Never has writing history been less contentious, especially when it involves a war. And never are the winners ever satisfied with anything less than the accurate (and perhaps often embellished) portrayals of their conquest and the terms of surrender;...

A man in Nigeria has been asked to divorce eighty-two of his eighty-six wives or face serious sanctions from the society. (Refer to story) Let us listen again to the Etsu Nupe, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar, the traditional head, as quoted in The Punch on...

I am curious. I know that Barack Obama’s father is a Luo, a tribe in Kenya which has been in the fore front of opposition in the seeming Kikuyu/Kalenjin political hegemony. I may be wrong there. I also know that Ralia Odinga – that name again –...

A little earlier today while browsing in a remote cybercafe in the city of Ibadan, West Africa’s largest, I noticed that the cafe’s attendant was constantly mentioning one name. A name that I was familiar with for about four weeks in 2005...

The final medals tally at the last Olympic Games in Beijing does seem to offer not just a mild symbolism as arrow to more contemporary realities. Doesn’t it? After all, the Olympic games have over the years been a ground for strong statements of...

Nigerian President Umaru Yar’adua is expected back from Saudi Arabia today Wednesday from a trip ostensibly made to participate in the Ramadan Umrah in the Middle Eastern country. The real reason for his travel has been “revealed”...

The past few days has had me remembering places I have been to and the lasting impressions they made on me – people, food, atmosphere and all. Today, my mind goes to Kenya. Much more than for the news reaching me of the recent violence that turned a...

Last week, when thousands of recently graduated students from Nigerian higher institutions took off from their respective states of residencies with their needed baggage on a journey to several different locations around the country where they have...

The Nigerian contingents in the male football category of the just concluded Beijing Olympics have finished second, behind 2004 champions Argentina. Dream Team IV as they have been called struggled through the 95 minutes final game with an Argentinean...

When, or may I say if, Senator Barrack Obama becomes the president of the world’s most powerful country in January next year, he might come to realize Africa as more than just a routine problem in his already complicated ancestry. It is bad enough...