Sam Omatseye is an Editor at The Nation Nigeria. He focuses on a diverse range of topics including culture and society, government and politics, as well as crime and justice, often exploring the intersections of these themes in regional and world news. His insights and analyses have been featured in The Nation.
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History, take a BAO. If it were a British tabloid, that would be a great headline. Biodun Oyebanji did what the Yoruba would describe as ko sele ri.
This essayist received a message a few months ago from Professor Olabode Lucas, and he wanted me to be a guest lecturer.
Three books on our country's reckoning became bookshelf habitues in the past year, and that is a good thing. All three have generated flaps.
My good friend and professional fellow traveller, Tunji Bello , turns 65 on Wednesday. Here is a big shout-out to a man who has had my back for many years.
On April 7, 2025, this essayist wrote a piece, Eyes on Ojulari, and asserted that the man and the moment cohered.
The boom of Anambra orchestra, Governor Chukwuma Soludo is invoking the image of Prophet Elijah in the Holy Bible. The news ought to have caught more fire than it has.
By: Sam Omatseye
I will start this lecture with a flash back to a time in Nigeria. This was in the fifties, sixties and even seventies.
A park is the last place that tragedy locates. Like the National Park where the Oriire abductors tenanted their victims, a park is designed as a refuge.
So bad was Argentina, it seemed they were waiting for another moment of magic. This time the land of Messi and Kempes and of course Maradona did not get that Moment.
Davido performed for the World Cup and broadcast the Oriire drama to stain his country. I wonder whether he will do another tee shirt and praise our nation for setting them free and fulfilling his wish.
