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Englishes?
It was Sir Shina Peters who sang ‘Grammar, grammar no be my language’ some years back. Obviously, a grammatical…
The Crave of Death 2 (Mini-series)
The pain was sharp and unlike anything I had ever experienced. Then I shivered and became curious about the sharp…
Clowns, jesters, time wasters at a conference!
Indulgees are probably having the laugh of their lives right now. Since we started gathering here on Sunday,…
Eliminating desire
A few years ago, I was going through my blackberry when I came across an article on Time magazine website. In the…
The crave of death (mini-series)
He saw all things. He was the most powerful amongst all and after him came us. He always said that we were next in…
Live, work in Apapa? The State is after your life!
Apapa, the semi-Island port town in Lagos, has a powerful nostalgic effect on me. It’s what they say about every…
Good old ‘Alawiye’
A few weeks ago, I encountered some friends who brought about old memories – memories of growing up in a peaceful…
Lagos – A state on one-week lockdown!
I am surprised that there isn’t any real movement taking place in Lagos right now. By this I mean the kind of…
‘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 friend;…
It’s a democracy! No, it’s like a diarchy!
In far away Brazil, there is a football festival going on right now. Brazil is a carnival country. It has an…
The invisible woman
I have decided to title my piece this week after the famous African-American writer, Ralph Ellison’s “The Invisible…
CBN must do much more against these COT robberies!
After shouting for a long time about ‘inverted bank robberies’ (the type that do not involve gun-wielding marauders…