Jibril Sado

I consider myself a free spirit. The unusual interests me in practically everything. The following quotations express an important part of my worldview: Being myself includes taking risks with myself, taking risk on new behaviour, trying new ways of “being myself” so that I can see how it is I want to be - Hugh Prather Many societies have educated their male children on the simple device of teaching them not to be women - Margaret MeadIn societies where men are truly confident of their worth, women are not merely tolerated but valued - Aung San Suu Kyi To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart - George Bernard Shaw Our humanity rests upon a series of learned behaviors, woven together into patterns that are infinitely fragile and never directly inherited - Margaret Mead You can reach me at justjibril@yahoo.com - BLOG.

Pharaoh crumbles under the pyramids

Kano Pillars football club of Kano, Nigeria may well be justified in branding themselves as 'Conquerors of Pharaoh's almighty army of Red Devils'...

Blessed People, Reluctant (Political) Will, Little Direction

There can hardly be a greater obscenity than having a clergyman’s aircraft, just by sitting idle in a hangar at an airport, gulp millions of worshipers’ money every month while the worshipers are supposed to subsist on the whole package of faith, the Holy Spirit...

Citizen Okere: Are We Now Heading ‘there’?

Hopefully, with the Okere incident many more people will realize that in a 21st century of embarrassing technological possibilities especially, there is so much more you can do to protect your rights or interest and those of others...

Africa: What Obama Won’t Do For Us

Africans are free to be optimistic about how well an Obama presidency will mean to the continent. But we must also keep our expectations of him to as close to reality as possible...

Encomium/Kennis Music Green and White Party: How Do You Celebrate Nigeria?

I write as a Nigerian who has observed with dismay how we have inadvertently allowed music as a form of art to undermine the fight against Advance Fee Fraud in general and the Internet form of it, in particular...

Iba to Asa

Asa seems to combine elements in the vocal technique of the likes of Anita Baker, Tracy Chapman and Eric Donaldson with the lyrical depth and consistency of an Aretha Franklin, a Christie Essien Igbokwe or Whitney Houston to such devastating effect...

What if Ribadu Leaves the EFCC?

One can hardly hold such an office as Ribadu has held for the past five years, without stepping on some “powerful” toes big time...

A Nigerian Nightmare for McCline

The ESPN match commentator described the manner of victory as “unorthodox”. You could hardly be more apt in your own description of this night at Madison Square Garden. Samuel “the Nigerian Nightmare” Peter is now the substantive WBC heavyweight champion of the world...

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