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...

This Is Not A Love Story. Or Is It?

If at the end of this piece you conclude that this is a love story, I will not mind at all.  But I did not set out to make it such.  I just figured I owed it to this special someone to say a few things...

Under The Hair Drier

So you think you know what Nigerian women talk about when they go under the hair drier? Think again...

Games Women Play!

The games women play in their 'love' exploits are many. Where does one begin to tell tales of betrayals, back-stabbing, love-feigning and what have you...

A Season of Endearment

Just why is it difficult for men looking for wives to find the women of their desires, and for women who are ready, able and willing to find their dream men?

When Will I Get Married? A Soap Box Experience!

So when are you getting married? Enough of all these excuses of mistakes made in the past, and failed attempts at relationships...

So When Are You Getting Married?

My friend Uche has been single for the longest time.  She has been so single that I have started wondering if she has died and just does not know it...

Sexual Violence and Nigerian Women: Breaking the Silence

Even though we are not in a state of war, Nigerian women, girls and babies are daily subjected to one form of bestiality or the other by deranged and psychopathic men who do not have a place in a civilized world...

Single, Separate and Whole!

Being single doesn’t mean being alone. It means being alive, alert, aglow and unattached… at the moment. So the fear of dining alone, attending the cinema alone or going out alone is just that... fear!

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Metaphor for Olaitan Oyerinde…

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Apologies to the Past

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Why the Hurry, the Haste, and the Rush to Judgment?

Mallam el-Rufai is not an “ordinary” Nigerian. His integrity and reputation is at stake and so we have to be mindful of that. We also have to be mindful of the fact that the integrity and reputation of two Nigerian Senators has been called into question. It’s a mess, folks!

Obasanjo, A Tortoise of the Nigerian Political Terrain

A o merin j’oba, erekun ewele... (We will crown...

Osinbajo Foot Soldiers: Rise of Hungry Authors and Pseudo-Intellectuals

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No, Comrade Oshiomhole, No!

Initially I had wanted to caption this piece "The...

As The Cloud of Mischief Gathers Over Anambra…

Anyone conversant with the murky politics that Anambra State has been known for will not be surprised at the political adrenalin that has been injected into politics in that state as 2011 fast approaches...