Introspective

The Myth of New Year Resolutions: Why 2025 Won’t Magically Save You

As we inch closer to the dawn of 2025, the air is thick with the buzz of "New Year, New Me" proclamations. Across the...

The Ageless Myth: Is Age Really Just a State of Mind?

The concept of aging has long been considered a biological certainty, as though an unavoidable countdown is inscribed within our very DNA. Yet, mounting...

Day Dele Momodu Made Me Live Above My Means

These are dangerous days of gross shamelessness in totalitarian Nigeria. Pathetic flaunting of clannish power is all the rage, and a good number of supposedly...

Questions…

Your soon to be wife is a virgin. A true virgin. Now, if you accidentally slept with her sister, and again accidentally slept with her step-mother five weeks later, would you tell?

One Sunday Morning

My life was just meaningless dates and acquaintances...and then there was Johnny. It was like things made sense when I met him.We clicked instantly. When I met Johnny, all the noise in my head got quiet and I was happy…goofy happy…like a crazy person...

‘Romancing’ Our Women

Give the average Nigerian girl a bouquet and she'll want to know if it is your intention to feed her on flowers...

For Mama Abigail Arokoyu

I didn't shed a tear when I was told that Ye Wande had passed on. I knew she had gone to be with the Lord. I can't tell her age because back then when she was born, there was no record keeping...

Sibling Rivalry

My father is a big man with menacing features. He ruled his household and my home village with an iron hand. No one, no one ever talks back to him, at least not in his presence. My sister was the only person I know who has ever told my father she hated him...

The Beauty of Growing Old

Life comes at us in uncanny ways. We may lose a home, a job, a career, or things that mean a lot to us. Some may face financial ruins, illnesses, or debilitating injuries. Things happen. Life happens...

How Do You Say “Goodbye…So Long”?

No matter how bitter or joyous the relationship, sooner or later, goodbye moments will become a reality. And no matter how it is said or when it is said, goodbyes and so longs dim the human spirit...

I am Angry…May Be Not!

No one respect Africans. They make fun of us in movies and literature. They call us names. Yet, no one has ever been sanctioned. But you cannot call a Japanese a “Jap,” or be seen mouthing anything bad against the Jews...

Don't miss

When Life Doesn’t Go as Planned

They say if you want to make God laugh, tell Him your plans. His ways and thoughts are not ours and He certainly moves in mysterious ways, His wonders to perform. So today, learn to write your plans in pencil and give God the eraser. Most importantly, let go and let God. All things always work out together for good. Just believe...

Obama’s Senate, Soldiers-Horses mating and New World Order!

The year 2011 closed with the gruesome issue of same-sex marriage. Obama and the West were poised to horn down Africa for not going insane with them...

Nigeria Elects First Female Speaker!

It is heartwarming to learn that Nigeria’s National Assembly has been inaugurated to begin a new term alongside the new president of Nigeria, President Yar’Adua. It is particularly exciting to note the gender agenda progress that has been made since 1999...

Ndigbo: The Cost of Putting All Our Eggs in One Basket

In every decision or action one undertakes in life,...

An Unusual Review…

In Nigeria, selecting party chairmen is always subject to the zonal system of picking our political leaders. Every position is zoned to a particular area regardless of merit and need. You could therefore have a political buffoon and an amateur becoming party chairman...

The Other Side of Abdulmuttalab

Abdulmuttalab is now more popular than Barack Obama and Michael Jackson put together.  He has completely changed how the world and our international friends view Nigeria and Nigerians. He has caused a diplomatic row between two birds of unlikely feathers...

What can President Obama do for Black America?

Past inspiring, Mr. Obama during his presidency must commit himself to tackling the important areas of concerns to African Americans if he wants his name in gold...

The Truth

Nigerians owe the country and our rulers the duty to tell them the truth. This is because truth is like a shining sun which will prevail over darkness. Honesty brings transparency which is a vital instrument in nation building...

A Governor’s Credentials as Serial Wrecker

The month of May ended without any credit alerts...

Which way, Nigeria? 4+4 or 4-4?

The widespread aversion, in some quarters, to incumbent President...