One is tempted to say that we are back in the days of the French colonial policy of Assimilation right here in Nigeria, where there is deliberate, sustained effort to brainwash black people, Nigerians, and make them aliens to their own ways…
Immigrants are so often deprived, in the most intangible and unquantifiable way. I have missed out on opportunities, sundry opportunities, to participate in my family’s happiest moments…
In our days, there were rewards for compliance and also punishment for deviance. We knew to obey and never to cross the line, when we did, though they disciplined us by smacking us, it was all for our own good we reasoned…
In spite of the very public war being waged by Nuhu Ribadu and the EFCC, elements of the Nigerian government still don’t get the message. Out there in the Departure Hall of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, custom agents demand and receive bribes from hapless travelers…
Many years ago, when heavy traffic on Carter Bridge consisted of several new Raleigh bicycles racing along, some motorcycles and a couple of cars, a man returned to his village from Lagos, with a well tailored new dress, with which he hoped to cause a stir in Church the following Sunday…
Despite his weaknesses, African China has established himself as a society conscious artiste. He has further succeeded in drawing our attention to most of the problems that the Nigerians society faces…
“I haven’t tasted any fame at all. Nothing like that. I am still like our agberos in Lagos, hassling to leap into that Molue bus going to Orile from Oshodi. I haven’t. You can only say that when you come to my village. O yeah! They value me so much. There are no two ways about it. They say I am their Wole Soyinka…” – Onyeka Nwelue
Today, several notables are emerging as aspirants for the top position in Edo State. Those worth mentioning out of the pack are three powerful candidates briefly described here in a sequence reflective of their chances…
What if I told you to stop spending at Wal Mart? K-Mart? Kroger? Ralph’s? Macy’s, Bloomingdales, Prada, Banana Republic, Lacoste, Ralph Lauren, AX? Could you do it? Am I crazy?
My visit to Edo State was an eyesore. The roads are filthy, and non-drivable. The once beautiful city is in ruins. People are frustrated and lifeless in nature. Fear is resonant in the eyes of many. Everyone disappears from the street before dark for fear of armed robbers. Most homes have gates that are ten feet high and reflective of prisons…
My visit to Edo State was an eyesore. The roads are filthy, and non-drivable. The once beautiful city is in ruins. People are frustrated and lifeless in nature. Fear is resonant in the eyes of many. Everyone disappears from the street before dark for fear of armed robbers. Most homes have gates that are ten feet high and reflective of prisons…