Losing a confidant, friend or someone your life has, in one way or the other, been intertwined or associated with has a way of taking away a part of you. I lost a part of me when I lost and buried my father-in-law...
“There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name” Luke 2:61b Certain countries do have their naming laws that limits the nomenclature that parents can validly attach to their offspring. Notwithstanding that...
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 – from Nigeria to America, to all over the world...
DIEGO MARADONA: October 30, 1960 –November 25, 2020 The ambiguities of words used in this tribute to Diego Armando Maradona are targeted at the Linguists and Muses of literature who like the construction of...
It is gratifying to see America back to lead the world again. The last four years have been very chaotic, tumultuous, and disruptive to the American alliance in the world that is increasingly shrinking into a global...
The best way to predict the future is to create it” – Peter Drucker “Good leaders don’t care about getting credit for good intentions but they’re envisioned by the courage of their convictions.” – Yahaya Balogun Every...
The lionized singer Bongos Ikwue was the star attraction at the event tagged “A Plethora of Creative Minds: An Evening with Peter Umeadi and Friends at Agukwu Nri” on Wednesday November 18, 2020. Professor Peter Umeadi...
Let’s start from the end: I have died. Yes, this daughter of Professor James Adichie has killed me. Call it a beautiful death and I will wake up from the cemetery and take a good beer! And whilst I’m sipping my after...
Some weeks ago, the youthful segment of the Nigerian population staged series of peaceful protest marches across some of the country’s major cities, calling for an end to police brutality and a comprehensive reformation...
There are not too many endeavours that exert stronger expressive behaviours in human beings than sports. Indeed, emotions are part of sports and are as important to the athletes as they are to the spectators. There is...
It is a trademark of the boots of Nigerian footballers to make history. The world cannot grow tired of the exploits of the Super Eagles in the World Cup at USA 94 and the Olympic Dream Team of Atlanta 96. Well before...
The recent nationwide mass protests by angry Nigerian youths against police brutality and other extrajudicial misdemeanors by operatives of the force, which culminated in the proscription of the Special Anti-Robbery...
It is not enough for us to assume the importance of elections to representative governments. If we say elections are one of democracy’s defining characteristics in that they confer legitimacy on elective governments or...
If you don’t pay your rent, you get evicted from the house. Whether you are living in a face-me-I-face-you hellhole in Ajegunle or in the super-duper White House is immaterial. Once the rent is expired, the man living...