Who should I choose?
Dear Auntie Dora,
I can no longer keep this to myself because age is now telling on me. I am a lady of 32years and...
The Mandela Example
The recent hospitalization of Madiba Nelson Mandela, 94, brings to sharp focus the whole idea that at one point or the other, we all...
Why the ban on minibuses?
On Monday, the Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, commenced the implementation of a directive banning commercial buses popularly known as Araba from plying routes within...
Dear Auntie Dora– My husband raped and impregnated my sister, what should I do?
I am completely devastated. If only tears can fix me. My younger sister moved to my house from Warri where she was living with...
WHAT IS OGAISM?
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Ogaism is derived from the word ‘Oga’.
Oga is the term loosely used by the Yoruba...
Re: Should Nigeria be re-colonized?
My article on the above (May 23 2013) elicited tons of responses, almost all favouring bringing them back (sense of shame will not even allow me to mention who ‘them’ here refers to). One surprising thing is that even responses from intellectuals also favour our asking ‘them’ to come back in one way or the other.
No Stroking the Tiger
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It all started like a cruel joke. One facility after another: the United Nations office,...
Nigeria and the Crisis of Expectations
We have just gone through the annual ritual of observing May 29. Its canonization as democracy day in the first year of our return...
Bringing back ‘Do-or- Die Politics’?
I have not particularly been a fan of the Jonathan presidency. I have nothing against him as a person. If anything, I admire his...
Should Nigeria be re-colonized?
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Let me start this piece with boring you with some personal details and fragments of...
