When the Washington Post was going to do the article on Nigerian movies, it was me that they called. The guy was on the phone with me for an hour and half. I introduced him to others…
I do not discuss my family because along the years, I have had to determine who is in and who stays out. I come from one of those families with countless children and a string of wives that surprise is a tool when a particular woman escaped the bedspread of the child making factory room…
Nigerians have not yet mentally embraced the notion of Representative Democracy. The Politicians are still revered as some ‘big men’ who do the people a favor when they are around…
Nigeria has become such a country that glorifies graft and celebrates ill-gotten wealth that “public service” has become an oxymoron, a blatant paradox when viewed against the warped tapestry of our national life…
If Dr. Odeniyi and President Obasanjo want to consult with God, well, that’s all fine and dandy; but they should do it in the privacy of their homes and hearts. Religion has become another avenue through which public servants bamboozle and defraud the public. Soon, very soon religion would be used as a WMD…
One would have thought that given the affected moral air the foreigners in our midst flaunt before us, they would have found ways of complementing the concern of many us for a moral rebirth in our country, instead of helping to worsen the situation…
Government is not solely about controlling a bloated and corrupt bureaucracy and dishing out favor to cronies in the ‘come chop’ tradition. Government is also about issues, vision and principles…
The dominant feeling in Third World countries is that "Against the better judgment of the world America created this mess — let them clean it up." It shouldn't be so…
George Bush is particularly lethal because he also has one critical factor going for him, that many are not aware of, and can do very little about even if they know. He almost always has Luck on his side, which can sometimes make the difference between life and death…
Where there is a need to grant Kudos to Mr. Obasanjo; where it is appropriate to accept that he has grown in stature greater than any Nigerian living or dead, let us grant it to him…
The Life and Music of I. K. Dairo, Rex Jim Lawson and their protege, Wale Glorious and Orlando Owoh…