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By government admission, some of the 150 private jets in Nigeria are used to ferry more than passengers; they are being used to fly huge sums of money out of[…]
When, about 20 years ago, signboards announcing Heritage University sprang up around Kaduna, many thought the founders were setting the stage for the emergence of private university education in Nigeria,[…]
Over 30 years after leaving office, former US president Jimmy Carter remains one of the most visible and respected international figures. By contrast, George W. Bush, who left office just[…]
It is said that when you notice a neighbour’s beard on fire, give him a bottle of beard oil while you sprinkle water on yours; in other words, when you[…]
“All glass fitted to a vehicle shall be clear and transparent to enable persons outside the vehicle to see whoever is inside the vehicle and the glass shall in no[…]
At exactly three o’clock in the morning, a locally assembled generator rumbled into life, spewing thick, noxious fumes into the air and jarring everyone within range wide awake. A few[…]
There is a joke about a morgue attendant who had gotten so used to seeing dead bodies that one day, he came to work to find a supposedly dead body[…]
The next presidential election scheduled for 2015 is still two years away, but one may be forgiven to think that it is only a few months from now. In what[…]
If the Nigerian police had not cold-bloodedly executed the leaders of Boko Haram, the country might have been spared the sect’s murderous rampage that has left large tracts of the[…]
The Yoruba, like every group in Nigeria, has produced some of the most cerebral and visionary people the world has seen, and also some of the most bestial buffoons. Chief[…]