Category: Column

For those old enough to watch the epic fantasy film, The NeverEnding Story, you will know that the title of that movie is very apt for Nigeria’s political space. What used to be one day, …

Today, I have decided to write on the issue of parents who expect their children to be the best in everything they do. The truth is we want our children to be what we never …

By Madame Olieh Hello everyone, I would continue from where I left off, ‘Where is my Dad, I need my Dad’. Its the Easter holiday and a really good time for Daddy to show up …

Madam Olieh/New York “Anyone can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a dad, and that’s why I call you dad, because you are so special to me. You taught me the …

By Seun Bisuga Many things have been said of President Donald Trump of the US and most of them are rightly so but when it comes to the flooding in Houston and Texas, loquacious Trump …

FEMI ADESINA: “President Buhari not harassing Jonathan’s family”, the reactionary rantings of a deranged Homo Sapiens by IYOHA JOHN DARLINGTON Having first overlooked Femi Adesina’s rantings, I was driven on second thoughts by a compelling …

I mean shut the tap promptly and properly because neither President Donald Trump with his anti-climate change stance nor President Muhammadu Buhari or his counterparts at the state level is going to do it for …

By Nicholas Ojo-Awo Ethiopia just suffered a refuse dump slide that left not just 46 people dead but there are still dozens more that are unaccounted for. This accident occurred at a landfill that has …

By Okey Ndibe (okeyndibe@gmail.com) I awoke a week ago to an email from C.Don Adinuba, one of my closest and most long lasting friends. The email bore dismal news: Benedict Ebele Obumselu had died two …

By Nicholas Ojo-Awo Spending the Christmas holidays in Ibadan was what first brought notice to the late commencement of the harmattan season. The annual gust of North-Easternly winds emanating from the Sahara that signal the …