Rauf, Rochas, Ibikunle, NIGERIA, and Hope.

Sayo Aluko

In the course of the past three weeks, I've had to visit three Nigerian cities, Abeokuta, Owerri and Oshogbo and as my journeying drew to a close, I was able to conclude from all I saw, that, as per thriving well as a country, Nigeria has huge hopes after all.

Without emotive equivocation and over-analytic sentiments, the governors of these 3 states are actually governing.

"The Art of Selfless Service", a biography of Akinwunmi Ambode gets lauched and is a must read!

Sayo Aluko

On the 15th day of May, 2014, the essentially timely book "the Art of Selfless Service" was launched. In few words, the roll call at the event was simply awe-inspiring. Many accomplished men and women of enviable repute had come to honour Akinwunmi Ambode, the unarguable man of the moment. 

IBPMNs - Give it up for Nigeria's Century Orchestra

IBPMNs - I Better Pass My Neighbors

The many sounds of generators emanating from every possible corner in the country have become a norm, especially in the night; what an orchestra they have since turned to, giving us accorded decibels of “melodious” noise.

THE FIRST (an anti-RAPE allegory)

Sayo Aluko

Her name is fecund femininity. Her name was fecund femininity. Like an intricately carved pitcher emerging gracefully from the finest Potters’ wheel, so she berthed virginally out of adolescence into teenage-hood, glancing gracefully with chastity within and the allure of innocence without. At a time when the fad of pubertal exuberance tenaciously grinned

FGN vs ASUU: a classless bout between confused entities

Sayo Aluko

121 days, or is it 130, okay, now I have lost count. Yes, like most concerned minds, I have lost count of the number of days that the nation's tertiary arm of education has been kept crippled by this now shamefully lingering bout between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal government of Nigeria (FGN).