It’s cool by most Nigerians that June 12 has been given its due as Democracy Day. The current politicians in Nigeria should copy the common touch of Bashorun MKO Abiola, the dogged man who won the June 12, 1993 presidential…
My parents have done nothing for me apart from giving birth to me. Ok, they sent me to school. That’s it. I went to government college for secondary school and model school for primary school. But apart from that, nothing…
My eldest child graduated recently and I travelled to attend the graduation ceremony. I left the shores of Nigeria with excitement spiced with anxiety; excitement that I am finally a mother of a graduate and I arrived safely with anxious…
I have a good story to tell, but sorry it is not your usual sad tales. Mine is a happy one. Ok, it’s about me and my father- in -law. The man is a retired civil servant. He is one…
My phone could not stop ringing.It was the same message from far and near: “Please confirm if Chinua Achebe has truly died.”The news had been broken to me by a “strategic source”. There was a call from Channels TV on…
My fiancé died one day to our wedding. He just slept and never woke up. He was hale and hearty; he had no sickness, complained of no pain. He was full of life when he went to bed that night.…
Naira Marley, the poster boy for Internet Fraud better known as Yahoo Yahoo, has also become its scapegoat. Called in for questioning by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) a week ago, he is still in custody, awaiting arraignment…
I read an article recently and it was titled “Why you need to write your obituary.” The title intrigued me because as we all know, most people don’t get to write theirs because obituaries are normally written after the death…
I was in SS3 two years ago when I decided to leave school to visit a guy I met on Facebook. The only thing that saved my life was because I told three of my friends in school where I…
Nigerian writers are so boring in their social lives. I want all Nigerian writers, especially the poets, to copy the life and times of Okot p’Bitek, the great Ugandan poet, author of Song of Lawino. Okot was my lecturer but…
