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By Israel Adebiyi When a man stays too long where he passes excreta, different kinds of flies will visit him. This Yoruba adage carries deep metaphorical meaning about the dangers of overstaying or remaining in an undesirable, corrupt, or degrading situation. It teaches that there is wisdom in knowing when to leave a place, position,…
By Israel Adebiyi There is something about names that our generation has slowly forgotten – their power, their prophecy, their weight in defining purpose. In the African worldview, a name is never an accident; it is a covenant. Our forebears named their children with deliberation, believing that words shape destiny. They did not simply call…
By Israel Adebiyi There are moments in a nation’s story when a game becomes more than a game-when the sweat on the pitch mirrors the struggle of a people, and the roars from the stands echo the collective heartbeat of a nation desperate for redemption. Such was the scene when the Super Eagles clawed their…
By Sami Abdelhalim Saeed, PhD Two Diplomatic Initiatives for One CrisisOn September 12, 2025, the Quad—comprising Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States of America—released a joint statement proposing a path to end the conflict in Sudan. The statement recalls that the war has provoked the world’s worst humanitarian crisis and…
By Israel Adebiyi I had tried, for months, to keep this subject at arm’s length. After all, The Nation’s Pulse has, by tradition, stuck its gaze on the big picture of national polity. But last week, my colleague, Joseph Kanjo, the ever-blunt Ijaw man, reminded me with his usual candour: “Israel, forget it. This matter…
By Prince Austin Kabari On November 10, 1995, Nigeria etched one of the darkest chapters in its history when Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other Ogoni leaders, now remembered as the “Ogoni Nine”, were executed after a sham trial. Their only crime was the audacity to demand justice, dignity, and protection for their land against decades…
The air inside the hall was thick with expectation. Learned silks in flowing robes, young wigs eager to impress, and the weight of tradition hung over the Nigerian Bar Association’s 2025 Conference. It was meant to be another gathering where speeches would be given, pleasantries exchanged, and resolutions filed away into dusty archives. But then,…
By Israel Adebiyi I recently visited my family in Lagos, and as always, my aged father took time to tutor me on the significance of my name — Adeniran (the crown has lineage). He reminded me of our heritage and where our royalty stems from. His weak voice, now distorted by the frequent grinding of…
Ehis John Agadagodo History has a stubborn memory. It recalls not just the ideals we proclaim, but the impact we leave behind, etched in the everyday realities of people who must live with the consequences. And in the case of Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria’s twice-serving former military ruler turned civilian president, history will not remember him…
A Journey to Xiajiang Village: A Model for Rural Revitalization in China AUGUSTINE WEREUCHE PRAISE（Nigeria, Zhejiang University of Science and Technology, Hangzhou, China In the heart of China lies Xia jiang Village, a once remote and economically disadvantaged area now undergoing significant transformation. As a student of Communication Engineering here in China, I had the…