The National Senior Citizens Day is celebrated worldwide on August 21st of every year. Technically we’re still in the throes of celebrating the life and times of people aged 60 and above.In Western nations, seniors are reverred. They are accorded enormous welfare and social benefits. There are special concessions/discounts in shops, airports, transport hubs and…
Ordinarily, these two featured terms here may be regarded as polar opposites. It would appear that you cannot possibly exercise power as President in a unitary executive environment, yet have your power curbed in any circumstance whatsoever. Now, here’s the issue at stake in Trump’s America. Nothing appears to be off limits. Trump just fired…
It all started when Steve Harris, a Life Coach turned relationship coach, posted a video on his Instagram account.There, he admonished young accomplished women aged 30-40 years.That video has given rise to the discourse for the week. Soon after I chanced upon a picture on Facebook of beautiful Rihanna, the billionaire award winning singer, beauty…
Every few years, Edo gets a new governor, and with it comes a predictable choir of wailers chanting the same tired refrain: “The governor is favouring his people!” They sang it when Adams Oshiomhole ruled from Edo North. They crooned it louder when Godwin Obaseki entrenched himself in Edo South. And now, with Monday Okpebholo…
Nigeria today is passing through some of its most difficult times in recent memory. Food prices are rising, transport costs are suffocating, and families are struggling to stay afloat. For many citizens, these are not abstract numbers; they are the daily reality of survival. Yet these hardships are not the signs of a nation in…
Celebrated actor, Jim Iyke in his usual candor and bravado fired the first salvo in a recent podcast. His assertion has expectedly elicited fiery opposition from single moms across the land.According to Jim, single mothers cannot effectively raise sons as strong men because women are largely nurturers. He posited that only with the inclusion of…
You didn’t waste it. You wore it with pepper, joy, and your belly out. There’s a kind of silence that settles in August. The sun is still shining, but the light has started to linger like it knows its time is nearly up. The wind changes key. The laughter gets a little slower. And somehow,…
Last week, the President of the United States met with the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin.The meeting in Alaska was anything but a summit. As is his habit, Trump had made so much noise about the meeting and what he hoped to achieve. Expectations were high, and then, empty words—-“there’s no deal until…
Just this week, a mature female celebrity announced with glee her advanced pregnancy. She posted demure pictures of her baby bump on Instagram. Expectedly, her colleagues celebrated with her. She’s in her 40s, divorced and single for a long period. Not everyone is lucky to get pregnant at that age without medical complications. I recently…
I recall with nostalgia, my younger years in active journalism in the 80s. This was before Facebook, Instagram and other social media stuff taken for granted by the Gen Z generation. There were also no smartphones to facilitate instant communication between people.Neither were there desktop computers, LinkedIn, Zoom, WhatsApp Apps or remote jobs. Yet, you…
