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Yesterday, I put up a post of my conversation with my friend in which I mentioned late Aaliyah. I left out what we discussed about heavyweight R & B recording artist, R Kelly, and his Dad, which were major aspects of our discussion. What about R Kelly’s Dad? Something I read about an absentee dad who visited his son in prison, in disguise pushed the…
My friend and I were discussing an earlier post on the power of music when she asked me why I wanted Nigerian musical artists and entertainers to consider deeply the story of the dismembering of the yet-warm body of Journalist Jamal Khashoggi shortly after he was murdered (read post here.) I said I wished they would produce more songs with real power; songs that will…
What is the kidney of Nigeria? What are the lungs of Nigeria? What is the liver of Nigeria? What is the eye of Nigeria? What is the ear of Nigeria? What is the skin of Nigeria? What is the nose of Nigeria? What is the tongue of Nigeria? What are the feet of Nigeria and what are the hands of Nigeria? For in a sense,…
So award winning superstar American artist Jennifer Lopez has decided to create her own version of the federal government school feeding program in an elementary school located in Tennessee, United States. News broke recently that Jennifer is donating a year’s supply of food to feed hungry pupils of the school after reading a post put up by one of the teachers in the school who…
He is sixth in line to the throne, a very distant position. Indeed. His older brother, William, who is second in line to the throne, does not have a quarter of the pressure placed on his thirty-five-year-old shoulder. Yet he has chosen his response wisely. When Prince Harry said recently that he would not be bullied into playing a game that killed his mother, Princess…
There have been arguments for and against the ongoing border closure action of the federal government. And the emotions have not been left behind in the back and forth. Both sides continue to provide support and justifications for their position. Just yesterday, governor of the Central bank, Mr Godwin Emefiele pushed further the argument in support of the closure of the border. He said the…
Who knows how a naked grass looks? I don’t know. I have never seen a naked grass in my life. Yet my neighbour’s mental health expert, a psychiatrist of no mean standing has asked him to provide him with the answer. What’s wrong with my neighbour? He is over-anxious about everything. Even when he was told by experts that most of his fears were simply…
Marriage is not overrated. It is one institution that will always be in vogue, to use that common expression. At its core, it is and will always be a hide-away from the shocks of society. Even though these shocks of society, usually unrelenting, know how to pick their moments for impact that will be far reaching, marriage always finds a way to reassert itself, and…
Today is the day we all join Dr Zainab Bagudu and the Medicaid family, to walk away cancer in Abuja, and the rest of Nigeria. My neighbour who travelled with me for the walk did his usual before we touched down at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport. He insisted that because of the sly nature of cancer, it stays a little away from the emotions…
What is the formula for understanding what happens in the mind of a killer just before they pull the trigger? What are the underlying foundations upon which the desire to take another life swiftly is laid? What contributions do a preoccupation with personal rights make in this whole killing enterprise? What other seemingly vague questions should one add to the list before the arduous task…