AFRICAN & INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS US AFRICOM TROOPS IN NIGERIA: DEEPENING SERVITUDE TO AMERICAN MILITARY AMBITIONS – “To be an enemy of the U.S. is dangerous, but to be a friend is fatal -Dr. Henry Kissinger. February 9, 2026
NATIONAL POLITICS & ECONOMY THE TRAGIC KILLINGS IN KWARA’S KAIAMA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA In the early hours of Wednesday, February 4th, 2026, news broke of the tragic killings of dozens of people in the outlying February 5, 2026
MISCELLANEOUS FORTY-NINE YEARS LATER: STILL STANDING, STILL COMMITTED On the 1st of February, 1977, forty-nine years ago, at just 16 years and five months old, I resumed work as February 1, 2026
TRIBUTES Oh, dear! We have lost Kola Atolagbe Oh, dear. We have lost Kola Atolagbe, gentleman, broadcaster, and consummate professional. Mister Kola Atolagbe joined the staff at Radio Nigeria, January 15, 2026
TRAVELOGUE SAUDI ARABIA: OF FAITH AND AMBIENCE Tuesday, November 4th, 2025. On this our last day in Jeddah, the Red Sea Saudi Arabian costal city, I decided to get November 6, 2025
ARTS & LITERATURE FELA ANIKULAPO-KUTI: THE ARTIST AND THE LYRICS OF HIS SONGS BEING TEXT OF CONTRIBUTION BY IS’HAQ MODIBBO KAWU, Ph.D.; FNGE. TO AFROBEAT REBELLION: FELA ANIKULAPO KUTI. THE TALKS. TOPIC: FELA’S LYRICS: GO November 2, 2025
TRIBUTES CHIEF JOSEPH ADERIBIGBE: THIS IS THE EQUIVALENT OF THE BURNING OF A VERITABLE LIBRARY On Wednesday, October 22nd, 2025, I received a very short message from Mrs. Abiola Aderibigbe, daughter-in-law of the late Chief Joseph Aderibigbe: October 26, 2025
MISCELLANEOUS A Note Of Eternal Gratitude To Dr. Christopher Kolade I returned to Kaduna yesterday evening to the story of the passing of the venerable Dr. Christopher Kolade at the age of October 16, 2025
NATIONAL POLITICS & ECONOMY A Trial, A Seized Passport, An Abridged Citizenship On Monday, June 16th, 2025, I drove the 58 kilometers from Abuja to Gwagwalada. My mission was to secure a new Nigerian June 19, 2025
ARTS & LITERATURE·TRIBUTES “NGUGI WA THIONGO PASSED, A PAGE CLOSED” – Is’haq Modibbo Kawu I woke up on Thursday, May 29th, 2025, to a tribute to Ngugi wa Thiong’o, written by my California-based friend, Adeyombo Aderinto. May 30, 2025