Photo credit: Thr Punch I just delivered a keynote lecture at the Federal University Lokoja titled “Who is Afraid of Ifa Tuntun?: The Orunmila–Osun Matrix.” This lecture marks exactly one year since some Babalawo and Iyanifa consortiums publicly dismissed the idea of Ifa Tuntun—without ever giving space for a proper presentation or understanding of what…
Photo credi: the cable People who know me understand that I believe so much in human rights and due process. I would not normally call a person a thief until he has been declared so by a competent court of law. As a result, I detest all forms of media trial. I hate jungle justice…
Photo credit: Britannica Those who happened to have, unfortunately, lost their parents early in life would have been forced to realise that life, rather than be a bed of sweet smelling roses was rather one filled with werepe, prickly thorns. Except they were so fortunate to have loving relatives, that is those relatives that would…
Photo credit: BBC Take it or leave it, I always love people who are masters of their game. I may not like Mr Trump’s politics but I respect him for being able to hold his own against his perceived opposition. I also adore him for being aware of the situation not only in his own…
Photo credit: The Guardian Professor Wole Soyinka aka Kongi (from his play “Kongi’s Harvest”), one of Africa’s greatest writers, humanist and activist recently had his visa revoked by the United States. The 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature winner explained the reasons he thought the US revoked his visa. He referred to the letter of revocation as…
Photo credit: The Guardian At least 64 people were killed in Rio de Janeiro after police officers launched a massive raid on drug traffickers. The Daily Mail reports that heavily armed officers backed with 32 ballistic-resistant vehicles, two helicopters, 12 demolition vehicles and drones descended on two favela neighbourhoods in the northern region of the city on…
