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Shortly after his investiture as the new Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, proclaimed that he felt like a tiger ready to chase away criminals in the country. Despite the jeers he received from those who wondered if he has a multiple personality disorder, the man’s point is well-understood. It is that feeling of exhilaration that […]
Continue ReadingMany women grapple with the challenge of hair growth and many have made growing their hair a goal, spending so much on various products just to achieve this goal. And while genetics impact the hair in a big way, particularly in relation to how it grows and the time it takes to grow, breakage is […]
Continue Reading“See Paris and die!” We used to hear that as young persons. Paris was meant to be the most exotic spot of European civilization, an intellectual capital and the reference point for the Renaissance – Francis !1, Cardinal Richelieu, Loui XIII, Louis XIV, and the ideas-driven salons of Paris. But that was in the past. […]
Continue ReadingLast week, it was a great privilege to be in a conversation with a pair of women who lamented the low-energy relationship they were in. At first, it was easy to feign ignorance about the tenor of the discussion but it took a little more time to realise that these were deeply unhappy women who […]
Continue ReadingLast week, Nigerian leaders displayed their detachment and disconnection with the people once more with the issue of salary review. The administration of President Bola Tinubu kicked off with actions that immediately impacted the people adversely. These are actions that have long-time gains but in the short term, the people will experience immediate hardship. The […]
Continue ReadingThere was a time in Nigeria’s media history when a certain Ebenezer Williams was arguably one of the country’s best newspaper columnists. But that popular name was a pseudonym, a fictitious identity. The masquerade donning that beautiful costume was Abiodun Aloba, colonial and post-colonial Nigeria media genius. He died in 2001. In the Daily Express […]
Continue ReadingSome years ago, I ate watermelon close to bedtime on a particular night. Apart from the fact that my sleep was truncated by excessive urination (you know that watermelon has high water content), I also woke up with a sore throat the next morning! The simple explanation for this is that the bacteria in my […]
Continue ReadingLong ago, in the 1980s, I lived with my mom in Aggrey Waterside, one of the most enigmatic informal settlements in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. In those days, the first thing that came to your mind when you woke up in the morning was how to join the long queue leading to the communal toilet […]
Continue ReadingBefore grappling with the subject matter of this column today, I feel encouraged to get readers acquainted, if they are not already, with certain universally applicable concepts and perspectives of law. They are Natural law, Positive law, Judicial activism and the Separation of powers. They provide a meaningful backdrop to the surveillance of the rule […]
Continue ReadingNow that there is a new government, my bet is that Nigerians would be asking themselves the question of whether there would be a new cabal in power and its possible composition. This is because there is a passionate and widespread belief that for each regime, there is a powerful informal group outside the government […]
Continue ReadingThis time eight years ago, Nigerians still basking in the euphoria of having a martinet president began to ascribe all kinds of wonderful happenstances to his body language. So excited were the supporters of former President Muhammadu Buhari about the country’s potential under him that they attributed some magicality to otherwise routine happenings. Civil servants […]
Continue ReadingWhether you voted for former Vice President Atiku Abubakar of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) or Mr Peter Obi of Labour Party (LP) in the recent presidential election. Or have spent your political life fighting Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. If you are Yoruba by ethnic affiliation, you are likely to be made to bear vicarious responsibility for any failings of government for as long […]
Continue ReadingOn the day the Ninth Senate was holding its valedictory session on June 10, 2023, some interesting things occurred. One of them was the shedding of tears by Senator Orji Kalu, who lamented that Nigeria was not fair to him, because he was arrested and sent to jail for stealing despite his contributions to Nigeria […]
Continue ReadingSenator Bulkachuwa’s Faux Pas In my piece of 28/5/2019 titled “Election Tribunals: Hopes and Fears”, I had written about the application made by the legal team of the 2019 Petitioner at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT), former Vice President Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, that Hon. Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, then President of the Court of Appeal, recuse herself […]
Continue ReadingMale infertility is when as a man you have a poor chance of making your female partner pregnant. It usually depends on the quality of your sperm cells. Sometimes, your infertility is linked to sexual function, and other times it could be linked to your semen quality. Some of the main parameters examined is the […]
Continue ReadingAsari Dokubo, the self-styled Niger Delta activist and revolutionary who came into prominence during the struggle for self-determination in the Niger Delta finally got the attention that he may have been looking for. He came into prominence in the 2000s as an activist until the Umaru Yar’Adua administration launched an amnesty programme and the embattled […]
Continue ReadingThis season, President Bola Tinubu is harvesting big pods of cocoa from his plantation. His co-farmers are looking at him with concentrated envy. And jealousy. Exhilaration is in the air. In the last two weeks, he has shown tremendous energy towards changing the status-quo. His suspension of Central Bank (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, is exciting […]
Continue ReadingIn 1948, Israel’s first Prime Minister, David Ben-Gurion, thought of the best way to protect his country’s security information from invasive media toxins. He summed his strategy up in one short sentence: “Take the thief and make him guard.” But a thief would remain a thief even if he is made the chief hunter. A […]
Continue ReadingThe gory image that was sent to me a few days back was that of a stab victim. But what drew my ire was the multitude of people that surrounded the victim, yet it didn’t occur to any of them to make an effort or mobilise for support to rush him to a hospital. In […]
Continue ReadingWithin a fortnight in power, President Bola Tinubu may have set the tone and tempo for what promises to be a dizzying presidency. Right from the inauguration ground at Eagle Square, he could not suppress his anxiety to be in power and in control at the same time. Most classical concepts of power lament that […]
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