Columns
Beating about the bush
The octopus called the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) has carried the day again. It warned President Goodluck Jonathan to steer dear of declaring state of emergency in any part of the Federation. That was only on Monday. The peremptory declaration ... Read More »
Re: Remembrance of things that never were?
Dear Sir, I doff my hat for our Colonel-General (rtd. Biafra Army). Thank you for today’s masterpiece. Nigeria to be or not, Jonathan must serve his 8 years (QED). It is non negotiable. More ink to your pen. Okey SAO ... Read More »
Re: Honoring mothers on this Mother’s Day
Again, mothers in every culture are held to the highest esteem and are revered because of their unique position in both the family structure and community at large. Mothers are revered primarily because of a distinctive role they play in ... Read More »
Asari-Dokubo: Jester, unifier or separatist?
Of all the leaders of the militant organisations that operate in the creeks of the Niger Delta who accepted in 2009 the government’s financial incentives and amnesty in exchange for them to drop their culture of kidnapping, Read More »
From “Village” Ethics to a moral no-man’s land (II)
One of the enduring lessons in Achebe’s Things Fall Apart is that the ethical interests of the Umuofia community assert themselves, again and again, over the overweening pride and impulsive actions of the novel’s tragic hero, Okonkwo. It’s true that ... Read More »
A senator’s wolf cry
Until he addressed a press conference alleging that the governor of his state wanted him dead on account of political schism, not much was known about him. Perhaps his constituency knew him; may be his colleagues in the National Assembly ... Read More »
BAGA. BAMA. LAFIA: How far is Afghanistan?
Like chicken beaten by a rainstorm, like men beaten and betrayed by their most trusted allies, most good-willed Nigerians must have, by now, begun to wonder at themselves, totally unsure, whether Afghanistan has not become next-door neighbour to their fatherland. ... Read More »
Jonathan/Amaechi feud: Before we destroy our democracy
I want to begin today’s discourse from the fall-outs of last week’s topic, “Abuja, whose capital is it and what do FCT Ministers do?” I expected massive reaction and my readers did not fail me. No doubt, Abuja is in ... Read More »
The toy boy
Have you met him? Chances are that you have. His vocation is just not written on his forehead. Whose is anyway? But he is as hard working as the next professional even if we all turn up our noses at ... Read More »
Tai Solarin: Prophet who picked corpses from the streets of Nigeria
He was a man of God who, ironically, never believed in God per se. He was a prophet who cried out for justice, equality, righteousness and good governance in Nigeria yet he never accepted the existence of God. “God is ... Read More »
