Miscellaneous

‘Oga, good afternoon, what is happening, why is everybody sad?’ I queried. He looked at me and I could at once see that he thought I was dumb for not. …

Nigeria journalism is fast becoming a cash and carry venture with cash and carry reporters, paid columnists and Ghana-Must-Go editors…

I am jealous of rich people, especially the really wealthy people. Having never been a rich or wealthy person, I cannot imagine how it feels to live one’s life free …

God wonders why you have consistently failed to donate 15% of your earnings to his house and his cause. Those who are ready to start, or continue, should at once …

As an established writer with large and diverse audience taking on issues many consider “taboo”, I recognise that I’m not infallible. Infallibility is wholly divine but one only aspires to …

As I walked out of the army office a corporal who I saw in the officer earlier approached me and asked if I truly wanted to join the army as …

It has to do with Abiodun Ibrahim, who claims he is a naturalized American who served time at the Harris County Jail in Houston Texas, after he was beaten to …

Here I was Sunday torn between patriotism and Godliness and the former seized me; the FIFA-organized under-17 world cup final match between Nigeria and Spain was slated for 10 am …

That Ify died at 12:40pm on 3rd September 2007 in the arms of her dear friend and sister, Shirley may not be a breaking news headline for BBC or CNN…

Why is our nation, home to brilliant minds, rich traditions, rich in natural and mineral resources and centuries of wisdom, withering in poverty while most other nations rapidly move ahead …

It would help the African literary cause if Binyavanga sets out to educate himself a little more about the Igbos seeing that he is now benefiting from them…

The feeling of releasing a fart is absolutely phenomenal!  There is an ah moment that comes after one is released into the world.  It is a feeling of liberation!

We know you are new to the job, expectedly there will be lots of Initial Gra Gra. But your policy of arresting and arraigning our Lagos ladies for skimpy dressing …

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 …

I’ve compiled a list of 30 things that I – and hopefully all Nigerians – find utterly boring and completely uninspiring…

Publishers of glossy magazines should be careful what tales they tell. But no one seems to have warned Betty Irabor, Editor-in-Chief of leading women’s magazine, Genevieve…