Sometime in the not-too-far past, I used to visit Togo frequently. Of course, you can only visit Togo from Nigeria through the Republic of Benin. At least, that’s the only route I know. Since the hotel I usually stayed in was on the Togo-Ghana border, I usually used the opportunity to visit the beautiful Kwame…
I wonder what Nigeria could be said to be positively good at.. I once said that if we are not ready to move, the world is not ready to wait for us. Let’s look at agriculture for instance, I was first surprised that farm produce are sold in the most prominent of supermarkets here. And…
I love great writers! Although they generally prefer not to wear the tag, ‘prophet’, they generally see the end right from the beginning. If Nigeria had listened to some of her writers, I believe our lot as a nation might have been better. I could still remember that Ray Ekpu predicted the burning of the…
With the announcement of those on the death row in Saudi Arabia, I’m sure it would be apparent to even kindergarteners the problem is not a tribal one. Initially, some folks were saying it was an Igbo problem. But by now, we should have started being sorry for ourselves as a nation. Something must be…
It is no news that the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has disinvited Mallam Nasiru el-Rufai from being a speaker at its national conference. The reason is that el-Rufai as governor of Kaduna has turned a blind eye to the killings in Southern Kaduna. The NBA is right in doing so for allowing el-Rufai to speak…
As we’re approaching 2023, the presidential elections in Nigeria is revealing a lot about people. For instance, a friend I’ve known for over 50 years – because he’s so attached to a presidential candidate – out of the blues, suddenly knew I lack values from “home”. Haa.. It’s so painful because I respect this guy…
In Mattew 22:21, the Savior said we should, “Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and unto God the things that are God’s.’ The Lord made that statement in response to a question on whether it was lawful for Jews to pay taxes to Caesar or not. Caesar happened to be the emperor whose…
