Turf Game
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 »
On the remembrance of things that never were?
History is a slimy science. The past is virtually impossible to take hold of. This has lead to many theories, one of which is that there can be no true or objective narrative. After all to recall is to narrate. ... Read More »
Re: The place of the woman is in the house!
Dear Jimanze, your article of April 11, 2013, was as enriching to the mind, as your previous articles. But what of one having a Jezebel for a wife? And there are many Jezebels in our society today, even in the ... Read More »
Confirmed: Nigeria has no public intellectuals!
Now, let us imagine the following: Professor James Maxwell, not real names, has just come back from the dead. And he is going about confessing; that all those elegant equations for which he has been hailed and upon which our ... Read More »
Caesar, Akpabio and the burden of victory!
We were about a breakfast meeting, of hot honeyed pap, akara balls and all, with my book editors. The agenda was my forthcoming title; Minorities as Competitive Overlords. And Channels TV, 12-04-13, was running an interview with Governor Godswill Akpabio, ... Read More »
The place of the woman is in the house
I almost lost my sight and it was time to see an eye specialist. And about which eye hospital to consult, I sought the recommendations of one Nnewi man, Peter Okoye, known to me. But why Nnewi, you may ask ... Read More »
Chinua Achebe: A man of the People (1930-2013: The Peoples’ tributes)
Dear Sir, God bless you for giving people the opportunity to pay tribute to this great son of Africa. I like the way Nadine Gordimer’s describes Achebe as a brilliant mind and bold spirit. Thank you Achebe for passing through ... Read More »
Re: Big-Rich kids and entertainment?
Dear Sir, thank you for yet another dose of my “Thursday Thursday Medicine”. It is so sad how very few understand the problem with Nigeria. But there is mathematical proof that the problem is not leadership. Your equation solves the ... Read More »
Big-Rich kids and entertainment?
Of course everybody who should knows Davido. In the event you don’t he is one of the hottest commercial names in the Nigerian showbiz and music scene. And there is also Asa Asika. Asika a dude is no less well ... Read More »
Culture as slow motion genocide?
Last week two respondents texted in as follows; Dear Sir, I agree to some extent with “Your share of the task”. It is not ours. Politics take place in a cultural context. You can’t preach western ideals to people who ... Read More »
