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...

Is Foreplay Un-African?

I want you all to think -seriously- the last time you did it, how much time did you put into foreplay.  Did you tease your significant other with come hither looks and subtle touches?  Did you take your time to get him or her in the mood?

Does love transcend colour? Interracial Marriages in focus

It can be a lonely path when you’ve decided to take this route to marital bliss. You may lose some friends, fall out with family members while others would adopt a wait and see attitude in anticipation of the demise of the relationship...

Computer Love

I have met a couple of people who met their boy/girlfriends over the internet and subsequently got married and are still happily married till this day...

Is Digging Into Your Spouse’s Past Necessary?

In some case it may be necessary to share the events of the past with your spouse especially if it is affecting your marriage adversely and your future together...

7 Things I Understood Better 12 Months into Marriage

Fairy tales usually end with... and they lived happily ever after...I am sure there are folks out there that would agree with me that they thought it would be smooth sailing after their wedding...

Nigerians, Their Dogs and Their Cats

Somewhere in South Dakota are my woman and her dogs and cats waiting for me, waiting for me to come home. Love or no love there will be no dogs and cats for me...

MUT’A: Temporary Marriage in Islamic Culture and Religion

Marriage as an institution differs in structure, function, and meaning from one culture to another...

May-December Relationships: Is It Love or Infatuation?

Generally speaking, modern society is still not comfortable with older women-younger men relationships. The preference is still older men-younger women...

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As a kid growing up in Africa in the...

The Gofers And The Governors: In Defence Of A Mandate

Kenya and Nigeria have too many things in common. Instead of guaranteeing citizens' basic right to vote freely, both governments and their electoral officials actively colluded in electoral fraud and violence...

Equality in African Relationships

Is there such a thing as a truly equal heterosexual African relationship? Equal share of power, responsibilities and spousal support? Do they exist?, and if so, what structures in our societies and in marriages do the individuals who chose to follow this path have to surmount?

Between Okey Ndibe and the Guardian: A Response and Further Comments

Unless Mr. Uche Nworah knows something most of us don't know, his current treatise on the fallout between Dr. Okey Ndibe and the Guardian Newspaper is too early a judgment to make.  Uche spoke too soon...

Orji Uzor Kalu, 'Mmadu Oha Nile', MON!

Orji Uzor Kalu has since argued that left for him Olusegun Obasanjo should be made to go back to prison to continue a second term of imprisonment for his many crimes against the Nigerian state and Nigerians...

The Ayuba Story

"My dream is to achieve with fuji music what Bob Marley was able to achieve with Reggae...I will become a fulfilled person the day fuji music attains such a height." - Ayuba

Bode George, God, and a Priest

Bode George, ex-military man and ex-chairman of the Nigerian Ports Authority, left Kirikiri prison last Saturday – having served a two-year sentence for corruption and earned the addition of ex-convict to his CV. From prison, Mr. George headed straight for the Cathedral Church of Christ in Marina, Lagos...

Fuel subsidy: the Government is right

As an outsider, I do not know when the subsidy began but my own understanding of the issue takes off from the Babangida/Abacha regimes.  I think things took a decidedly murkier turn during Abacha’s upside-down rule when, the refineries – by omission and by commission – fell into a state of severe neglect and under-performance...

The Senate: A World Of Dog Eat Dog

In politics, you ensure you finish your enemies completely in a manner that they will never attack you. Anyim has failed so far. The next dog to be devoured may well be the Senate president...

Obama Is Wrong On Nigeria…

President Obama's administration does not have a policy on Nigeria. The only semblance of US policy toward Nigeria can be summarized as snubs and slaps and collusions with unsavory characters in Nigeria...