A certain minister of our Republic who for years was and is still is an Islamic sheik spent years preaching in mosques and elsewhere in support of Boko Haram, ‘no to western Education’, including stating publicly many times that he and others are happy when infidels are killed. Now in …
Recently the Governor of Zamfara State in North West Nigeria was pictured gloating over a pile of gold that had been mined for him in his State. For many Nigerians it was news that we have gold in Nigeria. For the informed and discerning it was no news. They know …
This is an Igbo expression, the name given by the Governors of the South Eastern States of Nigeria to the security outfit they are proposing to launch. The expression means ‘the glory of the tiger’ or ‘the majesty of the tiger.’ There could be other definitions. But it means that …
Some days ago I was listening to Lagos FM radio and heard somebody on the talk show lamenting why there is so much discrimination here. In particular he lampooned employers who would prefer to employ somebody with a foreign degree to somebody who studied in Nigeria and has the same …
I came back to Nigeria by Ethiopian Airlines through Nairobi airport, Kenya. I cannot forget that flight for I had the worst splitting headache of my life on it all the way to Lagos. Of course I had regrets leaving Dar-es-Salaam and the many friends I had made there. I …
