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.

Barack Obama: Irrational Exuberance, Irrational Optimism

For Black Africa, what they had hoped and prayed for in their leaders seems abundant in Barack Obama. For several years, they have longed and prayed for such a man to lead them to the mountain top...

The Guardian Newspaper: Ungrateful and Insensitive

For those who think I have an ax to grind with the Ibru Family, well, let me say here and now that nothing can be farther from the truth. A section of my family has been friendly with a section of the Ibru family for about 30 years...

Latin America And Africa: The Need For Closer Cooperation

Critics and dissenters may be right in terms of some of the predatory nature of international trade and globalization, but it is hard to ignore the fact that trade and globalization is the source of much of the world’s prosperity...

Nigerians Giving Birth and Dying Abroad

There are no known studies or data set to enable one make a definite pronouncement on the issue of Nigerians who go abroad to give birth or those who go overseas to seek medical care - only to die in transit or die in foreign hospitals...

Nigeria’s Intelligence Agencies (Spy Network)

The Nigerian intelligence agencies must resolve to do a better job of protecting our vital interests. As things are, our boundaries, airports, seaports and waterways are not well-manned...

Yar’Adua Needs Our Support

I am not asking social critics and commentators to give the President a free ride for eternity. I am not asking that they abandon their constitutional responsibilities. But this President seems to be the listening kind. He needs and deserves our support...

Yar’Adua’s Health and the Need for Full Disclosure

A president’s declining health or death adversely affects the psyche of the citizenry. This is so because a president is a thread in a nation’s blanket...

What Happened to the Nigerian Intellectual Class?

By the early to late 1990s, the society of Nigerian intellectuals had become mushy, clay-like, adulterated, corruptible, and puerile. It became a laughing stock...

Don't miss

The Insult That Led to the Creation of Osun State

Osun State was created thirty-five years ago, but what...

Hello! Be Wise As The Campaigns Begin

Barring any divine intervention, and never ruling out the...

Nigeria Is Dying In Bondage

The calls came to me in quick succession -...

Call Me Tony: A Parable of Corporate Nigeria

By Temitope Lakisokun The argument over the young trainee who...

Nigerian Style Of Football

We played the game. It entailed any number of...