I’ve always maintained that you don’t really need a certificate to qualify as a candidate for an election. It negates the principle of democracy. The basic principle of democracy is the most popular person winning a free and fair election. That’s why most of the western democracies don’t have educational requirements in their electoral laws….
I misplaced my debit card yesterday. So, when I finished my duties I proceeded to the bank. There I told the winsome receptionist to block my card, as if anything was there. Anyway, three dollars is money! The lady then told me she required some form of identification from me. Since I did not have…
When Christ made one of his last sayings on the cross and said, ‘It is finished’, he couldn’t have been referring to Nigeria. However, when we really look at the Nigeria of today, it’s like some negative forces are working towards the end of Nigeria. There’s hardly any day that something negative won’t be done…
Save for the parked cars, it did not seem as if anything was happening there. I had to ask some guy who probably came to enjoy the fresh air outside if that was number sixty – five. Taking him for a security man, my voice was rather condescending, or so I thought. But on questioning…
We are Bigger Than the NorthThe misconception that the Tiv people and other minority tribes of the Middle Belt belong to “the North” was deliberately created by the British colonial government in conspiracy with Northern elites. This was done after the Tiv and other tribes of the Middle Belt united against the Europeans during slavery…
Amala Happiness Some people have accused me of excessively praising amala because it’s just food. They wonder why I give so much respect to an “ordinary” food and commit scare time and energy to writing about it. They think that my anxiety over the dying of amala buka culture is exaggerated and unnecessary. Here is…
I read with cautious interest the report of a Nigerian newspaper that a Canadian court has declared the two big parties in Nigeria terrorist organisations. Other Nigerian papers followed suit and it became a matter of debate in the country. I’m not sure any foreign media reported the “news.” What is a terrorist organisation? A Google search defines…
