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Tits-bits from the rooftop
A cool breezy evening it was a few years ago when I was invited by a close pal to one of those ‘coded’ top…
Journalism: Losing self, loving the job!
With the passing on of the legendary Nelson Mandela, and the overwhelming outpouring of words on marble on his…
Good old ‘Alawiye’
A few weeks ago, I encountered some friends who brought about old memories – memories of growing up in a peaceful…
Fine ties, nice suits, sleek cars!
Advertising people are a funny lot. They are even more so if you are talking about those of them who do business in…
The pronunciation game
The diversity of languages spoken across the continent has never ceased to amaze me. Even within a particular…
Break a leg! May their cars run into potholes!
Upon approaching the title of this piece, there would be many indulgees who would grin from side to side. The grin…
Dis phone thing sef
Nigeria is fast colonising the West African region with Pidgin English, you’d agree. And I must say we have really…
An open letter to Union Bank
It was on the evening of Wednesday, October 23, 2013 that I received a call from someone close to me. She had left…
Kellogg’s owes me a swim, big time!
Some, if not all, our distinguished indulgees, who followed our stories on corruption in this newspaper last week…
The misadventure of a chief indulgee
For some other reasons that I cannot readily explain, I am finding it hard to travel these days. And it doesn’t…
RE: There was indeed a country
Dear readers, I received this e-mail from a reader who has a different view about Chinua Achebe’s book, ‘There was…
Now, surely, this is no longer sent from heaven
I had three English Literature teachers at King’s College, Lagos. Mr Chukwudifu taught me drama. Mr ... who liked…