Introspective

Call Me Tony: A Parable of Corporate Nigeria

By Temitope Lakisokun The argument over the young trainee who addressed UBA chairman Tony Elumelu by his first name has become a surprisingly revealing debate...

The Myth of New Year Resolutions: Why 2025 Won’t Magically Save You

As we inch closer to the dawn of 2025, the air is thick with the buzz of "New Year, New Me" proclamations. Across the...

The Ageless Myth: Is Age Really Just a State of Mind?

The concept of aging has long been considered a biological certainty, as though an unavoidable countdown is inscribed within our very DNA. Yet, mounting...

Blogging – The New Ebe Ano

So what have I discovered since I bought my house in Blogville? Nothing that I did not know already. I'm still heterosexual, I'm still sweet, I'm still not attracted to metrosexuals, I'm still a little bit of a clean freak, I'm still trying to experience romantic love in a romantic way...

Every Woman (4)

"I get all carried away, let me tell you a little about myself. I'm pretty sure you have met my friends, and they have all described me as bubbly. Indeed, I am bubbly, but most times, I only appear to be bubbly. Austin proposed to me after we found out I was pregnant with our daughter, Ekanem. He claims that he would have proposed even if I wasn't pregnant; I know I only accepted his proposal because I was pregnant..."

When A Man Gazes At A Woman

The genius of a man’s eyes works optimally upon alighting a woman’s 

body. With his eyes, a man can conveniently strip a well-clad woman to 

the bare...

The Blessings of Adversity

Our world is a world of visible ambivalence, paradoxes and contradictions. Things don't always go smooth and rosy like we'd always expect them to... Yet, wise men of old knew that a world without opposites would be flavourless...

African Men And The Culture Of Many Women

I know American men who, despite being married, admire other women and some of them do date other women outside marriage. So that is not an African thing. That is a man thing...

Do You Have Regrets…or Disappointments?

What are your regrets or disappointments? What would you do differently? Are you happy with life and happy with yourself? Or perhaps you need more time and more opportunities to do this and that and everything that slipped through your fingers...

Once Upon So Many Decades

Let me tell you of a time when pupils knew all the names of the administrators, ministers, commissioners, president and prime-ministers and other government officials. We could tell the number of Local Government Areas in the whole country. We crammed prominent dates and names. We knew our Civics. We could recite verses from Chaucer...

When A Woman Loves A Man

One of the greatest motivations a guy can experience is the assurance of a woman's love. It can inspire poems of the avante garde genre. She may hide it as long as she can but her voice, her eyes and actions would betray her no sooner...

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Pius Adesanmi: Squealers Revolt

'Hehehehe......heheheh.....who no know go know. So you no know say Abuja they monitor all you diaspora writers who write critical pieces about GEJ and his cabinet? PA is the talk of the town in Abuja now now. The man don get himself into a real professorial conundrum over his recent guest o. You no know say Professor Ibrahim Gambari go dance kokoma for im house in Canada...'

My son left for Iraq today…

Can America single-handedly stop terrorism? What are the costs to the wives, children, and parents - and especially to the young lives of husbands, sons, and daughters who sacrificed their life for yet another cause. Perhaps I am just now speaking as a mother who dearly misses her son...

Empirical And Theoretical Means In X-Raying The Nitty Gritty Of International Institutions In The Light Of Social Transformation of The LDCs Within Africa

It is important to note here that Globalization is not a new phenomenon, and while inevitable, was propelled to its present proportions by deliberate policies in the areas of trade, finance and investment...

It's Good To Be Black

We need to rewrite our history, because as it stands now, most of what we learn is based upon a long-term fabrication of the truth done by those with something to hide.In order to rewrite it, we will first have to learn it...

Ekwueme: The Democrat Who Gave Abacha Red Card

The soft, gentlemanly features of Dr. Alex Ifeanyichukwu Ekwueme...

Sex, Homosexuality And Us (2)

The gay movement is gradually spreading across Africa, Nigeria in particular. The general feeling is that gays are getting bolder in their quest for acceptance and integration in the Nigerian context...

Biafra Is Dead, Buried And No More!

The time has come to speak up, time for those of us who believe in one indivisible Nigeria as sacrosanct, time for us to raise awareness and perhaps raise alarm as well, regarding the increasing specter of the spread of the phantom excitement thing that is the so-called Biafra!

Dear Teacher & Pagan

Dear Teacher & Pagan (To Wole Soyinka) Dear teacher and pagan, With...

The Twilight Hours or a Journey Begun

In a state of animated shock, I stared at my surroundings. I was in a hospital ward, So I had recovered from the anesthesia. I remembered being wheeled into the operating room...

Ned Nwoko’s Gag Bill: A Digital Death Sentence For Free Speech And Innovation

Senator Ned Nwoko has thrown a legislative grenade into...