Why?

Thinking man Why should I ask why? We learn from our experiences or from the experience of others. In all we do, we constantly need to know the reason for the things we do, knowing why we want something, why we do the things we do, why we act the way we do. Asking why makes us have second thoughts and reason deeper, it helps… Read more

On Vested Interests

The NNPC sells kerosene at N50 per litre. Only the NNPC doesn’t sell kerosene. Frequent visits to their (two) distribution stations (in my area) leave you wondering why the hell they advertise a product that is never available, and why the heck it is proclaimed for nearly a third of the actual purchase price; last time I bought the DPK, it was at N135 per… Read more

When the Customer Is ALWAYS Right. PART I: ETISALAT NIGERIA

I loved Etisalat. In fact, at a time when Nigerians have mastered the art of subscribing to multiple networks so as to buffer one with the other, i have become strictly Etisalat, buying SIM after SIM from the same network provider. Believing ?wrongly and ruefully that I was being ‘Naija for life’, and flaunting my network like nothing else mattered. Well, until they too showed… Read more

This journey or the next

John’s parents just moved to a new town, he is in a new school, he is both starting a new stage of his education in a new environment and in a new and totally different level. Today is his first day at his secondary school, the environment is different, the buildings are bigger, the faces are strange, there are lots of other people of his… Read more

The most high

There exist a certain rich man, he owns most international companies, controls all the important media outlets across the world, in every country his companies have employed over 100,000 people directly and millions indirectly. He owns air-crafts and military weapons companies, he owns numerous islands across the world, he has bought all the rights to every project going on in outer space. His companies controls… Read more

The Head of MEDUSA

The beginning of this month of August was a very prayerful one for many a Nigerian student, at least those who believed that even God can mediate between ASUU and our (…) federal government. ASUU, we had heard was set to embark on yet another strike; while the memory of last year’s six-month postponement of the destinies of millions of (the poor man’s) children is… Read more

The Myopic Vision of a Rapist Dressed in Messiah’s Garb – One Youth’s Account

The year 2011 was a significant one in Nigeria: it was the year President Yar’Adua’s tenure ended availing Nigerians the opportunity to again decide who should occupy the Rock. And it was in the scramble for this that Mallam Nuhu Ribadu was given the presidential ticket of the (then) Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN). For us in the South-West, 2011 was the year the ACN… Read more