As far as the Nigerian government is concerned, Sunday Igboho and Nnamdi Kanu are the enemies of the state who must be caught and jailed for treasonable offences! Both IPOB, (Indigenous People of Biafra) and Sunday Igboho’s Yoruba Nation have…
Why and how do you give a gift? – Gbubemi Atimomo
…thoughts on giving and receiving gifts I am almost certain there is not a single soul on earth who does not like receiving gifts. Whether it is a birthday or anniversary present, or a random “just because” gift, the thought…
Why do women say one thing when they mean the other? Tara Aisida
I first learnt of quarving from my then teenage daughter. She had come home from school complaining that no one had quarved her and seeing my puzzled face, she explained that it meant being given a gentle slap on the…
The day dogs taught me a lesson!
I don’t like dogs. I don’t like cats either, in short, I am not an animal lover. I am just a lover of babes… So this happened before I married my wife, Bibi; she was the one I was dating…
Breaking News: Yishau Olukorede, Samuel Monye and 9 others on NLNG prize 2021 shortlist
The Advisory Board for The Nigeria Prize for Literature has announced a shortlist of 11 books and writers for the 2021 edition of the NLNG prize. The list of 11 was distilled from 202 books and writers who sent in…
Resource Intermediaries Limited celebrates @ 15
Resource Intermediaries Limited (RIL), Nigeria’s pre-eminent outsourcing company rolled out the drums on July 1, 2021, in compliance with Covid-19 regulations, to celebrate its 15th year of easing the business burdens of its clients. Established in 2006, RIL as it…
TB Joshua’s wife and the blessing of anonymity
Evelyn Joshua is the new name in town. As the wife of the late founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), Temitope Joshua, she has been nominated by the church’s council to replace him as General Overseer of…
The beautiful ones are yet to be born and the ugly ones refuse to die! Tara Aisida
I turned 15 just as I got into university. I admit I was very lucky. I finished primary school from class 5, got into secondary school the set before the 6-3-3-4 system started, did the WAEC and JAMB examinations just…
True, we never liked my brother’s wife but we didn’t know uncle was sleeping with her!
You can call it a scandal but from where we come from, this sort of thing is common. My brother died after the so called brief illness. He fell sick and according to his wife, she took him to the…
Why are we so scared of failure? – Gbubemi Atimomo
…reflections on our fear of failure and how it stops us from attempting new things I worked on a transformation project for the Federal Ministry of Education early on in my career. It was a large project that involved several…