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...

Unromantic Nigerian Men: Responding to Michael Oluwagbemi

The duty of every red-blooded African man is to shine as many congos as earthly possible; while it is the duty of any and all blue-blooded African woman to make the man pay in cash and kind or with his sweat and blood. The days of free lunch are over...

Nigerian Men…The Good, The Bad, The Ugly!

Bold, brash, infuriating, funny, crafty, big-hearted, double-dealing... Nigerian men are as different as they come but there are some characteristics that stand out...

On This Valentine’s Day Just Tell Me You Love Me

For several years now, the cost of love has been discouraging me from falling in love again. It is because of the cost of love that I have been running away from Oyinbo girls. Holy Moses, they want this and that and more...

Roses Are Red. So Are My Eyes

Every month in America, a holiday extracts money from me like a root canal. Do I get a raise from my job every month? Do you know how rich I would be if I were to get a bump in my salary every Christmas, Kwanza, New Year Day, President's Day, Chinese New year and Valentine's day?

Valentine’s Day…Still Looking for Love

Why do I have to wait this long for the "it" woman to come into my world. Why? You see, not just any woman would do. She must be a 10, a perfect 10 in every way and on all scale of measurement...

Is Marriage in My Best Interest?

Some people marry for love. For economic reasons. For social status. For stability. For children. For cultural purposes. Or simply because it is the logical thing to do right after they’ve achieved some measure of success...

This Scarcity Of Soul Mates Sef

Marrying a Nigerian man is like buying a car from an auction. What you see is NOT what you get...

How to keep a Nigerian Man

It is not hard to see why many Nigerian young men are either postponing their marriageable age or altogether abandoning the enterprise. From Nigeria to America and even Europe the women are crying out loud: "there are no Nigerian men that want to marry!"

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Religious Intolerance: Lessons from Yoruba ‘Paganism’

Chances are, growing up, you partook – as audience or celebrant – in a very colourful tapestry of ancestral liturgies: Ogun festival, Sango festival, Imole festival, Egungun festival, and, of course, Oro festival, the fear of which is the beginning of wisdom for Yoruba women...

How Safe Is Nigeria?

What if the U.S. State Department placed the recent travel advisory on Nigeria because of intelligence reports about rumblings in the army barracks?

Chinua Achebe, Nobel Prize And African Literature

March 21 was here again recently. On this particular...

Onwuliri, Ike Abugu: In The Afterglow of Earthly Life

It is just natural that news of such fatal crash as the ill fated Dana airline crash in Lagos some days ago elicits a momentary wave of shock and curiosity among Nigerians. Thereafter, and almost immediately, the shock tapers off leaving close relatives, friends and associates of the victims to bear the sad memories...

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...

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...

Jonathan: how to look bad naked

So, Jonathan’s first 100 days in office has come and gone.  Lamentably, you’ll have to agree, the man cuts the picture of a passionless and reluctant President.  He has also managed to remind us all that a snake cannot give birth to a tadpole...

Buhari’s Nigeria Is Not My Nigeria

Things have fallen apart completely in Nigeria. Nothing has...

Execution And Tracking Of Constituency Projects In Nigeria: Matters Arising

Simply put, Zonal Intervention Projects (ZIPs), also known as...

Casalinda: Where Creativity Meets Culture

Casalinda offers a serene environment where culture and excellence meet in an African ambience...