When a community is tagged underdeveloped, it is the human beings who populate such community that are being described. It is against this background that it becomes imperative to sit …
Segun Akinyode
Segun Akinyode
Segun, a three-pronged oscillator, moves from his bedsitter to the office, then a cool spot. He lives near Mr Obasanjo's Abeokuta home. He is currently a teacher in the General Studies Department, Moshood Abiola Polytechnic.
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Being a boss is very simple. The first step is to garner every conceivable and inconceivable subterfuges, including blackmail, ethnicism, praise-singing, name-calling, tale bearing, bootlicking, laying claim to bogus intellectual …
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It is understood all over the world that one of the features of democracy is freedom of speech and allied freedoms. However, certain freedoms become an aberration given conditions and …
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One should utilize this opportunity to invite the Nigerian Federal Government team in charge of her re-branding drive not look too far if they hope to achieve any success in …
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Clara sat right opposite me sipping from a bottle of Guinness. The combined effect of the physical act of the inadvertent unbuttoning and the mild exclamation at the sight of …
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The most glaring of the Nigerian malady is corruption. The type of corruption where Nigerians in positions of responsibility divert the money meant for the development of the country into …
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How come a transporter refuses to refund an unused fare? The most painful aspect is that the money involved is about $400, too much for a poor teacher like me …
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In his defense of the shortcomings of the article articulated by some critics, Sadiq raised three basic approaches to appreciating and perhaps solving the problems plaguing the system of education …
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For the knowledge of those Nigerians in the Diaspora who have been curious about how we have been surviving in a debilitating environment, a typical day…
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The name of the Kenyan counterpart of Nuhu Ribadu is Aaron Ringera. From what we have garnered from press reports, not many Kenyans feel Justice Ringera and his commission are doing …
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Each day I walked the streets of Nairobi, listened to the radio, watched programmes on Kenyan television stations or read the Kenyan newspapers, the quantity and quality of resemblances between …
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Sex is the sweetest thing on earth. Its sweetness is incomparable. It is the only thing that does not touch your palate yet you relish its succulence in the very …
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“The truth of the case is that the aircraft scheduled to take you to Lagos developed an engine problem…”
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As advantageous as the establishment of United States of Africa is, there are certain monumental obstacles that may hinder its gestation…
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Why it is that Africa swallow the principles of democracy but refuse to practice it in such a way that common Africans benefit from the gains of democracy?
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When it was my turn, the lady collected my passport, took one bewildered look at it and asked me to report to one Mr. Wanda on the seventh floor. I …