On average, three people take traditional chieftaincy titles each week in Onitsha, Anambra State, Nigeria. That’s approximately 156 men and women every year rolling out the drums. Each of those …
During the last days of her husband’s presidency, First Lady, Madam Aisha Buhari, told a gathering of military and police officers wives that her beloved husband, President Muhammadu Buhari, “suffered” …
Today, 25th February, 2024, marks exactly one year since the most recent and now most controversial Presidential Election in Nigeria. With the benefits of hindsight, and given the dire situation …
I arrived the United States of America on the morning of March 6 1983 with 7500 Naira in my pocket. As a young fresh student newly arrived from Nigeria, I …
My two key assignments in Nsukka, Enugu State, on Wednesday, as significant as they were, got consumed in my chance but emotional encounter with an old friend and university mate …
We’ve all been there before. Sitting in front of the TV, waiting to view what promises to be a sumptuous game. You have a personal interest in the outcome of …
In life, there are people who tend to be very difficult to manage. They are everywhere – in our families, work places, religious groups and every human gathering. The larger …
William Shakespeare said, “Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown.” Had Shakespeare encountered your political godfather, he might have advised you not to take a crown from him. Not …
All is now set for the 96th Annual National Conference of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN), arguably the largest gathering of professionals in Nigeria and one of the oldest …
The word japa, originally a Yoruba word, has easily passed into Nigerian pidgin – creole – and might well be on its way into standard international English. It means breaking …
