DSK must answer Submitted by tola adenle on May 3, 2012 – 11:13. Sahara Reporters DSK spent zillions gathering information to humiliate this young African woman despite his history of sexual assaults on many other women thinking he could get away as he’s always done. Time up, Mr. You have a civil suit on your […]

The first title that came to mind for this article was “Seasons” but I discarded it for the simple reason that I believed it was influenced by Vivaldi’s “Season” which I had just listened to; too easy a route to go even if acknowledged, I thought. Even though I preferred it because you cannot write […]

From my newspaper feature-writing days as a practicing journalist back in the 70s, I never set out to be a political writer. At The Daily Sketch, Ibadan, the most I strayed from writing on daily living and women and children affairs was a self-appointed Business/Consumer Affairs writing. Old habits, though, are supposedly hard to shake […]

Posted: May 27, 2012 – 23:29 By SaharaReporters, New York Ahead of a tumultuous first anniversary week, the presidency last week embarked on a subterranean public relations blitz with top members of the mass media, with President Goodluck Jonathan himself meeting with newspaper editors and publishers. The immediate purpose of the meeting is thought to […]

At Democracy Day Church Service, Jonathan, Ministers, decline to say “Amen” to prayers against corruption By Bassey Udo, Premium Times   BLOG Posted on Premium Times Website By Tolaadenle While [Unlike] many so-called “men of God” whom I prefer to label as “men of Nigeria’s god” – money & evil – the Rev. Peter Akinola continues to […]

At Democracy Day church service, Jonathan, ministers, decline to say “amen” to prayer against corruption by Bassey Udoh, Premium Times, May 28, 2012 President Goodluck Jonathan, governors, ministers and top government officials on Sunday failed to demonstrate a public commitment to the fight against corruption. At the interdenominational church service held at the Ecumenical Centre, […]

Here is the conclusion of “From Me to You” from the July/August edition of Emotan. Error regretted. TOLA

U.S. delivers damning verdict on Jonathan’s anti-corruption war – [Nigeria] Premium Times  – by Ini Ekkot The American government says there’s “massive, widespread, and pervasive corruption” at all levels of the Nigerian government and the security forces Just as the Goodluck Jonathan administration is facing mounting scrutiny at home over an illegal payment of N155 […]

In this editor’s page – a picture from my early 30s that “mysteriously” got darkened, I’m dressed like a Yoruba MAIDEN at one of the numerous festivals in Yorubaland of Nigeria’s Southwest – except for the gele [head-wrap].  The  [Iro [wrap] and Gele [head gear] are Aso Oke, perhaps my favorite fabric which I’ve always […]

emotanafricana.com/2012/05/23/the-yoruba-from-a-glorious-past-to-a-feudal-present/ and the subsequent post of the original, “Stripping the mask …” on May 26 seem to have given me more problems more than one could ever imagine. I think the essays want to put me in my place for believing I could handle these things the way kids a quarter my age can! “The […]