How Diaspora Nigerians Unknowingly Demarket Their Country
I always spend time musing about the conduct of Nigerians who have managed to travel abroad to live or work.It’s as if they have hit a lottery jackpot and that those that are back home are actually scavenging food from garbage dumps. The JAPA gang that travelled between 2019-2023 or so are actually the rambunctious…
Tinubu’s Fourth June 12th as President.
Tinubu was supposed to be one of the victims of that dark era of political limbo. 33 years after, he presides over Nigeria. By June 12th, 2027, a new face may be President or Tinubu may yet be. One thing is for sure—-the great show called life of which Nigeria is a part, must go…
Abracadabra Everywhere.
Until January 6th, 2020, we had assumed that democracy in America was unimpeachable. A man lost. He refused to accept that he lost. He picked up a phone to beg, pressure and threaten the Georgia Secretary of State for 11,780 votes for him to do his own magic of winning, African style.He’s probably never been…
Celebrating World Environment Day: 7 Pathways to Green Lifestyle
The side effects of climate change are particularly evident in the bipolar nature of our weather and seasons today. The rainy season stretches beyond its alloted time. The dry season extends into unnerving territories. The heatwaves also have become exhausting and irritating. The harmattan season creeps up whenever it chooses. It’s even worse in the…
Cheating Extravaganza: Who’s Better at Cheating? Men or Women?
The sophistication and digitalization of the world seems to be exemplified by the comfortable airing of otherwise taboo subjects on social media. Our ancestors must be reeling with shock in their graves about the casual disclosures online. Or how can one place the free film shows on offer to whom it may concern of recent…
The Eclipse of Reasoning
When we were small, we looked to our parents for guidance in developing commonsense. At 16, many of us thought we had arrived and we began to defy our parents. Some of us recovered from the foolishness of our teenage years. Some did not. Those who refused to retrace their steps in those teen years…
Bianca Odumegwu Ojukwu: Beauty and Brains.
There was no opposition from diverse political parties on her recent promotion as the first female Foreign Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. It was indeed a breath of fresh air her initial appointment as Minister of State in this administration. She was eminently qualified as she had hitherto served as Special Assistant on…
KING CHARLES, MAGNA CARTA AND TRUMP.
King Charles the Third just rounded off a visit to a former British colony now known as the United States of America. Indeed, Empires come. Empires go. Of Britain, it was once said “The Sun never sets on the British Empire.” (George Macartney, 1773). That was then. This is now. The Sun has set. “How…
Men Also Cry
Relationship between the sexes have surely undergone tremendous changes. Back then, it was women that were usually dumped unceremoniously from established relationships. It was women that were abandoned at the altars. It was women that were left brokenhearted after relationship breakdowns. Things are quite different now judging by salacious tales creeping out of the news…
POI——I KNOW
As 2027 roars around the corner, as I heard whispers that Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu might be interested in running for Senate, I sent him a text. “Are you in town? Can I drop by for a breakfast meeting?” “Come on over,” he said. We sat for over an hour reviewing his political journey. If you’ve…
