What is happening in the Niger Delta is the product of several decades of neglect and abandonment, of institutional and systemic corruption, of failure in leadership and of a country and a government that would not listen to the cries and pleas of a thoroughly marginalized people…
Foluke was alone in the family’s sparsely furnished parlor this afternoon. This was the day the doctor had projected for the expulsion of the fetus in line with the injection she had taken earlier…
You would have thought that the Federal Military Government as a neutral Government in our country would have tried to maintain a level playing field for all States in Nigeria, and be more equitable and fair in their distribution of Federal favors…
One of the concerns I had with MKO presumably winning the presidency that was annulled by IBB in 1993, was the way Nigeria would have been perceived around the world when a highly polygamous man leads a country of such potential greatness…
It is true I am cunning and ruthless in my dealings with our people, be they civilians, or civic-minded members of the Military. How else is one to ensure obedience, and preserve one's rule? How else is one to deal with opponents who refuse the riches one is willing to bestow them?
It is true I am cunning and ruthless in my dealings with our people, be they civilians, or civic-minded members of the Military. How else is one to ensure obedience, and preserve one's rule? How else is one to deal with opponents who refuse the riches one is willing to bestow them?
It is a sad commentary on our country that we spend far too much money on avoidable litigations. I used to think the Urhobos were the most guilty of that virus. Not any more…
An unexpected phone call from my brother Osa woke me from deep slumber. Our mother suffered a stroke that left the right side of her body paralyzed…
Nigeria is fast becoming a circular system where the same sets of names are waived around as the best candidates to fill the top positions…
In America where an individual must be licensed to perform the most basic of chores, parenting is hardly paid any attention…
There is just no way our sports administrators can ever convince anyone that there are no sprinters in our nation who are younger and faster than the likes of Mary Onyali-Omagbemi, Mercy Nku and Endurance Ojokolo. If the American sprinter (Marion Jones) had been a Nigerian, definitely, she would have represented our nation till she was 90 years old…