Miscellaneous

A Hospital For Chima Ubani

In this sad season in Nigeria I got filled with so much joy when the news reached my end that Abia State Governor, Dr...

The Insult That Led to the Creation of Osun State

Osun State was created thirty-five years ago, but what if I told you the state was born, indirectly, from an insult. Yes, really. In 1945, Chief...

Nigerian Style Of Football

We played the game. It entailed any number of men or women running about kicking any roundish object. We had no special name for...

Open Letter to Gov. Nyesom Wike: The Need for Reflection and Action

Dear Excellency, this curfew extension is only a cosmetic arrangement. We are no longer in a Lockdown. It is time to show the investments...

A New Offering from a Luminous Mind

Whether as a counsel in Court or as an advisor or as a maker of a legal document or instrument covering relationships, social or...

Agbodike: The Personable Politician In Anambra

I instantly fell in love with the house I got into by accident. A house becomes a home when the host makes everyone feel at...

What In Hell Is Odogwu Doing In Lagos?

Odogwu came on transfer to Lagos from Enugu, and put up in the apartment of his writer friend, Muritala Sule, in Surulere. His plan was...

The Work of a Press Secretary: A book review

Title: The Work of a Press Secretary Author: Burkard Weth, formerly press attaché German Embassy Nigeria. Publisher: Shaker Media Germany Year of Publication: 2019 Number of Pages: 58 ISBN:...

A Toast to Two Giant Patriots at 69

Students of creation believe that God – the incomparable master geometrician – designed, created and sustained the universe on mathematical laws and numbers. "To whom...

Let’s Destroy all the Columnists!

The acute hatred in my heart now-now, as we do say in Nigeria, is about the characters called columnists. I am sick and tired of...

Dakuku’s Book on “Strategic Turnaround”: A Milestone of a World-Class Leadership Material

"I wish to say without fear of contradiction that Peterside is a symbol of unity, a visionary, egalitarian and, most importantly, a great patriot...

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Tinubu and his Special Advisers

Without doubt, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s greatest inner gift...

“On June 12 They Stood”: On June 12 They Paid The Prices for Our Today

When the name June 12 comes up, everyone fidgets and wonders the direction of the ensuring political discourse. Even if one were to be thinking or referring to something absolutely unconnected with the Nigerian political failure such as the Mundial World Cup 2014...

The Gigolos Amongst Us

Gigolos are generally generous sexual predators. They employ sweet language and sophisticated accents to pin down a potential lady...

What Is Nigeria’s Position on IMF Special Drawing Rights, SDR?

While the International Monetary Fund (IMF) debt sustainability analysis...

Questions…

Whether stupid people like us believe it or not, the anti-corruption fight is on, from the No 3 man down. This administration is clearly committed to fighting corruption to a standstill! But one thing I have learnt is never to completely trust Baba Sege. That man is so cunning that like the proverbial witch-rat, he bites and blows air at you at the same time...

Religion In Nigeria: Do You Really Believe In God?

Religion, I believe, was created to control the ignorant. If you are looking to me to tell you there is no God, don’t. I have no clue. He’s never talked to me. He’s been extremely silent…

Misgoverned Economy: Can Nigeria Survive?

It is no longer strange that Nigerians are expecting a lot from Yar'Adua's administration. We expect them to convert resources and opportunity into a gainful economy that can produce Nigeria’s socio-economic restoration...

I Am Not Anti-Obama, Its Just That Hillary Clinton Is My Babe

Senator Hilary Clinton is both a change agent and a steady and experienced hand. She also comes with a team full of vigor, vision, and foresight to tackle domestic and global concerns and challenges...

President Yar'Adua Should Not Resign, But Obey the Constitution Instead

What exactly is at stake in the face of President Yar'Adua's frequent hospitalizations and absence from the presidency? It is rather simple. The issue is President Yar'Adua's violation or willful and complete disregard for section 145 of the constitution of Nigeria...

Going to Lagos – Handy Tips for the Smart Traveler

I come from an old Lagos family but have been absent long enough to be able to observe the city with relative objectivity which allows me to offer sensible information to the clear headed smart traveler. The fact is Lagos is "big city" and an expensive city at that. Think New York or Tokyo when you think of the cost of things in Lagos...