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Statues come alive in my mind
Sunday, 29 June 2008 12:21 P GMT+01
I might just get what I have always thought about - statues coming alive, the result of an ultra-vivid imagination
Category: Commentary
Indonesia: Two heroin smuggling Nigerians killed
Friday, 27 June 2008 11:42 A GMT+01
Reading about the killing of 2 Nigerians by firing squad in Indonesia leaves one wondering if they got any help to appeal their convictions in the hope for a commutation.
In my view, ambassadors have a duty to both law-abiding and criminal Nigerians.
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Frankly, Madam Ambassador, I am not impressed
Monday, 23 June 2008 11:05 P GMT+01
Newly appointed ambassadors should do well to find out about their country folk before pandering to cliches and unfounded generalisations that paint Nigerians in less than exemplary and unfavourable light.
Hurdles always topple over
Monday, 23 June 2008 8:55 P GMT+01
A wall might well be a curtain just as obstacles in life might well be hurdles. Hurdles do topple over when knocked, hit or tripped over by a hurdler or runner - it all seems daunting from afar.
Category: Commentary
Adedibu: Benevolence, Wills and Legacy
Monday, 23 June 2008 5:20 P GMT+01
Now that Alhaji Adedibu is no more, it also appears his large giving hand has been cut off.
His children are not carrying on his legacy possibly because he failed to bequeath something to that cause and left no instructions to that effect.
Expecting high drama on the Mount of Olives
Sunday, 22 June 2008 6:37 A GMT+01
Global Anglican Future Conference - a group of hard-line conservative bishops hell-bent on breaking up the Anglican Communium on the back of homosexuality have been unwelcome guests in Jerusalem - we need more high drama, I say.
Zimbabwe: Ready for Re-Colonisation
Tuesday, 17 June 2008 12:25 P GMT+01
Does Zimbabwe offer anything that would make it worthy of re-colonisation? I think not.
So why the delusions, lies and falsehoods of Robert Mugabe?
Nigeria: Dragging Iwu to the court of the Twelfth of June
Monday, 16 June 2008 4:39 P GMT+01
When the tenure of Professor Maurice is placed in juxtaposition to that of Professor Humphrey Nwosu, the former is found wanting.
That is the start difference between the National Electoral Commissions of 1993 and 2007.
A moment of madness
Saturday, 14 June 2008 8:41 P GMT+01
In just a sudden moment of madness a reputation is destroyed in the quest for some pleasure in prohibited places, with illicit paraphernalia and using illegal substance abuse.
Do we need more control of our lives?
Category: Commentary Sexuality
Nigeria: June the Twelfth
Thursday, 12 June 2008 1:19 P GMT+01
15 years since the promise of representative democracy was destroyed by the machinations of a malevolent military junta.
We are yet to achieve that standard of democratic resolve which makes this day still so relevant and significant to Nigeria's fu
Adedibu, Half of Ibadanland, the man is no more
Wednesday, 11 June 2008 12:12 P GMT+01
The strongman of Ibadan, the elder thug that has plagued Oyo State with menace and with impunity - that power broker and peddler of the riotous mob - Alhaji Lamidi Adedibu has died.
Nigeria: Old Dishonest Generals Praise Abacha
Monday, 9 June 2008 5:49 P GMT+01
Three ex-military leaders of Nigeria contend that General Sani Abacha did not loot the National Treasury.
So, why are Swiss banks returning the supposedly legitimate stash?
Is this the man?
Saturday, 7 June 2008 12:08 A GMT+01
Something is happening in our world and I wonder if the man has come to fulfil that great destiny.
A rotten experience of shopping and delivery
Friday, 6 June 2008 8:30 P GMT+01
After writing this I would be happy that it is all over - I bought some computer goods online and it was all drama after that
Category: Commentary
Nigeria: Removing influence from selecting the cabinet
Tuesday, 3 June 2008 4:54 P GMT+01
The President can reshuffle his cabinet but it appears the state governors want more than a say in how he does it - Well, I think not - this is about Nigeria as a whole not little states.
Fashion, function and fit
Sunday, 1 June 2008 11:44 A GMT+01
To me a sophisticated person is someone who is able to balance the needs of fashion, function and fit when they appear in public without disgusting anybody.
There are so very few to see nowadays.
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