Introspective

Detribalised Does Not Mean What Most Nigerians Think It Means

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...

Call Me Tony: A Parable of Corporate Nigeria

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...

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...

Where Will You Die?

Will death come when you are alone and lonely in a nursing home, at a hospice or in a hospital ward away from the love and gaze of your people? When death comes, will your children be around you or away tending to their own lives in far away places?

The Two Johnnies – A Tribute

“I am a fag, a dirty stinking fag, I am to be seen and not to be heard. I come from the bush village of X where we eat frogs toads and rats..."

Getting It Right

Our lives represent the greatest project of destiny, and if you must become who you desire to be, you must embark on a program of preparation to prevent frustration tomorrow…

The Oral Tradition: Performance and the Revival of the Book

The naturally gifted poet of African extraction who is well steeped in his culture would always find the four corners of a page too limiting. Performance allows the words to grow legs, gives imagery colour and lends credibility to the position taken. The book suddenly comes alive for the reader!

Riding The Crest

A guy knocks on my door. He said that he just wanted to know what a rich man looked like before he became rich...

Getting an Edge Where It Matters Most

Don’t let anybody deceive you, if hard work indeed brings prosperity, every coal miner in South Africa would be richer than Michael Jordan, Geoge Soros and Warren Buffet put together...

Demons

I am not a nice person. I come before everybody. If at all you are unfortunate to come within my sphere of existence, chances are, you are there to fulfill some need of mine...

The Unspoken Rule

Human nature does not love the unlovable and the un-useful. God, though lenient, still sentences all sinners to hell...

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Critical Review of Some Assertions by Dr Tamunoemi David West (II)

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Curbing The NAICOM Cartel And Its Cut-Throat Motor Insurance

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Doctrine of Satan, Sin and Eternal Soul

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Minna Sanhedrin and More Pertinent Issues

The symbolic event of Friday, May 11, 2017, had...

Nigerians In America: How (NOT) To Raise Our Children

What obtains in Nigeria obtains in the US, albeit with slight modifications.  You do not need monkey-like summersaults before raising your child in God’s ways.  You cannot allow your children to be so spoilt to the point that they become incorrigible and constitute permanent liability to you...

C.I.D. Maduabum: At the Engine-room of PDP Revival

It takes enormous hard work behind the scenes for...

An Absolute Necessity

Abuja could be a beautiful place if truly enhanced with the money currently going into the pockets of the few...

Transformational leadership: The Lagos example

People do echo the common slogan at every turn in the metropolis: Fashola is working; Lagos is working. It’s, indeed, gratifying to note that most achievements being recorded by the Babatunde Raji Fashola, SAN, Administration in Lagos State, are attracting the attention of well-meaning Nigerians and foreigners...

Why should Mr. Speaker Resign as Speaker?

Morality and governance are Siamese twins. You cannot separate...

Peter Obi Is Not A Politician

Peter Obi may have danced on the grave of his political future by accepting what many at the time regarded as a poisoned chalice...the appeal court ruling which upturned the 'election' of Chris Nwabueze Ngige...