It is well known within foreign intelligence ring that Nigerian government officials are the most loose-lip when it comes to informing on Nigeria. Some officials, both at the state and …
Sabella Ogbobode Abidde
Sabella Ogbobode Abidde
Please, do not ask me about religion. I get the evil look every time I tell people I am an agnostic who teeters on atheism. My world resolves around ethics and the rule of law. That’s it. I have no use for religion: religious convictions are not part of my existence -- the laws of man are good enough for me. I have lived in several cities: Seattle, Miami, Norman, Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Saint Cloud, the District of Columbia, Houston, and Mankato. I am not sure where I am going to live next. And I have never really had a profession, only jobs: been a cook, a dishwasher, a civil servant, house cleaner, university instructor and researcher and so on and so forth. Every so often I get questions concerning the role and place of the African woman. Well, I don’t know; at least not with any certainty. What seems to work best is when both partners work as a team: cooperate, coordinate and collaborate their marital efforts. And they should be mindful of the insidious effect of modernization on the African family.
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Dr. Reuben Abati may not be guilty of anything. It is possible he has not committed any crime or ethical infractions. All the finger-pointing and the brouhaha may be much …
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In today’s Nigeria body parts are sold and bought mostly for fetish and magical reasons. And most of the originating markets for body parts are to be found in the …
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There are Ijaw who, publicly, will abuse and attack and criticize government officials; yet, when government officials visit the United States, Canada or the UK, will be first in line …
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Majority of the reporters practicing in Nigeria today are pen-prostitutes. For a dollar, they’d sell or kill a story. For a dime, they’d write speeches for politicians. For a nickel, …
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There are things about young maidens that drive a man wild and crazy. Their young minds and young bodies and young souls can and do drive men to the brink …
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Ha, I grieve for my old city. I grieve for all those who lost loved ones; and I grieve for innocence lost. It is so heartbroken to see Jos go …
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Mr. Henry Imomotimi Okah has been in detention now for roughly 18 months. Following a high stake international drama, he was illegally apprehended, and then flown to Nigeria where he …
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For Black Africa, what they had hoped and prayed for in their leaders seems abundant in Barack Obama. For several years, they have longed and prayed for such a man …
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For those who think I have an ax to grind with the Ibru Family, well, let me say here and now that nothing can be farther from the truth. A …
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Critics and dissenters may be right in terms of some of the predatory nature of international trade and globalization, but it is hard to ignore the fact that trade and …
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There are no known studies or data set to enable one make a definite pronouncement on the issue of Nigerians who go abroad to give birth or those who go …
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The Nigerian intelligence agencies must resolve to do a better job of protecting our vital interests. As things are, our boundaries, airports, seaports and waterways are not well-manned…
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I am not asking social critics and commentators to give the President a free ride for eternity. I am not asking that they abandon their constitutional responsibilities. But this President …
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A president’s declining health or death adversely affects the psyche of the citizenry. This is so because a president is a thread in a nation’s blanket…
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By the early to late 1990s, the society of Nigerian intellectuals had become mushy, clay-like, adulterated, corruptible, and puerile. It became a laughing stock…