu This morning I received a call from an unknown number. The lady at the other end said she was calling from a “Seyi Makinde Call Center”. She wanted to know if there...

My Experience with Two Technicians in Ibadan
My Experience with Two Technicians in Ibadan By: Deji Yesufu After years of blaming government for how things have turned out in Nigeria, in recent times I have begun to look more closely at what we fellow Nigerians are doing...

We Will Never Forget…
We Will Never ForgetA Facebook acquaintance reminded me that yesterday made it six months unarmed protesters, mostly young Nigerians, were gunned down at the Lekki Toll Gate "allegedly" by men of the Nigerian police and the Army. With the death...

Casual Sex and Moral Boundaries
Casual Sex and Moral Boundaries This year will be my twelfth year in marriage. A few months after we were married my pastor’s wife remarked that she was really pleased at the fact that many young people she had counseled...

John Ibekwe Buries His Mother
John Ibekwe Buries His Mother By: Deji Yesufu My friend John Ibekwe will be burying his mother, Elizabeth Ibekwe, next Friday, 23rd, April, 2021, at their family compound – that of Late Chief G. C. Ibekwe, Ofeahia Umuduru Egbeaguru, Onuimo...

TRANSITION: Prof. Benjamin Ekundayo OLUFEMI
Professor Benjamin Ekundayo OLUFEMI: TRANSITION With gratitude to God for a life well spent, and total submission to the will of the Almighty, we the family, announce the translation into glory of our beloved Father and Patriarch, Professor Benjamin Ekundayo...

Get the COVID-19 Vaccines; Stop the Conspiracy Theories – They are not True
Get the COVID-19 Vaccines; Stop the Conspiracy Theories - They are not True By: Deji Yesufu Today makes it one week exactly I took the COVID-19 Vaccines. I work in a health facility and we were given some prority when...

Mr. & Mrs. and the Joint Account
Mr. & Mrs. and the Joint Account By: Deji Yesufu So a tweet has been making the rounds on social media. It is one of those story tweets that are relayed in a chain. Someone has even gone further to...

Why the Coronavirus Has not Killed You
Why the Coronavirus Has not Killed You By: Deji Yesufu A few days ago I came across an article I wrote last year just about the time the lockdown was beginning to happen all around the world. The stories we...