In the aftermath of the Supreme Court verdict to free Amina Lawal, the chest thumping began and personalities and groups claimed her acquittal was a victory for themselves and their …
Osita Okoroafor
Osita Okoroafor
A lawyer with a firm in Lagos, has an unpublished collection of 90 poems titled Graveside Chronicles. He is also exploring writing plays. In his words, poetry "is a thread of nostalgia woven by the needle of life's experiences into a mosaic of enchanting dreams, pains - and sometimes nightmares".
-
-
Charles Taylor had nowhere to go except Nigeria, where criminals go unpunished; where the wronged get no justice. I believe his place should not be in the safe ensconce of …
-
Each time we fall victim to 4.1.9., we forget our part in the crime…
-
The average Nigerian lusts for easy wealth and society no longer questions the source of such wealth, rather flaunting such ill gotten wealth is the eulogized in glossy magazines…
-
Dreams? What is the price of dreams in my Nigeria your Nigeria? Dreams can only buy frustration, despondency, despair, and disappointments…
-
Poverty and a crippled economy have forced hundreds of thousands of children out of Nigerian schools into the streets to fend for themselves and their families…
-
I remember the rains. I remember the cold as I stood in the rain waiting to exercise my franchise. I remember a beautiful rainbow of umbrellas all over Lagos, as …
-
Is it moot to say that the PDP is the biggest beneficiary from Bola Ige’s death?
-
Is a morbid quest to create corpses the favourite pastime in this violence prone town in Nigeria?
-
Have you heard of the State Assembly that sought to reward its four years of luxurious indolence with police escorts and payments of allowances for life…
-
There must be something combustible in the air of peaceful Sundays in Lagos, something that sets off bombs…
-
Has Reverend Okotie demonstrated his possession of a political soul?