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...

Toke Makinwa, Tiwa Savage and Nigerians

Some of the hottest conversations in the Nigerian social space in recent times have revolved around revelations from media celebrity and On-Air Personality Toke...

2-4 Zone: Ikebe Matter Na Serious Matter

We have various names for it in Nigeria: ikebe; bum-bum; nyash; ‘assenal.’ This just shows you that buttocks matter. Yes, buttocks matter, both to the...

Nkolika: Re-Telling the Story of Women and Their Place in Our Society

A few weeks ago, I was having a discussion with my brother-in-law and he straight out called the president of an African country a...

Valentine’s Day: A Day To Love

Every year, the fourteenth day of the month of February has millions across the world presenting their loved ones with candy, flowers, chocolates and...

Rape: We Are All Guilty

I was moved to tears as I watched raped victims and their families narrate their agonizing experience in the hands of rapists to members...

Deconstructing the Weaker Sex Stereotype

Over the past century, the position of women in human affairs has received lots of attention. There has been a delineation into several camps...

Most Fathers Are Just Husbands

Not all husbands are fathers. That a man gave birth to a child legitimately or illegitimately does not make him a father. The man could be awesome, he could have all the aspects that are associated with men...

Aren't Homosexuals God's Children Too?

It has become glaringly evident that some societies are slowly descending into a deepening abyss of hate, ignorance and intolerance - so much so that it boggles the mind...

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Critics, Commentators, and Gadflies

I do what I do on this and other sites only as a leisure pursuit. But considering what I have gone through in the last couple of months, and more so in the last couple of days, I have come to have greater respect and admiration for writers, critics, gadflies, and social commentators...

Who is Afraid of a Revolution in Nigeria?

A recent social intellectual gathering in Lagos somewhat illustrated how some prominent progressive-minded Nigerians viewed the viability of a revolution as the only way of re-launching our hopes and dreams as a nation...

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

Understanding the Life and Times of Fidel Castro

The late former president of Cuba, Dr. Fidel Castro,...

Nigeria: Legitimizing Terrorism and Banditry?

Many things in life defy comprehension, rationality, or basic...

Between Abati’s Curious Ghost Stories and Goodluck Jonathan’s Fairy Tales

When I saw Reuben Abati, former Special Adviser to...

Migratory Flights

There are few simple pleasures as enjoyable as watching birds flying. Like a school of fish, their inbuilt GPS systems continue to amaze and attract observation whenever they are seen in action...

Davos 2009: A Harvest of the Wind?

I suspect that the collapse of the world financial system is probably as a result of the work of Transparency International and other national economic and financial monitory and regulatory agencies...

Iran Gone Nuclear? Who Decides? Who is Afraid? Why? (II)

After all the pre-war lies which were told by President Bush and his government before the invasion and occupation of Iraq, the current American government may soon start bombing Iran...

Sneak Preview of Udenta’s 21-Book Offering

The 21 books came to me in two gift...