Interviews & Profiles

The Professor Who Gave Me Rehabilitation

A human being can save your life without your knowing it. The way I operated back in time could have led to my utter...

Prof Bart Nnaji As A Sports Superstar

Prof Bart Nnaji is globally renowned for his revolutionary innovations in robotics, e-Design and Artificial Intelligence (AI). He has served as Nigeria’s Power Minister as...

The Homecoming Ties Of Prof Nduka Otiono

The don makes it a point of duty to always come home to Nigeria from his duty post as Director, Institute of African Studies,...

Denudation: Remembering Dr. Bala Mohammed Bauchi – 1944-1981

Dr. Bala Mohammed was an archetype of that sociopolitical genus known  in this country as the Radical Leftists; and he was the first of them to be assassinated at the height of Nigeria’s Second republic...

Dance Died: A tribute to Michael Joseph Jackson

No one could ever dance like Michael Joseph Jackson. We are lucky to have encountered such a genius on our pilgrimage here on earth. As he Michael Jackson is always “Startin Something”, we are sure that he would “thrill” the heavens, as his “Thriller” did us here!

Michael Jackson, the Enigmatic American Icon

Michael Jackson was brilliant, beloved and enormously talented. He was ironically the title of his music albums; He was a thriller, he was Bad, he was Off the Wall, Dangerous to himself, he was electrifying, he was weird and deeply flawed!

Cobhams Asuquo: An Intense Worship Experience With A True Psalmist God Freak

According to Cobhams Asuquo, faith is like a habit that we develop. Like when a man slaps a woman once, it becomes easier to do it a second time till it becomes a bad habit…

“Odabo o” Susanne Wenger, Adunni Olorisha

What can one say about the death of a woman who died at the age of 93? Can we say we are sad that she died? No. rather we shall rejoice and remember the good deeds which our faithful departed left for us to remember her by...

“Odabo o” Susanne Wenger, Adunni Olorisha

What can one say about the death of a woman who died at the age of 93? Can we say we are sad that she died? No. rather we shall rejoice and remember the good deeds which our faithful departed left for us to remember her by...

Interview With Prof. Venâncio Massingue, The Mozambican Minister Of Science And Technology

A wise man, an African maxim declares, is one who knows proverbs and can reconcile difficulties using them. A trained engineer, Prof. Venâncio Massingue believes that “There is no single scientist who is not a politician”...

Interview with Obi Okaku, Nigerian Hotel Consultant in Germany

My ex-German wife did not want children. According to her, she had sterilized herself before we met and her 13-year old cats were better alternatives to having children...

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Calculating and Calibrating Babangida

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 psychosis...

For Jonathan, Obasanjo as Parable

Unless the equivalent of a judicial earthquake happens, it is safe to assume that Goodluck Jonathan is going to spend the next four years at the helm of Nigerian affairs. What manner of leader does he plan to be?

Technological Advancements threaten the Future of Newspapers

A decade ago, the amount of digital and online publishing driven by profit and consumerism was relatively small. Today, over 80% of all hard copy publications have online and digital versions. Ten years from now, that percentage may rise to 100...

My Interview with Jonathan Goodluck

"Could you please address me as “Your Excellency.” My official position demands you address me as such. You know I have a doctorate degree, I have chieftaincy titles five times over, I have been a governor and now I am just a heartbeat from the presidency…"

Royal Complicity: How Nigeria’s Traditional Rulers Enable Political Misrule

In Nigeria’s complex political history, traditional rulers have steadily...

Boko Haram, Human-gods, and Allah’s Will

I love Allah, he is a merciful God. I know you love Allah too, he is a God of peace. Allah will not ask you to go and destroy innocent lives...

Nigeria’s National Assembly: For Law-Dealing Or Raw-Dealing?

Reducing democratic activity to simply employing the right to vote is a true setback to the practical application of the concept of democracy, of which voting is but a final seal...

In Search of Nigeria’s “Credible” Politicians

If you are in Nigeria and you have not...

Living Your Dreams in 2003

Create your ideal day, if you don't have one yet. Your ideal day is a mental concept of how you want to spend a perfect day. To achieve your goals this year you might have to cut down on your hours of sleep...

From Brute to Man, from man to god and from god to demi-god

The thorny, stony, pathway from brute to man, from man to god and from god to demi-god, can only be trodden with the help of incandescent light and Grace...