Soldiers in slumber
Around the country, but particularly in the North, Nigeria’s military (wo)men are being shot at that others may live. Battle-weary…
Ondo church suspects: Look in the mirror
During the dark ages, the pontifical perverts cut down an estimated 68 million souls in cold blood. The Spanish inquisition,…
Who is thinking of Sonia Ekweremadu?
IN life, it is not good to have a big mouth, pontificating on people’s pain, laughing at those in an…
The desecration of the Supreme Court
On March 26, 2017, I had a successful defence of my doctoral dissertation at the Department of English, Obafemi Awolowo…
Lawan’s machina
Waka queen Salawa Abeni is not always mentioned in popular discourse today, but she saw a powerful vision years ago.…
Yorubaland encircled
On Wednesday this week, the Ondo State government said that the death toll from Sunday’s terrorist attack on St. Francis…
Northern yobos, southern bimbos
IN a primary election that displayed the very worst in Nigeria’s mercantile politicking, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presented Nigerians…
The triumph of touts
On the eve of a governorship election in a certain mythical state, members of a campaign team got the shock…
For Nigeria’s leaders with dead conscience
One of the greatest afflictions that can befall any nation is the enthronement of wicked leaders. With a conscience seared…
2023: That ABN moment
In large part because the 1999 Constitution was crafted by soldiers, the Nigerian president is constitutionally one of the world’s…
MWO Audu Linus’ marriage warrant
IN this harsh episode called life, as Mary Whiddon of Chagford in Dartmoor found out on October 11, 1641, tragedy…
When life’s one and a half kobo
Here’s a simple test: by the morning of Saturday April 30 when this piece is being read, none of the…
That Dubai orgy
If the trending story of a Dubai sex orgy by pupils of Chrisland School, Lagos, illustrates anything, it is the…
Atiku’s dubious promise
IF you haven’t previously realized how really interesting Nigerian politicians could be, you probably will in this season of fake…
Why Buhari does no good with power
AS Nigeria grows dizzy with pain as one giant killing field, almost every voice of note across the country has…
Yahoo Yahoo mothers and new morality
THIS week, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) scored a moral victory, or so it seemed. It secured the…
Nature’s last laugh
In yet another illustration of nature’s disdain for hybrids, Florida governor Ron DeSantis issued a proclamation on Tuesday recognizing Emma…
Police outlaws and nothing-go-happen boast
IN 2016 while heading to Ikorodu, my local government of origin, on a critical assignment for Sunday Tribune, a police…
A demonic takeover
In today’s Nigeria, there aren’t many pathways to comfort or prosperity, only a million roads to death. From North to…
Pathetic Putin
Were the demented dictator, Vladimir Putin, suddenly to grow spiritual eyes, he would realise just how futile his present gambit…
