Beheaded teacher Michael was someone’s son
It is another sad day in Nigeria. Another dark day. His only sin was that he woke up and went…
Sad lives of men married to lazy women
SOME men are unlucky. All their wives brought to the ‘table’ are banging bodies and colourful sex styles. Husbands who…
The sickness called xenophobia
Kaka: What kind of people gather to water another man’s private Strait of Hormuz? Koko: Sick people. Kaka: What kind…
Day Mike Adenuga made thatched shack food vendor multimillionaire
This is a true life story. Poor Ashabi. She had gone to her place of business that day, like any…
Forest of Yesterday’s Men
Ketenfe was an ancient town that used to be feared for its wealth and military prowess many many years ago,…
The town that fed a snake
If I am ‘accused’ of being pregnant with twins, shouldn’t the onus be on me to confirm or deny the…
That Ojaaba Ibadan court of dirty linen
Every Saturday, I reach for the Saturday Tribune to read the latest tales of dirty underwear from Ibadan’s courts of…
Nigeria’s departing future
Ace Actor, my multi-talented friend, Yemi Sodimu, started a riot with this post some days ago: “E wa o, dis…
I’ll make sure you never pee again
IT was on March 6. I caught this well dressed guy peeing in the drainage at the turning to my…
Fragments of Tragedy
Zainab Musa was once the proud mother of four children in a small farming village near Bama. Her husband, Musa,…
Are today’s sons prepared for today’s daughters?
Kunle was raised in a house where the rules were clear and neatly folded like ‘bottom-box’ Sunday church clothes. His…
Tears in Tehran won’t dry soon
At the funeral, a woman clutched a photograph of two smiling pupils—perhaps her own daughters, now dead. The Office of…
Political meeting at Mama Silifa’s Buka
Scene: A wooden bench outside Mama Silifa’s Buka. Generator humming. Power just went off. Again. For the second time in…
Something just happened in Apaara
Apaara, like any sleepy town was a community where gossip travelled faster than motorcycles and truth arrived limping behind it.…
Skunk, colorado and Nigeria’s bent destiny
Do you know what it means to find the severed heads of cats neatly arranged in trays at a market…
The big deal about small wins
Ezeani, many years ago, was a village by the bend of a lazy river. For years, hunger sat stubbornly in…
Does a new wife cure erectile dysfunction?
Excuse me, is a man’s manhood a phone or a power bank?
The Greedy Grasscutter and His Nigerian Cousins
A family of grasscutters went in search of food one day. It had been a terrible season for the clan;…
Senator Yari’s second address
I like laws but not very much. Nigeria has too many laws, all kinds of laws, really, including the ones…
The floating throne of Rivers State
Many years ago, in the thick forest of Arigbabuwo, there lived a fearsome beast called Iwaninnka (good character is key).…
