Seriously, young man, so now, you have a child you can call your own…? Hmmm… Let me ask you a deeply profound and intellectual question: WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?
May I plead with President Obasanjo and all men of goodwill to prevail on the house to rescind its decision and recall Honorable Haruna Yerima with immediate effect…
Halle Berry…She can wear my father’s farm clothes and still look astonishing…If your wife or girlfriend caught you cheating with her in Colorado, she will give you a medal of honor. I think any man that wants to keep Halle Berry to himself is selfish and does not wish humanity well…
“Our country, like many others, has a long history of emotional violence and literature exposes this, because unlike the history books and the journals, literature chronicles emotions – Sefi Atta”
“Our country, like many others, has a long history of emotional violence and literature exposes this, because unlike the history books and the journals, literature chronicles emotions – Sefi Atta”
Ben Okri is one of those extant writers who aim to and do rouse social consciousness, impart knowledge; one of those writers whose work is of cosmic proportion…
I have lost hope in the generation that controls the affairs of Nigeria. A bright future for our country therefore resides in the formation and careful upbringing of a new set of people whose eyes are ringed from infancy with the chalk of responsible governance, with the ‘ofo’ and ‘ogu’ placed in their hands…
Why are Nigerians only at their eloquent best, when they are anti-Nigeria? When are Nigerians going to use their talents in praise, celebration and jubilation of their Nigerian-ness and of Nigeria’s wondrous diversities and the infinite possibilities imbued therein?
“First you say you are doctor, now you say you are writer, my friend, which one are you? This is very suspicious o. In fact you have to come and see our Oga…”
The potential of Nigeria is in its human resources, its youths eager for knowledge and education, its industrious farmers and labourers, its emigrants working hard in their adoptive countries to improve the lot of their families back home. These are the real assets with which we look to the future of with confidence and hope…
OPEC and NNPC keep agonizing over world economic growth or stability and the possible negative impact of high petroleum prices on the world, but America and Europe are happily oblivious of Nigeria's concerns when they fix prices for their cars, computers and other products…