I remember our son, David. He would have been 18 years old today. But you see, we lost David due to his father’s negligence. It’s the reason I moved out of the house with the rest of our children. It’s…
One goes into a tizzy anytime Lagos is accurately captured in a good book. I have before me now such a captivating book, a very enthralling read entitled A Lifetime of Friendships by Muritala Sule, the creator and producer of…
I went to a mixed secondary school, somewhere in the south, no name mentions here! I finished secondary school over 35 years ago and thanks to social media, I was able to reconnect with a few of my old classmates.…
I finished secondary school from one of the Catholic schools in the east in 1982. In those days, I always came tops in my class. I remember during my final year at the speech and prize giving day, my name…
“People are afraid to tell the truth even in obituaries” I recently read an article where the aforementioned statement was made and it struck a nerve within me and made a lot of sense. The statement had been made by…
Then came that Valentine’s Day. He wanted us to go eat at Sheraton Hotel! Yes, it was going to be a buffet and he had saved for it. I was excited too and I knew I had to be monitoring him;
It is almost impossible to write about Professor Dora Nkem Akunyili in the past tense. She’s arguably the most celebrated Nigerian public servant of the modern times. Plaques in her honour ardon walls from Abuja to Lagos and Agulu, her…
A groom is accused of following a teenager into a bathroom and sexually assaulting her at his own wedding. WPVI reported that Matthew Ronald Aimers, 31, of Willingboro, N.J., was arrested earlier this week in reference to the alleged crime in November.…
If you’ve read Aminata Sow Fall’s novel, The Beggars Strike, you will begin to understand the sense of entitlement most beggars have. They know that we Africans are a very religious bunch who place the giving of alms as top…
“These Buhari Times”, fourth in the series of Clone Wars by the Show Dem Cap, affirms that they are the most hard-working duet in the Nigerian music industry. Still steaming hot from their feel-good and accomplished Palmwine Music Vol. 2,…
