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Op-ed Editor June 17, 2021

#PrideMonth: Love is everything but love; a queer Muslim man’s experience with love

By Phaysal Phagge It is difficult to write about love when everything you know about it has been anything but, Harder still when you have reached a point of mental…

Op-Ed Editor July 7, 2020

Despite our differences, we are all humans

by ÌyanuOlúwa Fágbiyè T. The word 'human' vividly, reminds me of someone who called me "the only human" (he probably said it on a lighter note) but it instilled something…

Chinedu Okafor June 5, 2020

People want change and they are calling for a new World Order

Want to know why everyone is talking about the new world? Well its simple, with all that is happening people are expectant of a global change. Looking back at history…

tosin adesina June 21, 2018

Iranwo Foundation is creating equal economic opportunities for women and children in disadvantaged urban slums

Poverty remains a challenge hindering the equitable distribution of wealth in the country and in spite of the best efforts of private individuals (the government seems not to care either…

Tolu January 3, 2017

The Thread: You’ve got to try a little kindness this 2017

Nigeria is such a harsh land that the humans populating its surface tend to lose their humanity. Interestingly, this decency and humanity reveals itself when we move to other countries.…

Op-ed Editor October 24, 2016

Ifeoluwa Nihinlola: I hope someone calls them beloved

by Ifeoluwa Nihinlola There is something about Lagos, about this human chaos, about entering danfos and crawling into kekes and jumping on okadas and pushing against bodies reeking of sweat while…

Op-ed Editor October 6, 2016

Opinion: I questioned God

by Eketi Ette "A man who asks questions will not miss his way." - A Nigerian proverb. "If you're a Christian, and you've not yet gotten to a place where nothing…

Adebayo Emuleomo August 7, 2016

POETRY: When I die, may I not die

by Adedoyin Olumodeji ERSATZ Rivers flowing with glee, Buried beneath souls, so deep, Sun shining with glee, Hidden within, hearts so deep. Feel the dark passions, Around you, Happy expressions,…

Op-Ed Editor June 4, 2016

Opinion: How to deal with social media harassment

by Mercy Makinde Trolls, clap-back, shades are a few of the words I have picked up from episodes of social media harassment and bullying I have seen. It really bothers…

Adebayo Emuleomo November 18, 2015

24 years a slave! True story of a Nigerian slave in Britain

Here is another tragedy-filled potential Oscar winning story. A British couple accused of detaining a Nigerian immigrant as a slave for over twenty years has been found guilty. Emmanuel and…

July 30, 2014

Bunmi Olaniyan: We have abandoned the Chibok girls to die. Sad! (Y! FrontPage)

by Bunmi Olaniyan In a series of tweets he asserted that on a BBC Hausa programme interviewing escaped Chibok girls, they asserted that they have been abandoned. His tweets continued…

April 22, 2014

Opinion: 5 things we learnt from the Nyanya bomb blast

by Nwagwu Hygienius It is refreshing to know that even in the midst of the doom and gloom that we face as a nation, some Nigerians still realize what it…

January 12, 2014

#YNaijaLegal: What you should know about Medical Negligence & other related matters

by 'Deji Olunlade It has been held in Abatan v Awudu (2003) 10 NWLR (Pt. 829) 451 C.A that “the relationship between a doctor and his patient is one of…

January 10, 2014

Dele Agekameh: Nigerian pastors compete with rapists, armed robbers and oil thieves

by Dele Agekameh The situation has degenerated so badly that our supposed men of God now compete favourably with armed robbers, kidnappers, oil thieves, rapists, fraudsters and those engaged in…

December 7, 2013

Shehu Sani: How Mandela represented hope and opportunity

by Shehu Sani Mandela was a light that shinned over a dark era of despicable cruelty and unmitigated evil. He was a tower that gave moral and physical muscle to…

July 8, 2013

Opinion: For once, let’s blame the youth for the state of the nation

by Bayo Oluwasanmi The Nigerian youth should not be afraid of police beating, arrest, or being killed if need be to free them from poverty, meaningless, wasted, and unfulfilled…

May 30, 2013

You’re still going to hell – Vatican promises atheists (despite what the Pope says)

The Vatican has clarified that atheists will still go to hell if they reject God, after Pope Francis broke with tradition to deliver a homily stating non-believers who do good will be…

November 21, 2012

Opinion: The beauty that fades not

by Akwaowo Otu There is a beauty that illuminates from the inside out. There is a beauty that neither the sun nor rain washes off. There is this kind of…

November 18, 2012

Why always me?

by Sotonte Kingdom Sometimes, I don’t want to live anymore, but then again, I haven’t even seen much of this world. I want to stay, but they don’t want me…

September 24, 2012

Religion against humanity by Wole Soyinka

To such a degree has Religion fueled conflict, complicated politics, retarded social development and impaired human relations across the world, that one is often tempted to propose that Religion…

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