Day: August 12, 2026
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Ile-Ife at Dusk: On Being a Son of the Cradle
There is a way the light falls on the Ooni’s palace in the late afternoon — a slanted, honey-coloured light that seems to remember older centuries — that I have never seen replicated anywhere else in the world. I grew up in that light. It is the light I carry with me into every editorial…
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The Solid Minerals Question: Why Nigeria’s Next Boom Will Not Be Crude
Nigeria’s economic history is a study in dependency. From groundnut pyramids to cocoa hills to crude oil terminals, we have built our fortunes on a single commodity at a time — and watched each empire collapse when the global price turned. The Honourable Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Dele Alake, is quietly assembling a…
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The Newsroom Is Not Dying — It Is Being Rebuilt in the Suburbs
There is a myth, popular in the marbled offices of Ikoyi and Victoria Island, that Nigerian journalism is dying. I want to submit, respectfully, that Nigerian journalism is not dying. Lagos elite journalism is contracting. Abuja beltway journalism is calcifying. But in the alleys of Ejigbo, in the fabric stalls of Isolo, in the mechanic…
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Syndicalism at the Grassroots: How 21 Trade Associations Rewrote Ejigbo
The Professionals and Marketers Association (PMA) was not born in a boardroom. It was born in the back of a bricklayer’s shed on Isolo Road, over roasted plantain and a shared frustration: everyone in Ejigbo was paying the local government, but nobody in Ejigbo was talking to the local government. I had returned from my…