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Nobody Asked Me, But…
“Ah, that man is very detribalised.”
In Nigeria, this is almost always a compliment.
It is what we say about the politician who...
By Temitope Lakisokun
The argument over the young trainee who addressed UBA chairman Tony Elumelu by his first name has become a surprisingly revealing debate...
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 one of those men...
Over time, the original motivation behind offering and receiving gifts at Christmas has changed and in most cases, lost in the euphoria of expectations and demands...
Part of the reason why a lot of my sisters are not married and are unlikely to find that Mr. Right who would occupy that special place they have reserved for him is that a lot of them are unusual fans of the Rev Martin Luther King: they are dreamers...
Misunderstood. That is exactly what I am. I find that people tend to misunderstand and misinterpret my good intentions to be bad. My girls think I am selfish, immature, and ungrateful. Harsh words, right?
I am intrigued with the grieving process.It is not some morbid fascination of mine.It's just that I don't recollect ever being able to grieve properly.I am never appropriately upset at the death of a loved one...
To think I was voted most likely to get married in high school. Who would have thought that all my beauty will not get me a good man? But I am a tough cookie, so I remain determined to jump that broom. Everything is set; all I need now is the groom...
To an average Nigerian, the man, Obasanjo, embodies everything that is negative in planning any form of renaissance. If African renaissance is to be fashioned against the spirit of Obasanjo's inclinations then Africans should be ready for the most horrendous living...
Telling the truth is not always easy in a land that is characterised by untrustworthiness; therefore truth becomes an art of rebellion or opposition in the eyes of men and women whose only trade in stock is betrayal...
Nigeria is not made of only the petty and the conformist. I am sure that there are a lot of good people out there who are idealistic, principled, honest and maybe even puritan. These good people have, however, been too silent for too long, their actions are not felt, their positions unknown to most...
The government of the United States took over the mantle of oppression and subjugation of Haitians from where the French stopped. The plight of Haitians has followed a pattern ever since...
Let’s look at what 50 years of uninterrupted rule by men has brought Nigeria: civil war, one million dead bodies in the space of 3 years, systematized corruption, destruction of national morals, ostentatious living, and decadence that would make the ancient Romans blush...
The first rule of the political game is political survival. It is never over and the battle carries on for as long as one has in his possession the prized trophy desired by both friends and foe...
Lagos has fallen to the iron-grip of men of the underworld. Hardly a day passes without them striking at different locations, heavily armed, visiting banks and other money-spinning corporate concerns...
This article is not one of those usual gripes currently associated with discussions about the problems of Nigeria. The truth of the matter is that the current narrative discourse on the trouble with Nigeria, as Chinua Achebe made the characteristic title of his 1983 monograph, has become sickening, disgusting, nauseating, downright annoying and full of rubbish talk...
This is an eclectic collection of short stories offering ample evidence that African literature is alive and well. New talent rises every day from the dawn of yesterday's departure. It provokes thought...
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