There is something about small and narrow-minded people that vexes me. East or West, North or South, they all have three things in common: haughtiness, roguery, and the propensity to subjugate the common man…
War is evil. War, throughout history and all over the world, is the condition that produces child soldiers whether in the war on Troy or the war on Rome in Haiti in Cambodia in Rwanda in the Arab jihads and intifadas…
Every time I make gracious remarks about the United States of America, majority of private respondents end up sending me hate mail. And every time I voice my support for America’s war efforts, an ample number of my readers send me derisive mail…
The Nigerian media knew that left alone, the legislators would cower to pressure and greed. It therefore put a camera and reporter on each and every one of the legislators. It brought the legislative process and the legislators to the living rooms of Nigerians…
“I don’t want to go to Lagos. There shall be no peace inside this plane in Jesus name unless I am released. I don’t want to go to Nigeria. I am being punished for nothing. Jesus, save me from this persecution. Save me O Lord. Release me from this bondage O Lord.”
Some of us are keenly aware of the fact that some of those who sponsored and led the movement against term extension/elongation, were no democrats…
So long as you are a microphone man, you are a star and ladies will always be around you. But there’s always a diplomatic way of discouraging them. Women are dangerous. You have to be careful the way you deal with them, because women can lift you up and if you aint careful, they will pull you down…
So long as you are a microphone man, you are a star and ladies will always be around you. But there’s always a diplomatic way of discouraging them. Women are dangerous. You have to be careful the way you deal with them, because women can lift you up and if you aint careful, they will pull you down…
There has been criticism on the use of the funding and other monies that NGOs raise. Criticisms range from pointing out that only small percentages go to people in need, and some even have been used to pay very high salaries of the people at the top…
This is an indictment of the United Kingdom and other governments as much as it is a confession. Some of these western governments have allowed the nationalists and far rightists in their midst to dominate public discourse lately, and have in so doing subjected immigrants like me to every type of ridicule and shame…
In a society where people’s sense of history is not so warped; where heroes are recognized and adulated, where the generality of the populace is not led by the nose on fleeting celebrations, Obasanjo should be riding the high tide of appreciation for the sacrifices he has made for Nigeria…