I was angry as a child because my uncles and big brothers shared with nostalgia the dream of what Biafra could have been, had Gowon not marshaled all the forces …
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Bez is a storyteller and he regaled us with stories and ‘yabis’ in between the four songs he performed. His first song was “Supersun” which he made us sing along …
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Maybe in the wake of the pervasive sex scandals involving men occupying top social, political, economic and spiritual positions, it might help if society can so challenge, inspire and motivate …
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With my bum facing heaven while I lay on the floor, Papa gave me six strokes of the cane that made sitting unbearable on the wooden bench in my classroom …
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The crowd of Young People had gathered at Eagles Square and with placards they chanted “ENOUGH IS ENOUGH” and marched towards the National Assembly Complex but they were cordoned off …
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Mr. Robinson introduced himself as Myles Munroe’s former high school teacher who had derogatorily called Myles a “monkey with no brains” way back in the Bahamas. He never thought anything …
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If Health Professional Associations are honest and humble enough to put away professional pride and haughtiness which smacks of self-conceit and delusion, this lingering war of attrition among them will …
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Somebody should have told me way back that I’ll someday carry burdens like Atlas of ancient Greece which no one can help offload from my heart. For if I had …
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Nigeria, the sleeping giant of Africa and its leaders and privileged citizens are still mounting podiums and making speeches and addresses rather than getting our hands dirty by doing what …
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Barring the lateness of the Special Guest of Honour, Operabuja 2009 lived up to its high billing and once again satisfied the longings of many who have had enough of …
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A cult of boys who grew up into men overnight. A group of boys whose psyche and sexuality has become transformed. Angry at other men, and abhorrers of women but …
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The Igbo woman whose prayer was most dramatic on the flight told me how she had a dream while in China the previous day. The melodrama involved her pastor who …
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Since Emmanuel’s dad grew up in Benin, we mutually call each other ‘Bros’ and being his ‘Uncle’, this kid’s genius reckoned that I should be called ‘Uncle Bros’ and the …
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Prayer is one aspect of my Christian experience that has been inconsistent and has received the worst attention over time. It is my story and the stories of countless Christians …
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I was a church boy who didn’t have the nerves to rebel like Rastafarians, and the little courage in me was snuffed out in med school where I was literally …
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Another Father’s Day had come and gone. I’d wished you were here to hear it from my mouth that I cherish you for being my father. Though I have no …