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Sabella Ogbobode Abidde

Sabella Ogbobode Abidde

Please, do not ask me about religion. I get the evil look every time I tell people I am an agnostic who teeters on atheism. My world resolves around ethics and the rule of law. That’s it. I have no use for religion: religious convictions are not part of my existence -- the laws of man are good enough for me. I have lived in several cities: Seattle, Miami, Norman, Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Saint Cloud, the District of Columbia, Houston, and Mankato. I am not sure where I am going to live next. And I have never really had a profession, only jobs: been a cook, a dishwasher, a civil servant, house cleaner, university instructor and researcher and so on and so forth. Every so often I get questions concerning the role and place of the African woman. Well, I don’t know; at least not with any certainty. What seems to work best is when both partners work as a team: cooperate, coordinate and collaborate their marital efforts. And they should be mindful of the insidious effect of modernization on the African family.

  • Third Term Agenda: Is Obasanjo a Gambler?

    by Sabella Ogbobode Abidde December 30, 2005
    by Sabella Ogbobode Abidde

    If the constitution is amended to meet the prayers of Obasanjo, what stops the next president from abridging or violating the constitution? If he won’t obey the constitution, what stops …

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  • The Ijaw Question: Military or Diplomatic Solutions?

    by Sabella Ogbobode Abidde December 22, 2005
    by Sabella Ogbobode Abidde

    Why would you bomb your own neighborhood? Why cause mothers and fathers the grief and anguish of burying their innocent children? Go blow up buildings in Abuja. Go blow up …

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  • The Ijaw Question: Military or Diplomatic Solutions?

    by Sabella Ogbobode Abidde December 22, 2005
    by Sabella Ogbobode Abidde

    Why would you bomb your own neighborhood? Why cause mothers and fathers the grief and anguish of burying their innocent children? Go blow up buildings in Abuja. Go blow up …

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  • The Destruction of Nigeria by Religious Means

    by Sabella Ogbobode Abidde December 7, 2005
    by Sabella Ogbobode Abidde

    I have always felt that the destruction of Nigeria would come by way of one or a combination of the following cleavages: ethnic and religious conflicts, cataclysms with origin in …

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  • Love, Religion and Agnostics Like Me

    by Sabella Ogbobode Abidde November 28, 2005
    by Sabella Ogbobode Abidde

    What is the matter with all these Bible-carrying proselytes who bump into me everywhere I go? They want to know what Church or denomination I belong. They want me to …

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  • A Criminal is on the Loose

    by Sabella Ogbobode Abidde November 23, 2005
    by Sabella Ogbobode Abidde

    There is something about Governor Alamieyeseigha’s great escape from London that just doesn’t sound right. That an accused can just board a transatlantic flight without the Nigerian and British immigration …

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  • Governor Alamieyeseigha: Resign or be impeached

    by Sabella Ogbobode Abidde November 16, 2005
    by Sabella Ogbobode Abidde

    Alamieyeseigha did not get to where he is without help and encouragement. He was helped and encouraged by the deafening silence of some Ijaw leaders who also participated in the …

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  • Women and Marriage

    by Sabella Ogbobode Abidde November 7, 2005
    by Sabella Ogbobode Abidde

    If a man wants you to cook and clean, well, that may be okay if in turn he is willing to do the carpets, the laundry and the garden and …

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  • How Much Is Your Life Worth?

    by Sabella Ogbobode Abidde November 4, 2005
    by Sabella Ogbobode Abidde

    Americans treat their dogs and cats better than the Nigerian government treat her people. In Nigeria, the vast majority of people do not have access to well-balanced meal, to the courts, …

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  • Africans and the White House: Friends, Partners or Fools

    by Sabella Ogbobode Abidde October 30, 2005
    by Sabella Ogbobode Abidde

    When a typical African Head of State or Head of Government come to the US, a low-level officer from the State Department receives him or her. The White House doesn’t even consider …

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  • Green Card and Other Realities

    by Sabella Ogbobode Abidde October 25, 2005
    by Sabella Ogbobode Abidde

    I have no qualms offending God. I really don’t; but to offend the tax office, the police, or the immigration folks? Please don’t! That would be suicidal. No matter what …

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  • The President’s Daughter?

    by Sabella Ogbobode Abidde October 24, 2005
    by Sabella Ogbobode Abidde

    She tells me she likes me. That she loves me. That I make her laugh. She likes it when I sponge and towel her. She tells me I reside in …

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  • Alamieyeseigha, Asari-Dokubo and the Ijaw Narrative

    by Sabella Ogbobode Abidde October 6, 2005
    by Sabella Ogbobode Abidde

    Alamieyeseigha dug the hole he currently finds himself in. The perception, whether real or not, is that he misappropriated funds. That he abused his power. That he engaged in all …

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  • Governor Alamieyeseigha and His Wahala

    by Sabella Ogbobode Abidde September 19, 2005
    by Sabella Ogbobode Abidde

    Ha, Alamieyeseigha’s wahala, if guilty, must not become Ijaw’ wahala; for this man has set us the Ijaws back two decades in terms of growth and development. He was already …

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  • Alamieyeseigha, Justice and the People

    by Sabella Ogbobode Abidde September 19, 2005
    by Sabella Ogbobode Abidde

    Alamieyeseigha and his boys stole and stole and stole and stole and stole some more as though stealing in anticipation of their great-grand-great children. Haba, what greed can do! DSP …

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  • Is Obasanjo The Most Distinguished Egba Son?

    by Sabella Ogbobode Abidde August 30, 2005
    by Sabella Ogbobode Abidde

    General Obasanjo left office in 1979, not “voluntarily,” but at the nudging of the “Northern Power House.” They had just lost one of their own and they wanted back in …

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