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Same Terrorist, Two Death Announcements — And The State Says “Trust Us This Time”?

Nigeria’s Presidency has announced the killing of ISWAP commander Abu-Bilal al-Minuki in a joint operation involving Nigerian security forces and international partners in the...

Middle East Conflict: The Reality in Nigeria

The US and Israel are on one side. Iran is on the opposite side. Tempers are flaring. There are irreconcilable differences. Accusations and counter...

US, Israel, and Iran: Nigeria’s Hypocritical Culture

Hypocrites are subliminal enemies to humanity. They are everywhere – in churches, mosques, communities, and work environments. They usually present a misleading façade, sometimes...

Trump’s Shout-Out To First Lady Oluremi Tinubu — Diplomacy Or Drama?

Donald Trump’s recent acknowledgement of a visiting First Lady at a longstanding bipartisan prayer breakfast has sparked more online debate than the moment likely...

Trump’s Adventure in Venezuela: Implications for Nigeria

Recently, the world was reminded of the domineering, totalitarian, and imposing status of the United States. The US, led by Donald Trump, invaded Venezuela...

Is Third World War Inevitable and Imminent?

The cracks in the League of Nations, which was established in 1919 for the promotion of international co-operation, peace and security came rather too...

Recolonization of Nigeria

The recolonization of Nigeria is a clear and present danger. In some radical quarters, there has always been the talk that Nigeria never truly freed...

President Trump’s Parable: The War of Interest

The recent statement from the President of the United States, threatening to cut aid to Nigeria and order military preparations unless attacks on Christians...

Election Server Glitches: America Fixes Systems, Nigeria Excuses Failure — The Real Difference Between A System And A Syndrome!

When someone says, “Even America has election glitches,” they’re either being dishonest or deliberately missing the point. Comparing a temporary malfunction in a few...

Trump Wakes Nigeria: Nigeria Remains Awake

J. P. Clark’s poem "Night Rain" recounts the hardships faced by indigent people in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. According to the poem,...

UNGA at 80: A Step Towards Peace and Conflict Resolution

As we find ourselves navigating the complexities of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the discussions surrounding a two-state solution become increasingly urgent. This discourse is not...

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Nigerian Men and their Foreign Wives

Culturally, Nigerian men are overbearing, controlling, and paternalistic.  They relate to their fathers and mothers differently. They believe it is “a man’s world” and so they have the tendency to relegate women to subservient roles. I am stunned by the transformation Nigerian men, married to non-Nigerian women, have gone through in the United States...

Is Genevieve Nnaji Nigeria’s First Movie Superstar?

What is this Nnaji mystique that has her audience colliding heads so joyfully, crawling, craving some time in her sun? Star quality is what it is. The amount of talent dripping from her little finger is more than many of our other female leading ladies have combined...

Why Do African Men Go Home to Marry?

The African male is perplexing. He can be enigmatic. He can be everything and sometimes, nothing. He can be sweet and loving and caring and benevolent and at the same time oppressive. His life is full of contradictions. In so many ways, he is a wounded animal as a result of his historical past...

Mobil’s Oily Battle Over Intellectual Property Rights

The eight-year long battle between Commandclem Nigeria Limited and Mobil Producing Nigeria Limited, over ownership of patent and intellectual rights to a chemical invention for offshore drilling seems in sight…

Lost in a Sea of Hair Weaves

One can understand some black women wearing wigs for the same reasons that some white women do; because they are losing or have lost their hair. One can even make allowances for wigs being worn for the occasional change of look. But how to explain young women with full heads of hair who will never be seen dead with their natural hair?