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...

Kingsley Osadolor: The Guardian Rottweiler is 50

Professional antagonists who might want to spar self-righteously against Kingsley Osadolor will have to concede one sacred thing to him. He is one of the shiftless, strategically stubborn and unflagging icons of the Guardian Newspaper...

Protecting Your Reputation from Nigeria’s ‘Internet Warriors’

One of the numerous benefits of the internet is the democratisation of the publication of opinions. No matter what you want to put across to a wide audience, and the language in which such is couched, there will always be a website willing to publish you...

Death Comes in the Morning

I know the Holy Book says that joy comes in the morning. But I wish to inform you that death comes in the morning, in the afternoon and in the evening as well...

Help! Someone To Trust Please

Even now as I try to put it down in printed words, I am shaking my head with a mixture of amusement and amazement as I punch away on my PC’s keyboard. I am still trying to get my head round that encounter I had on my way home that evening....

Between Octopus Paul and Nigerian Juju men and Pastors

We can only tap into the positive aspects of psychic phenomena and occult practices by removing the stigmas that are attached to them and encouraging public scrutiny of claims...

Congo's Floribert Chebeya murder: Afripol calls for a detailed Investigation

The Federal Republic of Congo, Africa and the civilized world have lost a great Human and Civil Rights Activist in Floribert Chebeya...

Of Dagrin, Hot Suya, Boobs and a Writer’s life

In the UK we take our weekend seriously. What better way to wash off a week of hard slug than a Friday night out with friends in a dimly lit club where an experienced deejay could quickens the heart beat...

Should Suspects Be Paraded?

The practice of parading suspects is not unique to Nigeria. In the US for instance, while it is common for arrested suspects to be concealed from public view while in police custody to protect their privacy and reputation, it is sometimes unavoidable to expose them...

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A Look at Nigerian States’ Slogans

Some States have adopted somewhat desperate slogans for their number plates. Nassarawa is ‘Home of Solid Minerals’, but so what? The minerals are mostly mined by individuals who never make any returns to the Federal Government. Their resources are almost irrelevant to the rest of the country.

Ese Walters And Her Pastor Boyfriend

Before I address the Ese Walter affair, let me first say that church goers today really do not understand what the church is. The church is not a place for only good people...

Before They Chase Us Out Of Rivers

The fight in Rivers State, which Amaechi is fighting, should not been seen as his lone fight, but a fight for a true Rivers State...

Dateline 2011: Okenwa For President!

I come before you as an angry patriot seriously disturbed by the way and manner our great nation is being run down by the mediocre 'leaders' since our flag independence...

Let’s Go To A Party

Fellow countrymen and women, let’s take a trip to...

An Open Letter to all newly elected Nigerian Representatives

My dear brothers and sisters of the National Assembly, the only contribution I can offer now to my great country is through my pen. This is our fatherland. You have to be happy with enough, and know what to believe and what to ignore...

Bringing Good Government To The People

Post-military national democratic leadership has been less effective than many would have wished. Nigeria’s federal system gives too little autonomy and authority to the nation’s thirty-six states...

Kunle Ajibade: The Legend of Conscience Abacha Could Not Kill

Even in the darkest of days and nights in...

The Judiciary’s Complicity in the Rape And Looting of Nigeria

I am in the wrong racket. And so are many of my compatriots. I have often wondered whether or not my fortunes in life would have improved if I had joined the Federal Civil Service in 1979, when the Federal Civil Service Commission used to visit the universities to recruit graduating students. I probably would not now be struggling, 34 years later, to build my own house and having only a few thousand Naira in my bank account. It’s a dog’s life.

My Boss, You Devil!

Ask yourself, if I were in my employer's shoes, would I run this 'show' better? You never can tell- you could be on your way to becoming a business owner tomorrow and the place you are, could just be an opportunity that life offers you to learn!