Sabella Ogbobode Abidde

Africans are perhaps the most conservative and prudish when it comes to sex and sexual varieties because the African culture, religion and sensibility forbid a lot of practices…

How can we hold Yar’Adua accountable if we do not know where he stands and what he stands for, what he intends to do and where he is taking the country?

The excessive policing of the Niger Delta is clearly a threat to the region; and indeed the ongoing militarization of the region is not only a threat, it has the …

I didn’t like day schooling. And I wasn’t sure how things would turn out when the idea of a boarding school was broached…

Unless there was willful attempt on the part of Mr. Soludo to undermine the President, bring disrepute to the country, cause mischief or attempt to injure the nation’s national interest, there …

Forgive me if I profusely effuse over the Africans of my youth. Forgive me if I sound too nostalgic. Forgive me I idolize them and idealize a time that once …

Both the Army and the government knew that some elements within the society had or were grooming private armies. They knew who funded these armies. They knew their commanders and …

It is easy to forget that there was a time in the history of Nigeria when there were dozens and dozens and dozens of intellectuals, radicals and gadflies in the …

I personally do not know why there were no successful coups during the Olusegun Obasanjo administration…

I love my country, I love Nigeria. But regrettably, love, nationalism and patriotism are not enough. It is not defeat, but pragmatism and common sense…

It would be nice to know the types and number of foreigners who spy for Nigeria, and whether the Nigerian intelligence organization is also actively spying on other countries around …

“Could you please address me as “Your Excellency.” My official position demands you address me as such. You know I have a doctorate degree, I have chieftaincy titles five times …

What Vice President Jonathan Goodluck should do now, for his and for the sake of the government in which he is the number two man, is to publicly declare his portfolio…

There is always this grouse about African men not wanting to do whatever it is non-African women expect men to do in the bedroom, on the couch, or on the washing …

Younger generations may not know that there was a time in the history of Nigeria when we knew who the cheats and thieves and vagabonds and street urchins were. We …