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...

The “Wide Brimmed Hat” Is Almost In Vogue

It can be excruciating to discern the politics of appearance in an aesthetically varied political landscape such as Nigeria. I take the challenge very seriously...

Folashade, Feyisara Laniyan: A Painful Earthly Loss, A Monumental Heavenly Gain

’Shade, now you have departed, who shall set the pace for me?  Now you have been translated to glory who shall challenge me? I wonder, I do wonder...

Making Roads Safer With New Technology

African governments should embark on research projects designed to discover the causes of traffic accidents, prevent them and minimize injuries when they occur...

Ibori Associates’ Trial In Southwark Crown Court, London

The Court was due to resume sitting on November 24th 2009 but met for case management on Monday 23rd November 2009 during which it was presented with an email from Mr Dawodu...

They Call Me A Fag…But Am I Really Gay?

A cult of boys who grew up into men overnight. A group of boys whose psyche and sexuality has become transformed. Angry at other men, and abhorrers of women but lustful of some men. A strange world that I found myself in...

Thinking Aloud… Eighteen Words on Marble

The Nigerian government, in 2008, spent about 500 billion naira on security in the Niger Delta region. So far, in 2009, about the same amount has been spent – excluding the 300 billion that has been spent to bribe and pacify power-brokers and some sections of the Militant groups. What a dumb strategy!

Diagnosis and quality of healthcare: A Response to The Guardian

The Nigerian health system, no thanks to the unfair advantage given to physicians by various governments and express access to press that doctors have more than other health professionals, majorly recognize and fraternize with doctors while pushing other playmakers to the background...

Lagos: A History In Pictures, 1861 to 1961 (2)

It is important to reproduce here that the great historian, Prof J F Ade Ajayi, debunked the theory and the belief that the British bombarded Lagos because it was a notorious “slave depot” in 1851 or annexed it in 1861 because “the permanent occupation of this important point in the Bight of Benin is indispensable to the complete suppression of the slave trade..."

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The Baby 'Business' In Igboland?

When an African man takes a wife and a year passes by without the wife giving birth, tongues would start wagging and in Nigeria in general and in Igboland in particular, people, relatives and friends alike, would begin to ask questions as to the 'sexual compatibility' and drive of the couple...

This Race is for the Swift

1. The Road to the Today Humanity has made progress,...

How I Found God In The Dissecting Room

Having been drawn to the theories of evolution and the concept of humanism, I began to doubt the existence of God and believed more in the Big Bang Theory. The Bible to me was a collection of fables and Jewish mythology…

Going Digital: Heeding Elders’ Advice

About 20 years ago my Aunt had enjoined me...

'ThisDay', Nduka Obaigbena And His Powerful Friends!

Just last week Thursday bombs went off in 'ThisDay' offices in Kaduna and Abuja claiming lives and registering other casualties. Boko Haram, the dreaded bomb-wielding terrorist organization terrorising the north claimed responsibility...

Single Currency for Africa: Incidental Or Essential?

Rulers from African countries will meet at the next bi-annual AU summit to discuss political, security and financial issues affecting the world’s top sub-Saharan region. Nigeria still hopes that there will be a single currency for the countries of the African Union...

Garbage Removal Is President Obasanjo's Job!

Why are too many Nigerians uninterested in the push and pull of democracy? Why are many Nigerians not concerned with the call and response of participatory democracy? Why are so many Nigerians infinitely unmoved by the ineffectiveness of state governments and municipal governments or local government authorities?

Politics Of Insecurity!

Everywhere you look inside Nigeria, violence seems to be gaining currency. We see the common theme of provocation leading to violence, pain, death, destruction, disrespect for law and order, collective punishment and disgrace...

Just So That We May Not Forget – Gani Fawehinmi and Child Witchcraft

Fellow Nigerians, it has been said that it is really not how long but how well a man lived. Let us dedicate ourselves to the memory of the great man by standing to confront the numerous oppressions and insanities in our national life...

Where Are Black British Millionaires?

Intellectual and business routes to fame and fortune are no longer popular among black kids. They all want to be footballers and live an outlandishly, illiterate lifestyle of Ferrari, white girls, mansions, champagne, drugs, all, mortal destroyers of black man’s wealth in the West...