..pondering on the un-sanitary state of our cities I remember my very first trip to Calabar, Cross Rivers state a few years ago. I had been looking forward to seeing what the city was like and also tick it off…
The story is simple: I beat my father up but wait till you hear why?
Nobody wakes up to say, “today, today, I will beat my father like shege.” That person must be a mad man I am not a mad man. So, I am telling you there’s a reason why what happened, happened, you…
Baba Ijesha: Understanding Iyabo Ojo’s anger – Peju Akande
Iyabo Ojo is a popular Nollywood actress; her video rant against another fellow Nollywood actor has been trending. The video followed after reports named Nollywood actor, Baba Ijesha, aka Olanrewaju Omiyinka as a sexual predator who had been arrested by…
My brother was burnt alive and I couldn’t do anything to help!
My brother, Benson, was the last born of our father. Our father had several women, many of whom just gave him babies then left, though three stayed with him but they soon left one after another. In all, my father…
Fellow Nigerians, If You Think You Are Safe, Think Again – Gbubemi Atimomo
…Musing on what can be done to secure our community and national safety On the evening of 7 July 2014, whilst slaving over my master’s dissertation at The Forum Library of the University of Essex, Southend, UK, a young man…
Pantami is lucky. Me, I am still paying for my sins after 40 years
I read the Pantami story and the Presidency’s defence of his youthful indiscretions and I shook my head. Pantami is lucky to have something he did as a young man forgiven just like that. Me, my sins as a 16…
So what’s all this noise about the President’s stand on Pantami?
I’ve watched many post-apocalyptic movies that fill me with dread and I am always glad those are movies. As I watch and shiver, I tell myself, these are movie scenarios that can never happen in real life. How can there…
We are all flawed-Tara Aisida
The invitation was give your life to Christ and you will become perfect and all your troubles will disappear. I did but found that my life didn’t become trouble free neither was I perfect. Even though I remained steadfast in…
No shaking, I stand with Pantami – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has finally broken his silence on the controversy surrounding Sheik Isa Ibrahim Pantami, Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, over inciting statements he made against Christians. He is also alleged to have supported Al Queda and Boko…
Scars can be beautiful things: A review of Bridget Oyefeso-Odusami’s, “Built for the Storm” – Toni Kan
What is a scar? A scar is both knowledge and reminder; knowledge about an incident, often ugly or painful and a reminder of that knowledge. Bridget Oyefeso-Odusami’s book, Built for the Storm: Journeying through Life’s Wounds, Healings and Scars is…