Water Baby
Anita walked slowly back home from the train station. It had been a very long and hard Tuesday. “Why was the Tuesday after Monday a working day?” She wondered. Well,[…]
Gay Rights Advocates Use Facebook Relationship Status as Form of Protest
Adding their voice to the outcry against the anti-gay bill, a group of anti-gay advocates took their Facebook statuses to stage a unique form of protest using one of Facebook’s[…]
On The Constitution And The President’s Powers
The recent spat between the newly appointed defence minister, General Aliyu Gusau (rtd.) and the military chiefs of staff over reporting lines has resonated in the most unlikely places. I[…]
Leadership…from thought to action (2)
Definitions aside, you might be wondering how easy it must be to sit down and write about the complexities in the country and suggest ways to chart them down, but how[…]
Still on Our Rising Debt
Each time I read of our governments (central and sub-national) contracting new debt, I cringe. Several years back, a friend and boss advised me not to pay for what I[…]
International Women’s Day – March 8
I’ve never seen a commercial for International Women’s Day, so I made one. Watch, share, and celebrate on March 8!
Boko Haram and a Nation Gripped By Fear
In most cultures of the world, a word exists for a frightening creature or the bogey man. In Hausa for instance, it is the dodo. A fiendish entity, other-worldly, yet beastly in its[…]
In Search of New Scapegoats
My attention was drawn, last week, to the possibility that the American government may be behind the random acts of barbarity in increasingly large swathes of Northern Nigeria that have,[…]
Buy Sheep, Sell Deer, Make Profit – Akin Oyebode
For this post, let us assume you own Iya Eba, the popular food joint in Lagos Island. You love your customers, and to satisfy them, you devised a wonderful promotion called[…]
Reforming Our Universities
Decades after its ouster from office, the Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB) administration remains one of the most steeped in controversy in Nigeria. How much of the country’s current baseness is[…]