KFC, It’s more than Tomato!
After church service today, I was a hungered (though not after 40 days and night of fasting as Jesus did). The church where I worshipped was close to Shoprite and I chose to eat at theRead More…
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The bird got tired and came down…
The happenings around Nigeria have usually not been great, in the very recent times I mean. However, it had never been as bad as it is these past few weeks when it’s been all tales ofRead More…
Tompolo is government….Government is Tompolo.
What is in a name? The eccentric economists Levitt and Dubner asked in their book Freakonomics and the answer will be startling to the average African – nothing. However, I had often wondered why someone orRead More…
Syria, an exception?
The world is watching while Syria is burning. The Arab Spring that started in Tunisia on 18 December 2010 with Mohamed Bouazizi’s self-immolation has seen to the change in government in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Yemen.Read More…
Nigeria has talents – Bindir is one
I am a man of faith. The happenings, in and around Nigeria, most times put this faith to test. However, with a resilient faith like mine, it’s been tough but hardly have I ever given upRead More…
17Mar/12
What are you Reading… Which voices are shaping your life?….
If you are on facebook, please join the Naija read group. Let’s know what you are reading and share your knowledge with others. Ralph Waldo Emerson (US Poet: 1803 – 1882) said “If we encounter aRead More…
Tell Governor Suswam that we need more than the Governor’s Lodge
Thisday Newspaper of Thursday March 8th 2012 was exciting. Exciting in the sense that the Benue State Government chose this medium to advertise its achievements under Governor Gabriel Suswam watch. Such being necessary as to publicizeRead More…
Ooh the Chopper went down!
Things ain’t looking good in the news for Nigeria, it’s another tragic date. The newspapers of 15th March 2012 report the crash of a Chopper belonging to the Nigerian Police and causing the death of fourRead More…
The IMF Warning for Nigeria…
As the Yoruba will say – “Ewu nbe l’oko longe, longe funrare ewu ni”. Simply interpreted, it means there is problem in the horizon. Just this Tuesday, the IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde was in LagosRead More…
Yap! Arik Air has reached a new level of Incompetence.
Ever been in a situation where you think that it can never get worse than this and then, boom, out of nowhere a new low is achieved? Yes, you know what I mean. In February, IRead More…
Driver of JA604EKY – VW Passat
On Sunday February 5, 2012 at around 8:02am, a lady driving a black Volkswagen Passat with Lagos registration number JA604EKY approached the Chevron Lekki Roundabout. Instead of going the full circle round the roundabout, she tookRead More…
James Onanafe Ibori
1. Massive corruption and personal conversion of money held in trust for the development of Delta State; 2. For being a convict, having been convicted of handling a stolen credit card in 1991 and thereafter runningRead More…
Pirates of Penzance – a review
On Sunday, February 26, the Musical Society of Nigeria performed the comic opera, the Pirates of Penzance, by Gilbert and Sullivan. The story centers around Frederic, a lad who was wrongly apprenticed to the pirates forRead More…
The Inconvenient Truth (TIT)
A simple question, the King in Israel asked Should we attack OR should we not? Four hundred prophets, so they gathered Trembling and fearful To the Kings, they said Attack, God, to the kings, will handRead More…
Obeying the nation’s call.
I have always sung the national anthem, both the old and the new, with passion. The passion, then, derived most probably from the beats that went with it. Many of us can remember the school assemblyRead More…
The Lekki Epe Expressway Roundabout.
Finally, thanks to Governor Fashola and his visionary leadership, NIGERIA is having road infrastructure that can be used as a showpiece compared to what obtains in other parts of the world. Before our very eyes, theRead More…
ARIK AIR – a redefinition of failure
On 31st Jan 2011, I purchased a ticket for Arik Air flight 517 from Lagos to Port Harcourt. As per the boarding pass details, the flight was scheduled to leave Ikeja by 14:00hrs. This flight didRead More…
Fattening for Gabon
‎’No wahala…repetez après moi: “We were rescued from the water by a caring crew…’ ‘We were rescued from the water by a caring crew,’ we said. ‘ “We were more than these, but some are dead”Read More…
My Parent’s Bedroom by Uwem Akpan
‎’My people,’ he mumbles, ‘let another do it. Please.’ ‘No, you do it, traitor!’…………. ‘If we kill your wife for you,’ the wizard says, ‘we must kill you. And your children too.’………… ‘My husband, be aRead More…
Hall of Shame – Driving
On Sunday February 5, 2012 at around 8:02am, a lady driving a black Volkswagen Passat with Lagos registration number JA604EKY approached the Chevron Lekki Roundabout. Instead of going the full circle round the roundabout, she tookRead More…