Opinion

It is indeed an honour to be invited to review this book. But before I begin, let me say that I have approached this book not simply as somebody who has read it, but as […]

There was a time when buying a product in Nigeria was mostly about whether you could afford it. Now, sometimes, you have to worry about whether what you have bought is even what it claims […]

Last week, in this column, we travelled through the remarkable story of Ulli Beier, the German scholar whose footprints can still be found in the cultural history of Nigeria, particularly in Ibadan and Osogbo. We […]

There are days when everything just feels like too much. Nothing particularly dramatic has happened, but somehow you are tired of your phone, tired of people, tired of responsibilities and, if we are being honest, […]

In the last edition of Tabloid.net, we talked about Professor Dame Karin Barber, the remarkable British scholar whose life and scholarship have been deeply connected with Yoruba language, literature and culture. But Karin Barber is […]

Life begins shortly before a child is born and it ends when all body tissues are completely weak. Life and death are two forces acting in opposite directions. Life is the beginning of death, while […]