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...

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...

This Is the Age of the Cow

I am sorry for any Nigerian who cannot speak the language of the cow. In truth, I am daily mastering cow language, and you do...

All that Jazz about Stingy Men’s Association of Nigeria

I have just been consulted to become the National Grand Patron of the newly formed Stingy Men’s Association of Nigeria (SMAN). Of course, I promptly...

Sending off “Sendforth”

The holler of “Happy New Year” is all over the place as the world is sending off the worst of years, that is, 2020,...

Political Comedy Is Sweeter Than Sugar

Let’s take a trip away from the many tragedies of Nigeria to the hypertension-curing subject of political comedy. Political comedy is sweeter than Dangote sugar...

Alhaji Abdulazeez Ude @ 80: Meeting My Mentor

It was impossible believing what my eyes were seeing. I did a double take because it’s not every day one sees a great masquerade walking...

Don't miss

The Rumbles Of Biafra

In as much as secession seems a rather frightening prospect, it will still be totally erroneous to condemn the MASSOB activists fighting for the actualisation and resurrection of Biafra, as a bunch of trouble makers...

The historic Nigerian pension looters

Some unrepentant looters and economic saboteurs, including the heartless pension funds fraudsters have mindlessly ripped Nigeria, a nation generally adjudged the sixth largest producer of Crude Oil, of its massive wealth...

Yar’adua and His Sickness

Last June, Yar'Adua was forced to remain indoors for two days with a congested nose and sore throat. In July a slight cold helped him lose two of the seven pounds which he had picked up during his Asia vacation. In August another head cold and touch of fever again confined him to bed...

Amaechi's Speech: The Potentiality Of Diplomacy

Amaechi reasserting himself is not a joke. But we think he is always promoting himself and taking credit for what diplomats would loathe with shame to admit. We think he must stop being a disingenuous person he has always been...

INEC and the PDP: Playing with Fire

In the end, the ugly rumours proved spot on....

Easter: From Babylon, Papacy to our Age

Easter eggs which play a great part in this day’s celebration were common in all heathen nations.  The fable of the egg declares that ‘an egg of wondrous size fell from heaven into the river Euphrates; the fish rolled it to the bank, where doves settled upon it and hatched it; and out came Astarte, or Ishtar, the goddess of Easter’.  Easter, Christmas, Lady Day, Lent and other Babylonian festivals were all borrowed from this religion and were all observed centuries before Christ...

Vanilla Ice-cream Corruption and the Inevitable Banana Peel Exit with Drums

Long live corruption!!! Without stealing state funds, how can a coterie of poorly educated, morally bankrupt compatriots fly private jets, live in mansions...

Mr. President Negotiate with Boko Haram

Why did the Americans agree to this unusual swap of prisoners, even in the face of their very harsh criticism of the way we have handled the kidnapping of 230 girls in Chibok by the Boko Haram?

For Brothers Only: I Have A Craving…

In all my brief travels to the cities of the world, particularly in Europe, and residence in North America, one prominent craving that swells through my inside and saturates my soul is a craving for the African woman...

Nigeria Will Survive

I will start with my conclusion. This phase will...