Omoniyi Ibietan

Olorunyomi, Nigeria’s most decorated journalist, takes another award

For the umpteenth time, Oyekunle Oyedapo Olorunyomi, publisher of Premium Times, possibly contemporary Nigeria's most…

‘SIZWE BANZI IS DEAD’ – No, I mean, Athol Fugard. So long!

Professor Fugard, anti-Apartheid activist and consequential dissident, possibly the most impacting playwright and novelist from…

Tribute to Sam Nujoma, African patriot and founding father of the Republic of Namibia

The founding president of the Republic of Namibia, Samuel Shafiishuna Daniel Nujoma (Sam Nujoma), passed…

Employee, Customer and the Paradox of Value

It seems the notion that always holds customers superior to other agencies in the chain…

Kongi! A decade short of a century and the wonderful ‘drama of existence’

Omoniyi Ibietan, in this tribute, writes that Indeed, Soyinka went beyond words. Over and above…

A Heavenly Birthday Wish to Walter Rodney

Walter Rodney would have been 82 on Saturday 23 March 2024 if his life was…

Mentor, brother and friend, Dapo Olorunyomi at 65

Multimedia award-winning journalist, founder of Premium Times (and other entities in that group), the man…

Let’s Take Nigeria Back!

In the Preface to his classic and development treatise, FROM THIRD WORLD TO FIRST–The Singapore…

A Short Diary of an Abuja Boy

Simbo Olorunfemi prompted this recall with his spectacular post, "Headies in Atlanta, NMA in Abuja".…

Fare Thee Well, Sidney Poitier: Son of Tomato Farmers

 By Ononiyi Ibietan Sidney Poitier, whose parents toiled in the real agrarian and bucolic contexts…