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The African spirit
As I write this, I could recall the preface written by Nelson Mandela in the book Mandela’s Way – Lessons on Life…
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…
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…
Nigerian consumers still very much short-changed
It was on Monday that I saw a post on Facebook by Pelu Awofeso, the publisher of Wakabout, a tourism magazine. I…
Hiding under so many things – culture, religion,…
It was the Ebami Eda himself, the legendary sage, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, who drew our attention to a special…
Thermocool heeds my call
Three weeks ago, I did a piece titled ‘How Thermocool sold me a bad freezer’. On the evening of Friday, July 5,…
Fashola’s Lagos should be fair to Eko Project…
Every indulgee who’s worth his or her membership of this square table knows how I feel about Abuja. My former…
Having a good laugh on your BB at law enforcement!
There are many indulgees who now have fingers permanently bent like smoked crayfish as a result of suffering…
Eliminating desire
A few years ago, I was going through my blackberry when I came across an article on Time magazine website. In…
At IKEA, you are made to help keep prices low!
I am writing this with some trepidation, afraid of what the lady downstairs would say when she gets this…
‘No African time, please!’
How possible is it to live in a country where you have to schedule weeks ahead to have a dinner date with a…
How Thermocool sold me a bad freezer
On the June 15, 2013 I had called a sales representative of Thermocool, Chika, with whom I had been in…