I hereby mourn the demise of my dearest friend, the ubiquitous illegal checkpoint policeman, who was heartlessly made to kick the bucket by Unknown Gunmen. Oi! Oi! Oi! This monumental …
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I instantly fell in love with the house I got into by accident. A house becomes a home when the host makes everyone feel at home. I had never met …
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Odogwu came on transfer to Lagos from Enugu, and put up in the apartment of his writer friend, Muritala Sule, in Surulere. His plan was to get his own accommodation …
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Nigerians are “wailing wailers”, according to the most excited arse-licker of the government of change and terrorism. It’s another season of wailing for Nigerians now that Twitter has bypassed the …
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Mbize: Rage of Red Earth (Stories, Songs on Landslide, Erosion in Igboland) by Chuka Nnabuife; Heinrich Boll Stiftung; 2011 The erosion menace in Southeast Nigeria is a twice-told story. …
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Nigeria as a country has served all its useful and useless purposes, and must perforce be sold for good. I have spoken. I cannot just understand the piecemeal selling of …
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Anambra State scored a remarkable feat on March 30 by becoming the first state in Nigeria to bring together eminent stakeholders in a conference to singularly address the obstacles facing …
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Confusion has taken over the entire land of Nigeria. To use the popular parlance, “everything is now jaga-jaga!” As I write now, the music of Eedris Abdulkareem booms: “Nigeria jaga-jaga! …
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Reflections on Nigerian Movie Industry: Salute to Pioneering Creativity and Perseverance by Femi Akintunde-Johnson; Basic Skills Academy (ISBN 978-1-716-08239-9); 2021; 158pp Nigeria is celebrated across the globe as being …
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While going through a WhatsApp group recently I beheld the icon: Emeritus Professor Uka Ezenwe, the venerated dean of legions of economists who has over the years taught great captains …
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The acute hatred in my heart now-now, as we do say in Nigeria, is about the characters called columnists. I am sick and tired of being sick and tired over …
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It is a lot easier to live a celibate life than to stay faithful to one wife. Right from the Garden of Eden, it’s written that immediately a man tastes …
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A do-gooder told his landlord that any tenant who sends the police after the owner of the house “is capable of killing you.” This selfsame Tenant Do-Good not only called …
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The 250ml liquid antiseptic on my table as I write now commands attention. The product is called “YESS Antiseptic” and bears the tagline “always protecting”. It is meant “for external …
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Not many Nigerians know that the country won a world cup in football back in 1977. Most Nigerians would regale you with stories of 1985 when Nigeria won the maiden …
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The iroko stands tall and mighty, stretching its boughs across the firmament. The song of the heart is in arresting dialogue with the iroko, the one tree that makes the …