Man & Woman

Woman As The Pearl Of Valentine

There’s no better way to give proper attention to Valentine’s Day than celebrating the essence of womanhood. It is incumbent on me to deliver knockout...

Oni, BAO and the mathematics of alignment

The recent realignment in the UK - where figures like Robert Jenrick are “uniting the right” - proves the “defection bug” is no longer...

Osun APC, Tinubu’s hand and the Ides of March

Ahead of the 2026 Osun governorship election, it is incontrovertible that a consensus candidate has been chosen for the All Progressives Congress (APC). He...

Till Death Do Us Part: Wife Murder and Our Deadly Habits

Not too long ago I wrote a short fiction about sexual molestation of a young girl by her uncle and it stirred quite a bit of emotion. I have recently received several pieces of communication regarding Nigerian men killing their wives...

Escaping the Age Noose

Just before I am labelled as an errant, ‘westernised’, neo-colonised and cheeky African or infuriate the ‘traditional’ African reader, it is expedient to say I am an uncompromised, thick-lip, bushy-hair black African, with crimson-red Nubian blood running through my capillaries...

Birthday Boy

18 years after betraying a childhood love, here I am struck by the sudden appearance of my bank’s Client Relation Officer who bears every semblance of Yemi, my heartbroken first love...

The Subtleties of Womanhood: Mothers of the Universe

It appears sometimes that somewhere along the line some of us have become distanced from the full and complete beings that I believe women to be and have learned to hide ourselves so imperfectly that it makes us ruthlessly judgmental of others...

Poles Apart

He looks like an average Joe, nothing special.  But the moment he opens his mouth, you need not wonder just how high his IQ is.  He speaks English like he invented the language.  Who knew that English could make you feel all girly inside?

Marriage and Sex, Sex and Marriage

In spite of the gradual transformation of the Nigerian men, some still treat women of different color and background differently. A typical Nigerian living in the western world still does not bring his woman roses and cards...

What Do Women Really Want?

Marriage in the U.K is an interesting study in women’s perfidy. Even where the family is content by the man’s standard, the woman is not. She wants to be seen to be in control. She begins to manoeuvre and manipulate like the snake in the garden of Eden...

A Skid Along Adultery Lane: A True-Life Story!

The journey from a simple wholesome relationship to an affair starts with an imperceptible skid; you become emotionally hooked before it becomes a full-blown extra-marital affair...

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Euro2024 Last Eight Fixtures Enfold More Drama

As the quarterfinals of the UEFA Euro2024 in Germany...

Where Are Candidates, Manifestoes Or Alternatives to President Obasanjo?

How is it that the nearly thirty other political parties in Nigeria, other than the PDP, are not ready for prime time? What are their excuses for not selecting or announcing their presidential candidates or aspirants?

It’s Bob Marley All Over The World 43 Years After

May 11 is globally known as “The Bob Marley...

To Bridge the Gaps Between Gross Government Debts in ECOWAS

By Benjamin Boakye As Nigeria and Ghana stand together to...

Nigerianizing Nigeria’s Embassies

Career badmouthers of Nigeria’s Federal Government have gone gaga over the news that a modest sum of N1.5 billion has been earmarked in the 2009 budget “to fuel generators” in Nigeria’s Embassies and Consulates abroad...

Road Maintenance: Government Task Or Citizens' Tax?

The recent proposed 5% user tax on petroleum products as a means of sourcing funds for sustained road maintenance activities in the country deserves second thought...

How The Niger Deltans Can Get Their Freedom: The Action Plan! (Part 5)

My advice to the Niger Delta militants is that they should state clearly that they don't believe any more in one Nigeria, and want to opt out. They should make it clear to the North...

The Subsidy Crises: A Way Forward (The Nigerian Front)

We have taken stock of the grave national crises we face and we of The Nigerian Front, after a process of consultation and reflection, have come up with a roadmap to provide some solutions for the nation...

The Moral Regeneration of the Inner Man

As I talk with Christian friends, I sense a degree of discontent with the seeming inability of the Church to impact society's morals in a more positive sense. It's as though Christians are increasingly getting weaker and spiritually bland...

…Ember Month Journey: Which Road Is Safe?

Poorly maintained roads in Nigeria are often cited as a cause for the country’s high rate of traffic fatalities. Nigeria’s bad roads aren’t just a matter of inconvenience. They also contribute to the country’s high accident and fatality rate...