Life

Progressively maintain extensive infomediaries via extensible niches. Dramatically disseminate standardized metrics after resource-leveling processes. Objectively pursue diverse catalysts for change for interoperable meta-services.

The other day I got a call from one of those salesgirls at DSTV. When she asked if I had a few minutes I replied that I didn’t, but I was polite and didn’t want to hang up brashly.  We hadn’t renewed the DSTV at my office for a month and she wanted to know...

That is why is share a lot here, I’ve attempted the craziest ambitions, I am learning so much, reading so much, and writing so much all at once Die empty* One of the most beautiful book to read is “Die Empty” by Todd Henry. The author was inspired and got this idea of writing this...

The other day, a truckload of men from Jigawa State made it to Lagos as they do on a daily basis in the constant flux of human beings in, around and outside Nigeria and all over the world. For some reason, someone alerted the Lagos State Government which swung into action and intercepted the truck....

A lot has been said about xenophobia and on the strained relationship between South Africa and the rest of black Africa with particular reference to Nigeria. In the past week we have seen the evacuation of Nigerians from South Africa – at least as many as want to leave. But the numbers are quite small...

The other day, a truckload of men from Jigawa State made it to Lagos as they do on a daily basis in the constant flux of human beings in, around and outside Nigeria and all over the world. For some reason, someone alerted the Lagos State Government which swung into action and intercepted the truck....

I know many westerners who will die for their dogs and cats, but who don’t care if the neighbor next door would starve to death. When I went for a Masters Degree in London in 2005, my world-be neighbor at 4, Crossfield Avenue, Swiss Cottage, David Cooke, came to me on my first day at...

I was glad the other day when the Federal Government announced a ban – yes an outright ban – on the very frightening and future-usurping practice called the Almajirai system. I had written on this page more than twice, about how that is the singularly most serious drawback for Nigeria, today and tomorrow. If we...

What has the world turned into? That is a very popular refrain when we contemplate how yesterday is better than today. The thought that yesterday is always better than today is documented in psychology as a cognitive bias. In truth though, yesterday is not necessarily better than today. The ‘good old days’ weren’t really as...

It was a fairly easy decision for me to take when I was asked by organizers of Pius Adesanmi’s candlelight vigil at Abuja, to allow Senator Bukola Saraki who just arrived, speak ahead of me. It was perhaps the quickest and easiest ‘NO!’ I ever said. I then quipped that Pius would never have agreed...