When we landed in Lagos, the passengers applauded loudly, although it was unclear if it was the efficiency of the pilot, or the sheer relief of being back home that was being acknowledged. My neighbour nudged her son excitedly and said “ See, we are in Africa, beautiful Africa…”
He may have acted in true spirit in some cases, but in most others, his actions were questionable. To be called greatest, is to be impeccable in some specific ways and I don’t exactly see that in Reagan…
The Iraqis knew, unlike many in the West that capturing Saddam was not the end, that more lay ahead…
I must tell you that if I decide today to organize a "Miss Erect Breast" or "Miss Nude Beauty" pageant, with a promise to pay
about one million Naira as annual salary to the winner, some parents would certainly come bribing me to shortlist their daughters…
The bad temper and road rage being displayed by Obasanjo from time to time, is unbecoming of a good leader in a democratic system of Government…
“I am a fag, a dirty stinking fag, I am to be seen and not to be heard. I come from the bush village of X where we eat frogs toads and rats…"
“Politics is business. If we vote somebody in today, tomorrow he will be driving a posh car whereas the people are suffering. My one vote can’t make a difference. So, why bother?”
Just as the lawless barbarians of old constituted themselves as a nuisance to the civilized Roman people, so also did these Igbo…
If you think Al Gore was stiff, you ain't seeing nothing yet until you see John Kerry…
The emergency rule declared in Plateau State is certainly an over-kill. If the intention was really to solve the crises, why not beef up security in the affected areas…
It is sensational to see America the beautiful from the air and to observe its sheer size, and those wonderful highways and their network of fly overs, not to talk of the sheer beauty of American cities at night power…