Lifestyle & Fashion

Naira Marley, His Music And The Youth

Today, youths learn mostly from the entertainment industry and they model their lives after their favorite artistes. Unfortunately, some of the current artistes in...

The Folly and Vanity of Social Media “Friendship”

“What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.” This quote is attributed to the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle, who wrote extensively...

Nigerian Youth: Everywhere but Nowhere

Any nation that doesn’t give its young population the necessary support and an enabling environment to contribute their quota in this digital era may...

By Their Looks, You Shall Know Them

Why do Nigerian women think they look good with bright blonde wigs and weaves?  A light skinned woman hardly looks good with a blonde weave, but a dark skinned woman looks worse...

In Search Of A True Igbo National Attire

Sometimes the confusion arises as to what truly defines Igbo culture, take for instance clothes. What is indeed a true Igbo attire for the Igbo man and woman?

Much Ado About 'Miss'

Beauty pageantry no doubt empowers those that win eventually. It presents a great opportunity which, when exploited well enough, leads to advantages in life...

Different Strokes For Unilag Dress Code

Is there anything intrinsically wrong with the manner of dress of students who live in a city such as Lagos that’s adjudged the closest to the Western world?  If there is, does the university have a regulation concerning dressing on campus?   

On Igbo Titles (Nke Onye Chiri Ya Zaa!)

While some may say that tradition is gradually disappearing in some areas or aspects of Igbo culture, it is still thriving in several others especially in the taking and bearing of titles...

Lost in a Sea of Hair Weaves

One can understand some black women wearing wigs for the same reasons that some white women do; because they are losing or have lost their hair. One can even make allowances for wigs being worn for the occasional change of look. But how to explain young women with full heads of hair who will never be seen dead with their natural hair?

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A Journey in Deception: A Counterfactual Review of Ibrahim Babangida’s “A Journey in Service”

In his recently launched memoir, A Journey in Service,...

All Hail the Cave-man of Otta!

I wish to announce the tragic demise of Olusegun Obasanjo the statesman. OBJ the man still kicks and lives on but OBJ the statesman is dead!

Third Term Agenda? What Third Term?

Why is it tha President Obasanjo never get credits for the successes of his sundry reform efforts? Why is it that there is always some political motivation or ethnical motivation or third agenda motivation or some unexplainable motivation ascribed to everything our current president does?

Reflections On June 12: Did MKO Abiola Commit Class Suicide?

The June 12 election annulment was a complete coup against the people and a continuation of the class struggle in Nigeria; a struggle against the economic emancipation of the poor. It also gives credence to the thesis that in some historical settings, a ruling elite will never relinquish power to the people on a platter of gold...

Shall We Dance Yet Again?

A wife gets home to her home in Iyana Ipaja, and makes to prepare a special meal of white rice with fresh fish stew for her husband. It is their wedding anniversary! She has even bought a bottle of red wine. Soon he comes in looking positively shattered…he has just been fired...

An Open Letter To The Attorney General, Micheal Aondokaa (SAN)

...You seem to have neglected, since your assumption as the Chief Law Officer, the place of public opinion and the mood of Nigerians as regards corruption...

Restoring confidence in Nigerian youth

The utter disbelief among a greater number of the Nigerian youth regarding what is in store for them in the Nigerian project, and of course, their future has culminated in all sorts of social disruption...

Amaechi's Speech: The Potentiality Of Diplomacy

Amaechi reasserting himself is not a joke. But we think he is always promoting himself and taking credit for what diplomats would loathe with shame to admit. We think he must stop being a disingenuous person he has always been...

When African Social Movements Go Global

In this brief article, I address how the model of sociopolitical resistance adopted by the social movements associated with the World Social Forum operates within the African continent. By operating under the umbrella of the World Social Forum, social movements become visible and intelligible within a global context...

Ijaw Agitation So Far

The Niger Delta crisis is essentially a governance of crisis, for almost six decades the Ijaw - amongst other ethnic groups in the region - have mobilized within to seek redress...