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...

D a r k V i s i o n s

Who is the audience of the immigrant creator of art? Has he exiled himself from relevance by moving away from his country...and all the cultural elements that give his art life?

Major Minority

The Hispanics are suddenly commanding more attention from businesses and politicians because they are about to eclipse the reign of the Blacks in America as the most populous minority in the US...

Bat Out of Hell

The enemies America has created over the years do not think about immigrants when they plot their dark acts. We're all Americans to them, and likely to be targets, especially now that America has decided to fight back.

A Time To Resolve

It is natural for one to continually strive for a better state of being whether it is in one's job, relationship, or livelihood. In fact, it is born out of the divine instinct...

Motivating Yourself To Superlative Performance (2)

What separates the super achievers from the underachievers, the successes from the failures, the happy from the unhappy, the fulfilled from the unfulfilled, the peak performers from the nonpeak performers?

Motivating Yourself To Superlative Performance (1)

What will it cost you if you fail to achieve your goals? How painful will it be? What will be the consequences to your family, your career, and your life purpose?

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Notes on 2011 Presidential Debate

The recently concluded presidential debate has taken discussions about the forth-coming general elections in Nigeria to a different and interesting dimension. Overall, the event was well organised, well attended and more importantly very well followed and now widely discussed...

Friendly War

My wife claimed I hadn't given her "chop money" for the week. I know you don't believe her. Ah –ah, even the neighbors comment on how much fresher she looks while I continue to lose weight. Then next minute I was accused of being a tribalist who only got on with his countrymen on football match days...

From Yahoo-Yahoo to kidneys for money?

This latest “kidney-for-money” bazaar by these young, mischievous ones sure continues to hammer the country’s image badly in the international system...

This time next year!

In the midst of Nigeria's complex economic and political...

The Hidden Secrets Of Self-Confidence

Living daily based on the feedback we get from others has never been, and will never be the best deal we can ever get. Depending absolutely on the sensory inputs we get from others is self-limiting and damaging to our inner psyche...

Northernization

For too long now there has existed an unholy nexus between Nigerian politicians and their bureaucrats leading to favouritism, cronyism, vendetta and a “revolving door bureaucracy” syndrome...

Hair Holiday or Moratorium By Black Women As Economic Stimulus

Continental Africans and women of African descent can be rightly said to be obsessed with having and not having hair. At the risk of generalizing and stereotyping, all Black women have a hair fixation...

Saint Peter’s Epistle to Nigerians

Dear beloved Nigerians: Almighty God has directed me to write this epistle to you because the news emanating from your country has continued to cause great scandal, shock and deep sadness in heaven. Why this epistle from heaven, and why now?

Nigerian Democracy, American Media and the Imminent War

One man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter. Long before Osama, the United States had perfected the art and science of terrorism...

Waterman by Echezonachukwu Nduka: The Poet Goes the Distance

Waterman by Echezonachukwu Nduka; Griots Lounge Publishing Winnipeg, MB,...