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“As father of the state …” No, you’re not!
Politicians get carried away too quickly and very easily in this country. Even though it’s commonly accepted around…
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…
The pronunciation game
The diversity of languages spoken across the continent has never ceased to amaze me. Even within a particular…
Think you’re a bone cracker? Try orobo turkey
Life can really be fun when you throw some cares out of the window, come down from a high horse and mingle with…
Laughter of the African man
Some years back, I was lucky to be at a literary conference at the University of Lagos where the late Funsho Alabi…
My big phone company and I
My phone company is very big. It is so big that it considers me (and I’m sure, millions of other people) a little…
Akpos is everywhere these days
The tortoise is always a reoccurring character in the folktales we all grew up with. He is often portrayed as the…
Ki le leyi o… Eja osan (What is this? It’s fish . . .)
In my time as a proper Lagos school boy, the legendary musician, King Sunny Ade (KSA), and the unmistakable Sir…
Bayelsa and an opportunity called golden
The sleepy town of Yenogoa came to life last weekend when people from all parts of the continent and beyond…
Abuja, their Abuja! City in everlasting construction!
Abuja never seizes to amaze me! It’s an interesting city, both in terms of organized design and the chaos of what…
The pronunciation game
The diversity of languages spoken across the continent has never ceased to amaze me. Even within a particular…
Never mind politicians; Debanj, 2Face, Nollywood are…
It’s summer and I am out of town. I have decided to take a deserved, good long rest, the first in years; and I have…