It is instructive to state that the life and times of Masaba and his current travails epitomise the inherent contradictions in the Nigerian state. One is left perplexed by the manifold contradictions and distortions…
Nigeria’s long suffering people are all too frequently caught in the crossfire of rampaging wars, millions afflicted with diseases, preyed upon by greedy despots and prevented by corrupt leaders and bureaucracies in a kleptocracy from obtaining basic schooling, medical attention, and any semblance of economic opportunities…
A day came. That day was a dark and dreary one. She was gone and the doctors had warned us. But the husband wouldn’t give up his beloved wife…
We live in strange times. A prophet is indeed without honour in his own home. One moment a man is being lauded for brokering a ground breaking deal that holds the promise of peace and stability in a neighbouring nation, and the next moment he’s receiving short shrift from his own party…
The Nigerian brilliant Quadruplets, Tayo, Tobi, Tosin, Tolu and their extra-ordinary Mother, Julianah Balogun-Oke, played host to Champions for Nigeria on the 20th September, 2008…
Men on the “down-low” are males who don’t want society to know about their sexual relations with men. They date women to cover themselves, or are heterosexual males who prefer women but occasionally have sex with men. Studies show that they are largely contributing to the rise of HIV infection among Black women…
No jaundiced writer should talk about a” Black Monday, week or month,” when referring to the current financial crisis because I do not see how the colour black contributed anything to proven white-collar incompetence…
No jaundiced writer should talk about a” Black Monday, week or month,” when referring to the current financial crisis because I do not see how the colour black contributed anything to proven white-collar incompetence…
I am not an expert on road safety. What I can do though, is apply the free common sense that God gave me. Common sense tells me that the entire system is bankrupt…
Can America single-handedly stop terrorism? What are the costs to the wives, children, and parents – and especially to the young lives of husbands, sons, and daughters who sacrificed their life for yet another cause. Perhaps I am just now speaking as a mother who dearly misses her son…
Because Yar’Adua never won any election, he is sorely scared of his own shadow and in this state, has formed a fetish of seeing treason in every move aimed at questioning his scruples…