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Nigerian’s Love For Music and Nation Building

That feeling you have when you find your feet tapping to that song beat you’ve argued that you couldn’t be bothered with. Whether we ignore or observe trends, we are going to be bothered by our airwaves’ playlist. You can

Our Economy is Getting Better?

President Buhari, on Monday, after receiving a briefing at the Presidential Villa in Abuja from the Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma; the Minister for Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun and Governor of the Central Bank of

Football Fanaticism: Madness or Love?

A new football season is underway, no doubt our streets would be full of youths scampering about from one game center to another. This is a norm for us in Nigeria; every year we see our youths ceaselessly bickering about

Integrity is in Nigeria’s DNA

One beautiful thing about one’s character is that no matter how much you try to hide it, it has a way like a flame of showing its true self. A character can be a virtue or a vice. A child’s

Federal Government Makes Plans to Reform NIPOST (Nigerian Postal Services)

As the federal government works to reposition the nations’ postal and courier services system, it has created a sterling committee to lay the foundation for the change needed. The sterling committee is led by the permanent secretary in the Ministry

This Is How To Know Love

Some have been broken trying to find love, but a lot have been more broken trying to sustain love. I’ve always been a person who is interested in love – the love I read in books, the love people talk

Who Celebrity Eep?

Ok, it is very stale news though, but there was a video of a Nigerian bride who went to her knees at the sight of Timi Dakolo going round on Social Media. Then fast-forward to the picture of Wizkid and

Nigerian Youth in the Age of Social Media.

There is no denying the fact that the social media space has revolutionised our daily existence and experience. The introduction of Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Snapchat, Imo just to mention a few have continued to engage our everyday life. No

One Kobo Thought on #NotTooYoungToRun

It’s no longer news that the #NotYoungToRun bill and Independent Candidacy bill has been approved by the Senate of the Eighth National Assembly. What does this mean to the average youth on the street? Does this mean that miraculous fairies’

Away From Ethnicity –The Case of Biafra 3

My Dad used to laugh at ethnic sentiments. For him, none of us did anything to belong to our ethnic extractions. We just arrived and through no fault or effort of our own, we BECAME IBOS’, YORUBA’S, HAUSA’S, IDOMA’S and

Rethinking Contentment

J.C Ryle once said, “Two things are said to be very rare sights in the world—one is a young man humble, and the other is an old man content”. Being filled with anxiety over one’s possession is the bane of

The Oduduwa and Arewa Republic (s) – The Case of Biafra 2

The case for Oduduwa and Arewa Republic (s) is no better than Biafra’s case. The one advantage both have over Biafra is their possession of natural borders. However, nations are not built by border possession alone. It takes more –

Be Careful What You Wish For – The Case of Biafra 1

Today I take up a subject that many hate, and for those who might think this is inappropriate, I have a few words for you: “One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up

World Peace: Achievable Today

For many of us, discussions on world peace is null and void as it does not seem to sync with our daily lives. As we go about our routines, we must “learn to live with each other as brothers or

The Measure of Intelligence, Redeeming Nigeria from Moral Precipice

Intelligence is often measured by way of standardized IQ tests which in a sense, is parochial. I bring up this argument in my recently published book, The Code: A Simple Story about Raising Great Women. And while I broach the

Evans Disappears?

Waking up to the news of Evans’s Disappearance on Saturday, 8th July, 2017, had many spectators who had been observing his scripted activities in dismay. Chukwuduneme Onwuamadike, a suspected kidnapper kingpin, popularly referred to as Evans was reported by a

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