Albert Afeso AkanbiLast year, I wrote a series of articles tagged ‘Christmas Specials’ which ran through the four Sundays of December, 2017. My intention then, as it is now, is to shed some light on Christmas, the central figure we celebrate annually, and us. But before all that, I’d like to offer my sincere apologies to my…
Opinion
The Un-Changing Nigeria
Engoz
Unfortunately, the political will to curb the excesses of government continues to be a reluctant venture, enhanced by the nasty shenanigans of the National Assembly of which dishonorably deserves a topic on its own.
Fela: Lessons To Be Learnt From This B*tch of A Life
And to us, Fela was the trailblazer, proof that you could forge your own path and be whatever you choose to be and that you don’t need to limit yourself to society’s restrictions, that being different is not an ailment.
Love, Government and Sacrifice: Minister Adeosun’s Successive Trinity Nemeses
Many are all too aware that the sacrificing of Minister Adeosun was only but a convenient tool in a seemingly fixable rupture. There are just too many instances when the government would have carried on indifferently.
Reimagining the Nigerian Soccer Team’s All-Time Eleven
On the first premise, doing a Nigerian all-time eleven is not a day’s job. Without a lot of doubt, football has ranked as the most popular sport in Nigeria since her independence, at the very least. Nigeria’s first Olympic gold medal came in the brace forms of long jump and football at Atlanta ’96.
Woman, Know Your Worth
Who is a woman? She is Hannah, focused, full of faith; she knew what she wanted – she said to God, “give me a man child and I will give him back to you”; powerful enough to determine the destinies of her generations unborn.
Is Immigration For You?
You find families who are all but set up in their home Countries with jobs and an established community selling off everything they have and going into a new Country where they do not know anyone and have to start almost afresh despite having gotten to a certain level in their home nation.
The Curse of Growing Up As A Girl In A Traditional Home
LincayaD
I never got the chance to attend University but instead he got me a job. Fresh from High School, I was employed in Government. He told me my salary was to pay for myself at college and not to buy clothes and all those things we want to buy as girls. I did just that. I got a college and enrolled in accounting paying for myself and not a cent from dad.
The Seven Year Canon, and An Album featuring Duncan Mighty
It would seem that an artiste for which 2018 has served as a year of maturating and of becoming; having enhanced her understanding of the Nigerian music industry is Teni. Following decent singles in 2017, Teni in 2018, particularly through ‘Askamaya’ makes a strong statement of intent as to the manner through which she’d exploit her unique position/contribution in the big pot of Nigerian pop.
Brother You Can Wash My Draws
How can you eat from a pot and then not want to wash its lid. Think about it. You just want what is inside and you do not care about how dirty the lid may be. Have you ever considered that some of us have liners on so the panties are just as clean.
Why Abortion should be Legal in Nigeria
With the high cost of living and low income plaguing the country, raising an unwanted child is very expensive. It is time consuming, it drains you financially and emotionally. The onus is on the woman to bear the burden of taking care of the baby alone in majority of the cases of unwanted pregnancies. If she’s lucky, the baby’s father or family members help out.
5 Reasons To Accept Your NYSC Posting
Clifford Msughter Ortese
Don’t Die a “Home Boy”: Nigeria is one country for which the alias “Self-Contained” is nothing but apt. There is no ‘extreme’ you cannot sufficiently get out of this country: poor and rich; civilized and primitive; urbanized and rural; saints and demons – all crammed up in one!
Between Celebrity Garb and Political Expectation: An Anonymous Interview Converged On Suits!
When a celebrity artist dresses say with buttons open and parts of the body exposed, we find it palatable because they are artists. However, when a politician does this, it is unacceptable. There is a strong relationship between fashion, the position you are as a politician or celebrity artist, the reputation you built prior, and what people expect of you.