Miscellaneous

The Death Penalty For Fakers And Forgers

A dangerous, corrosive wind of fakery, forgery, and identity misrepresentation is currently hovering over Nigeria, threatening to tear down the country's moral, institutional, and...

Bart Nnaji, Okey Ndibe & African Commentary Magazine

“Publishing is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs.” -...

Akin Ogunbiyi: 64 years of quiet conviction

Saturday, September 12, was a special day for the family, friends, and well-wishers of Dr. Akinade Akanmu Ogunbiyi, as the charming leader marked the...

There Was A Newspaper Called NEXT

Nigeria is the burial ground of big dreams. Dele Olojede brought great honour to Nigeria by winning the coveted Pulitzer Prize in International Reporting in...

Of Lagos Gentlemen and Abuja Patriots

There is a sign that'll confront an African hunter setting off for the night's job in a distant forest and he'll call off the...

The Ultimate Lagos Big Boy

He called himself the Ultimate Lagos Big Boy. Some called him Owo Lagba, that is, Money Power, while some others preferred to call him Lagos...

Plagiarizing My Soccer Report

Somebody has called my attention to a terrible plagiarism of my work by one Samuel Ifeanyi Onwuachuke who described himself as a “self meida...

Looted Artefacts Are The Cultural Heritage Of The Benin Kingdom

By His Royal Majesty Omo N’Oba N’Edo, Ewuare II, Oba of Benin -------- You may also have heard about the recent activities of a group of...

Come to Benin City Window on America, improve your chances of studying in the United States

In an ‘Open letter to America’s Secretary of State, John Kerry, American Corner Come to Edo-Delta’, in March 2015, I had said that ‘materials...

Musings on the Future of the World

There are a good few stories about human beings that have philosophical and aesthetical appeal. Like every aspect of the universe, the earth and...

If You Want To Write A Great Book, Go To Prison

I am allergic to dictators, even if they somehow manage to dress up in democratic robes. Nigerians cannot ever forget in a hurry how some...

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Government Agencies Committing Financial Murder

Until recently, public outcries that government agencies have been mismanaging the revenues they generated have been received as fallacious. And because most past legislative investigations into these allegations have ended up compromised, those carrying on this act seem to believe to have mastered how to circumvent the law...

Home…A trip to memory lane

Why do I live in the house of my dreams, with a family of my own? Why is the need to reminisce often strong when I am alone? Why do I feel this void inside my soul? If I wanted some answers, I had to go back! Back to that place where the child once played hide and seek under the moonlight…

Fela's Music Galvanise Protests Against Fuel Subsidy Removal In Nigeria

Even in death, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti was larger than life. “I no be gentleman at all oh. I no be gentleman at all oh,” sang an angry wave of protesters among tens of thousands at the Gani Fawehinmi Park...

Rational Suggestions for Donald Trump and the Rise of Vladimir Putin

Though unsolicited, the following political opinion would definitely benefit...

A Fashionable Christafarian vs Rastafarian

I was a church boy who didn't have the nerves to rebel like Rastafarians, and the little courage in me was snuffed out in med school where I was literally banned from wearing jean trousers...

Can You Tame A Wild And Crazy Class?

This is my story concerning how I managed the wildest and craziest class in my school. I must let you in on it that my methods were a little crazy too...

Lost And Found Across The Atlantic

From Barcelona through Brussels and London, to New York, Washington D.C. and beyond Tokunbo Awoshakin paints a portrait of how Africans from different backgrounds arrive, struggle, fail or succeed in the cities and suburbs of Europe and America.

Osun guber: Lessons from Ekiti (1)

The off-cycle election in Ekiti State, which secured the...

Banks Are Not My Business

Whenever I see any bank and the ill-assorted characters...

Boko Haram: A Nation Under the Grip of Deception

The country's perennial domestic disorder is due largely to destructive instinct which has continued to be synonymous with the abject and seething cauldrons of poverty of the largest population of the people of Nigeria...