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...

Homosexuals or Less than Homo sapiens!

The other day a Nigerian and so-called lesbian, apparently schooled in the now demonized culture of the West and or America was weeping pleading their case before the Nigerian parliament where supposed human beings have lodged a pro-gay bill...

Eaves of Burj Khalifa

Standing naked before the flying wings of that night, with only a wish to be led to the edge of all creation, a slight movement in the ball of darkness around the corner stole my attention. I crash-landed! A rat? A thief? Or could it be an apparition?

Overtime

We have mastered the environment. The environment is Shylockian. The environment is clear and perfect, but we are not benefiting from it.  The environment is helpful, but those we met on board are not helpful...

The Guardian, Jerry Gana and August 14, 1994

The day was February 27, 1983 A.D. While the informed populace writhed in pain for in-depth reporting; a paper caught the mood, went into research, put resources together and ventured out.  We are referring to The Guardian...

Anthony Enahoro: Icon of Yoruba ‘Ponbele’ (1)

'Ponbele', to those who are yet to catch the radical fire, is the art of speaking your native-born language without dilution of English language. Simply put: speak Yoruba, Igbo, Hausa, Fulani, Ijaw, Edo, Igala and Efik in such a simplistically raw mode as to create cultural utopia that shames the old imposition of English language...

And ‘Obama’ Died

On Xmas day, I play host to Labi, Quadri, Samson, Ahmed and Farooq. Each sailed away from my kitchen to the dining table with a steaming plate of rice, chicken and a glass of chilled palm wine...

Word, as bond of Humankind

What Change are you bringing to your society with Words?

2011: Law and Morality in Nigeria

Law is the most potent instrument of class struggle and because laws are made by the ruling class in order to solidify their class position in society, the legislative organs  of the state  are dominated by powerful dominant groups.

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The conspiracy theory –  Africa and the international politics

The turn of events in Africa with regards to imperialist manifestation hurts, to say the least. While Gaddafi has been waging a loner war against the international mafia organization and their puritan two-faced dealings in Africa, he too forgot that posterity never sleeps...

There is Acute and Chronic Obi-session in Nigeria

There is obsession and there is Obi-session. The diff,...

Us Operational Security In Jeopardy?

There is a problem with understanding American self-imposed commitments to Iraq, Afghanistan, South Korea and other diplomatic/military support for some Middle East states...

Becoming Nigeria’s President Passeth All Understanding

The season of jostling to become Nigeria’s next president...

Auntie Obianuju

Mummy was a workaholic who had no office like daddy but daddy opened a shop for her at the Umuahia main market to console her. To keep her busy mind, hands and legs engaged and distracted. It was a provision store full of household goods and articles...

A Nation of Pawns: While the Elite Build Legacies, the Masses Trade in Tribalism

In Nigeria today, the political elite are engaged in...

Osun: Progress in Spite of Fractured Politics

In the last three years, the alleged hostilities between...

2007 Presidency And Zonal Configuration: Panacea For One Nation?

There seems to be an absence of unbiased Nigerians on the stage who want to sow the seed of honesty and integrity in the new generation...

Writing The Wrongs In Publishing: Empowering Women Through Publishing (2)

...The point is made in very subtle ways that women writers are a kind of second class citizens who should be kept together, - out of the mainstream - to read and make critical analyses of their own works. In addition, if one were to look at review space on the pages of books, novels by men get better coverage...

For John Pepper Clark-Bekederemo: Triumphing Over an Imaginary Tragedy

If the aim of the book was to diminish Clark, Maja-Pearce misses the mark terribly. The reader actually comes away empathizing with Clark at the end of the book. And it was not for lack of Maja-Pearce trying. He expends extraordinary energy toward diminishing the man...