Miscellaneous

In the UK we take our weekend seriously. What better way to wash off a week of hard slug than a Friday night out with friends in a dimly lit …

The practice of parading suspects is not unique to Nigeria. In the US for instance, while it is common for arrested suspects to be concealed from public view while in …

It can be excruciating to discern the politics of appearance in an aesthetically varied political landscape such as Nigeria. I take the challenge very seriously…

’Shade, now you have departed, who shall set the pace for me?  Now you have been translated to glory who shall challenge me? I wonder, I do wonder…

African governments should embark on research projects designed to discover the causes of traffic accidents, prevent them and minimize injuries when they occur…

The Court was due to resume sitting on November 24th 2009 but met for case management on Monday 23rd November 2009 during which it was presented with an email from …

A cult of boys who grew up into men overnight. A group of boys whose psyche and sexuality has become transformed. Angry at other men, and abhorrers of women but …

The Nigerian government, in 2008, spent about 500 billion naira on security in the Niger Delta region. So far, in 2009, about the same amount has been spent – excluding …

The Nigerian health system, no thanks to the unfair advantage given to physicians by various governments and express access to press that doctors have more than other health professionals, majorly …

It is important to reproduce here that the great historian, Prof J F Ade Ajayi, debunked the theory and the belief that the British bombarded Lagos because it was a …

I believe that the influence and discipline in the advanced democracy we live in, coupled with education, enlightenment and interactions with far sighted positive thinkers, should be enough to help …

Some diplomatic observers informed me that when the Nigerian Foreign Minister, Chief Ojo Maduekwe, visited Washington, sometime ago, he was not received by the US Secretary of State, but by …

As educated, street-smart and well-travelled as Nigerians are, they seem to have a high tolerance for stupidity, cowardice and mediocrity. Otherwise, how could men like Obasanjo, Abacha, Babangida and Shagari …

This week, I had a taste our gender neglect bitter medicine, and this pushed my hand to publicly gripe about this gender disparity issue against women in the provision of …

Human nature and human relationships are buoyed with conflicts. We can never do without them otherwise human existence would be boring. But when some conflicts become so entrenched and seem …

Katie Price, iconically known as Jordan, always presents me with a moral dilemma. Is it really chic to flash your chesty asset in people’s faces and live and be proud …