From Apartheid, South Africa which was liberated by other Africans has steadily and consistently descended into a state of Zapartheid. If Apartheid was a prerogative of the whites, Zapartheid is a misadventure of the blacks. These were the same people who attracted the sympathy and empathy of other Africans in the brutal days of the white minority supremacists regime of […]

The quantum rise in the incidences of rape, both reported and unreported shows a dangerous trend that is leap frogging. Only some decade or years ago, rape cases were some few isolated incidences. In this part of the world, the word rape was just a mere English word to be found hidden in the dictionaries. […]

Nigeria’s involvement in the war against Mali’s Ansar Dine rebel fighters was met with cynical skepticism by several opinion leaders and individuals in the nation. It is however in my opinion, the best decisions the Federal Government has taken in recent times.It is a fact that the much dreaded Boko Haram sect has ties with […]

Cring! Cring! Cring! #phone rings# “Hello! Chief Bolingo, good morning” “Morning my man, are you still in bed?” “Yes Chief, just had a discussion with my wife….” “Oh! I see….bedroom talk abi? Okay, that aside, I hope you have not forgotten my aspiration for the seat of the president of this country” “Nooo….I have not, […]

Last month, a friend of mine, Chidi, told me that he had resigned his appointment as a teacher in a private secondary school in Jos in order to look for greener pasture. Before his resignation, Chidi was the HOD of Languages Department of the secondary school. He taught English language at the senior secondary section […]

Sir Ahmadu Bello is to Hausas what Obafemi Awolowo is to the Yorubas. Similarly, Emeka Ojukwu is to the Igbos what J.S Tarka is to the Tiv people, and what Joseph Gomwalk is to the Plateau people. All these people are considered as heroes of their own people and even the nation at large. If […]

The recent amnesty proposed to Boko Haram by the Federal Government has become a topical issue of immense debate and discourse. While most Northern elites view the amnesty plan as a viable option for curbing Boko Haram’s menace, other well meaning Nigerians are kicking against the idea. By offering amnesty, President Goodluck Jonathan has again […]

Whenever the time for elections and political campaigns come around in Nigeria, there are broadly two demographics that politicians and political parties try to win over in exchange for votes: those who are won over by the policy proposals of politicians, their characters and records; and those for whom the most important things are the […]

One of the major ills militating against the growth and development of Nigeria is the injection of religious sentiment into politics. It  remains an uncontestable fact that religious bigots in Nigeria have over the years used religion as a tool to shape and direct how politics ought to be played in the country. A situation where […]

Long before you were born, I always had a father and mother; then a brother and later sisters. When I was man enough, I married my wife -your mum and we bore a son. The only thing missing was a daughter. The ladies had several times broken my heart and left me with knives of […]