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...

Now I get it! Most Americans don’t get it

1. Amphitheater of Naija gods Wahala, that aggressive goddess of wrathful dissonance; that midwife of trouble, was in deep slumber. She abandoned her bones to...

Some Notes on Germany and Nigeria

I am out to enhance relations between Nigeria and Germany. Would you like to be personally involved? I am open to friendship and projects....

Tribute to a Man of the People!

"From God we have come; to Him we shall return" 'Leave of absence.' Friends I won't be around for the next few days. Thank you....

A New Year Message to Everyone

As the new year 2018 rolls in, there will be no significant difference in it from its predecessors. I seldom make New Year resolutions!...

Respect and Abuse!

In today's Nigerian (and most African) society with everything going, from politics to terrorism to religious and ethnic intolerance and corruption of epidemic proportions,...

Nigeria and the General Theory of Relativity

Stormy petrel of Ibadan Politics, Adegoke Adelabu, in his political Manifesto, Africa in Ebulition, stated that he wanted to do for Politics what Albert...

 Of Saint Ignatius of Loyola and Ibrahim Babangida

There are some interesting coincidences between Spain and Nigeria in respect of Saint Ignatius of Loyola and Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB). Ignatius of Loyola was...

Galileo Galilei, Bolanle Ambode and Italy

There are some interesting developments between Nigeria and Italy. Firstly, the Italian Galileo Galilei was born in Pisa on February 15, 1564 and 400 years...

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Let us form a group to honor Rashidi Yekini

Rashidi Yekini is dead. He died on Friday. Yekini was by all accounts a devout Muslim and was quickly buried the next day, in accordance with Muslim rites. Going by reports we have, the mode in which he was buried is however unacceptable. No need to mince words here, the burial given to Rashidi Yekini is unbefitting of the man and his country...

All The Men Are Gone!

You have to find your own Nigerian husband before you come to America or you will have a tough task of it. All the good men are gone. Only the credit card swipers are left.

Global Food Crisis: Causes, Impacts and Solutions

The current food crisis can be defined as a combination of decline in stocks of primary or staple food produce and escalating prices of food products...

The President’s Betrayal (2)

How can I explain the inability of the renowned Nigerian entrepreneurial spirit to be manifested by the legal Nigerian immigrant population? Where is our own George Soros? Why we are only interested in returning to Nigeria to participate in the looting?

Sowing the Seeds of Discord without Mindfulness!

Here we go again on zukerville! The serial cyborgs...

The Desecration of the Academic Gown: A Worrisome Trend in Nigeria

The academic gown is a revered symbol of knowledge,...

Rivers: The ‘Criers’ ‘Laughers’ of NASS Elections

Many of us had thought that the violent 2003 and 2007 elections would buildup to the 2011 elections, but the latter was rather peaceful, although not in the general sense of peace...

Third Term Agenda? What Third Term?

Why is it tha President Obasanjo never get credits for the successes of his sundry reform efforts? Why is it that there is always some political motivation or ethnical motivation or third agenda motivation or some unexplainable motivation ascribed to everything our current president does?

Pay Me Back My Money

After 365 endless days, we can finally get our money back from the government. Can you imagine? They take an interest free loan from us that we personally did not willingly authorize for one whole year and then we have to pay someone to get it back - talk about losing money on an investment...

Testament To Late Methodist Patriarch Idowu’s Legacy

The Rt. Rev Dr. Samuel Ransford Nortey Title: Tiger By...