Tag: Prince Charles Dickson PhD
My friend Sowore…and what really is ours
To the thinking man, the world is a comedy; to the feeling man, it's a tragedy. I think all the time--Ken Saro Wiwa.
The young...
Nigeria, is she really 59 years old?
Akì í mú ìbọn tetere. One does not hold a gun carelessly. (Always be careful in handling dangerous matters.)
So Nigeria is 59 years,...
Are you ashamed, but proud of Nigeria?
A stone that is visible cannot destroy a hoe. Rwandan Proverb
I am tucked in my hotel room in the Nobleza, their motto quality and...
My dying arewa and aboki na El-Rufai
Some seven years ago thereabout I had written an essay Northern Nigeria, and her mythical realities, I repeated same, only two years ago, in...
The story of the Foolish Nigerian
The 'Olodo' analogy is at the heart of my conversation this week; Nigerians are a people that are easily blown by the wind. 'Olodo...
In Nigeria, If the people aren’t happy…
I went to a friend’s house and in the kitchen, I saw in their kitchen refrigerator, “If Momma isn’t happy... ain’t nobody happy.” It’s...
Nigeria, if only we had fathers
So, very quickly I can tell loads of columns, and columnists this week like meself did be writing on everything politics, June 12, APC,...
Nigeria’s once upon a time leaders
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” John Quincy Adams
In the United...
The Nigerian Patriots or ‘Playtriots’
Arise, O compatriots, Nigeria's call obey
To serve our fatherland
With love and strength and faith
The labour of our heroes past
Shall never be in vain
To serve...
Nigeria, again unchaining the dogs of war
“Nigeria is not at peace and unity and cooperation with itself. Great chasms yawn between ethnographic, ethnofaith and ethnocentric groups. Our unhappy Nigeria is...
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Who watches Mr. Buhari
“For four years, Mr. President, the nation has accorded you such servile obeisance on the understanding that you inherited a weak state and that...
Abuja Prostitutes, almajiris, and the future
In the lasts three weeks, the Abuja board for something and onething (forgive me) has been engaged in some moral war against prostitutes, strip...
Exodus—regular and irregular migration of ze people
Let me start with this short story, as told me by a colleague—during the civil war in Nigeria, at one of the frontiers, neighboring...
How much is a Nigerian life worth?
My friend's family is grieving. Their beloved golden retriever, Scout, has died. It’s hard to describe this loss, because you would have to have...
South of Nigeria and Bourgeois Yan Iskas
If you must buy a baboon don't buy the one with a 10% discount. PCD
So while you call them the Ibos, are they...
North of Nigeria and Iberiberism
Very quickly these are not the best of times for my friend and brother, Owelle Rochas iScAriot Okorocha, the outgoing Imo state governor and...
Divided: a people, versus a nation
As oyinbo (whiteman) take like Black Maria, blackmail, black angels, black coffee, the black man still proudly uses the white tissue roll for black...
Good morning and Congratulations Mr. Buhari
Wislawa Szymborska’s poem, The End and the Beginning (translated by Johanna Trzeciak):
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Nigerian elections and right to life
“No truth can cure the sorrow we feel from losing a loved one. No truth, no sincerity, no strength, no kindness can cure that...
Make we thief these politicians pants
Very quickly for my ‘tush, ajebo, high class, sophisticated’ readership let me explain what pants are; in the UK "Pants" typically refers to underwear....
…Still nothing for the Nigerian Pikin
An estimated 25,685 babies (was supposedly) born in Nigeria on New Year's Day, according to UNICEF, with Nigerian babies making up 6.5 percent of...
Whether Naija spoil or good…
Running and scratching oneself is not possible
With 2019 now in full swing, let me share a short story with you and give you...
2019; The Butcher Washes His Hands Before Weighing the Meat
So it’s some 24hours into 2019, Nigerians would be going to the polls, to imagine that only 19 years ago, her democracy was only...
2019: the year of stealing
"Kowa ya dade yaga dadau". - Hausa (Whoever lives long, will see wonders).
Them belly full, but we hungry
A hungry mob is a angry...
Nigerian Elections; selling the girl to buy a lantern…
The person we were supposed to sell and buy a lantern, asked, "if you sell me to buy the lantern, of what use, when...
Light no dey…the matter pass N16 billion
16bn Power Saga; Obj, Buhari generate more heat than electricity, this headline by Blueprint Newspaper sums it all up, in the same week that...
Inadequate transmission oil to pump Nigeria’s Economy
In recent months and as the General Elections draw nigh, President Buhari and his team has insisted that economic growth under his presidency “is...
Nigeria; her women and mothers (Proverbs)
Yet another mothers' day celebrations across various faiths in Nigerian Christendom, I love women, and graciously say that I am jealous of them; when...
Buhari vs Buhari…them and us
A puppy thinks: “Hey, these people I live with feed me, love me, provide me with a warm, dry home, pet me and take...
…Playing perpetually with fire; Nigeria
One who believes that the earth is chasing him, where did he put his feet while running?
I recall those pente-rascal god of men...