Nothing good, it seems, can come out of Africa, and so the western media rarely paint Africa and her people in good light. As lopsided, unfair and unjust as most of …
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Every African village seems to have at least a witch, and wizard. Some villages are rumored to have as many as a dozen who are said to be responsible for …
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What do you make of a proposed Bayelsa State government satellite orbiting space? This is difficult to fathom especially in a state where the vast majority of the people find …
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What do you do or say to your dad when you know he is a thief? You know it, just as most Nigerians, that your dad is robbing the treasury. …
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Trouble and untold grief loom large within the Nigerian Diaspora. Finding their place within a strange society, raising a family that is at once Western and African, maintaining a decent …
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What’s the matter with women? What do women want? What are they looking for? What manner of men are women looking for? Please tell me. Perhaps I too can be …
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The political appointment process is not an exact science. Generally speaking, once the votes are counted and a particular candidate is declared the winner, the notables who participated in the political …
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As things stand today, there is not much difference between the dealings of Aso Rock and the dealings of street urchins who use force or the threat of force to …
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The Nigerian community at home and abroad is agog with General Babangida’s every move and pronouncements, so much so their concerns and fear and apprehension about the man borders on …
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If Mr. Utomi wants to be the president of Nigeria come 2007, he needs to act like a serious candidate. He needs to sell himself to the people: the men …
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Today, Palestine is getting to be as perilous as Baghdad. The Palestinian territory, the world must know, is now Israel’s killing-field, their shooting range, a slaughterhouse…
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There is something amiss in Bayelsa State. It is slightly difficult for me to lay my hands on what it is, but suffice to say that there seems to be a …
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The United States of America is full of Africans who came to join their spouses and then unceremoniously abandoned their marital homes. Nigerians, more than other Africans, are masters of “taking …
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It is no secret that the only thing that holds Nigeria together is the spoils from oil and gas. The story of Nigeria is the story of greed, excesses and …
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Aside of death, sex is another matter Africans don’t like talking about. But you see sex is everywhere. One way or the other, once or a thousand times in one’s …
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We meet to talk about things, we talk about the kind of things friends and lovers talk about: life and ideas and aspirations and fears and the light in our …