Society

Let me start with a personal story. At a point in my life, I ignored the church like many youths in their 20s still do. It’s the rebel in us that wants to break away […]

Nobody should sell us short, on a wholesale basis. Nigeria may be bad, we do have our many challenges, but hey, we have one or two lessons to teach the world as well. Indeed, on […]

To be a feminist, if not a defect, is at least a fetish; like porn. The feminist is that woman who dulls down to an artificially created set of sexual-political sensibilities, in order to satisfy […]

CATHOLIC priests in Nigeria have always captured the public imagination. Some of them have served in government positions, some were prominent in the fight and struggle for democracy, some of them have proved their mettle […]

I STARTED the hobby of stamp collection in my late teens. Back in the day, it was a fad to have a pen pal, mostly from overseas with whom you exchanged ideas, memorabilia and subjects […]

There were indications that the Publisher of ThisDay Newspaper, Mr. Nduka Obaigbena, has returned the sum of N350m to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. A top operative of the commission, who confided in our […]

Lagos—The trial in the ongoing legal battle between the widow of the late Ikemba of Nnewi, Chukwuemeka Odimegwu Ojukwu, Bianca Ojukwu and his brothers over the family estate commenced yesterday before a Lagos state High […]

TO be an elder naturally suggests an aged person, mature, experienced, wise and temperate. And to wear the toga of an elder-statesman confers on one the added impetus of pre-eminence that often comes with holding […]

THE Awujale and paramount ruler of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona, has advised the Ooni of Ife, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, to be wary of sycophants, politicians and various groups claiming […]

Igbos say tomorrow is pregnant. Amaechi means no one knows tomorrow. Fate doesn’t pretend not to be fickle. But we never learn. Not the here today , dead and rotting tomorrow scary finality of this […]

I didn’t see any fire service. They said the firefighters complained of lack of water and went back. Goods worth about N200m were lost to the fire. The number of shops burnt were over 500” […]

I think the rampant and sickening cases of big man worship we’re seeing today are a reflection of the increasing material poverty and widening gap between the rich and poor…The poor, bereft of self-esteem, think […]

The road that stretches from General Gas to Akobo in the ancient city of Ibadan measures about 10 miles. It is bumpy and riddled with potholes. If you call it a dirt-road, you won’t be […]

I v’e spent the past three months in London. And while I was away, I regularly received phone calls from friends and relatives who are based in various Nigerian states. Some of these friends and […]

Today, a creepy trend ensues: the Nigerian man is incidental. He has become disposable means to self-indulgent ends. But the Nigerian woman isn’t; she is hopelessly accidental, even as she giftedly uses and disposes of […]