Kanu, you slapped us
We are watching a reality show, like no other, playing out on the streets. It all began like a peaceful procession at first. We haven’t seen Nigerian youths in action in a long time as a nation. Here they were, before our very eyes, in…
OBJ’s increasing nuisance value
Our children have been denied of the opportunity of learning history until recently. That’s because someone who acted like a choirmaster woke on the wrong side of his bed one morning and wrote off the study of the subject. As a result, most children born…
Hope’s Hopeless Tantrums
Time is something no one has time to waste. It is short in supply, central to man’s calculations and so difficult to manage. Who then would like to manage creeps in our midst and still find time to manage time? Nobody! Creeps are unwanted distractions….
Making Enemies At A Time Of Need
I hadn’t thought until now that I would spare time, especially now that we have all been forced to enjoy a little holiday at home, on what most people are dubbing Wike’s latest fight with the Federal Government. Wike isn’t a man to encounter. He…
Did God order the first quarantine?
Noah isn’t part of this generation and so, has very little to do with our time. In our time, we are faced with the virus of all viruses, COVID 19. COVID 19 belongs to a class of viruses known as the Coronavirus, according to a…
We, the People
See where we have come. A new decade that was expected to extend the frontier of man’s hope and optimism. A world that is locking down increasingly. A virus that is relentlessly on the rampage. And a time when fear is spreading in a manner…
Held by the Adam’s Apple
But for Biblical attempts to explain its existence,, not many know why the protrusion in the neck region, especially in men is known as the Adam’s Apple. The dictionary defines the Adam’s Apple as “a projection at the front of the neck formed by the…
A world of too many problems
No one thought it would turn out like this. But it has. Like the canker worm, it is eating deeper and deeper. Markets are tumbling; stocks are losing in value; jetliners are being grounded all over the world as travel and tourism take a bashing….
Time to end the crisis
Across the country, a wind that some consider a wind of change and others see as a wind of dissent is blowing within the PDP and the APC. It is difficult to say where on this would lead, or who the political beneficiaries would be….
Iran, America, the rest of us and a happy new year
It was scary at first. I had earlier thought of saying happy new year to our readers and all those men and women of goodwill who in their own way made the difference when we returned actively to the newsstands. Somehow, the heat was so…
