“I just came from America”: The familiar strangers are here again

by Eizu Uwaoma First of all, don’t be offended for these are just my opinion. But to me, it’s deep and hurting how the best of our kind gets exported to foreign lands only for them to come back in minds and lifestyles really not their own. They return back changed with lost originality. From... Read More

America, London, nigeria

August 16, 2011

A desperate call: The Kefee Peace Foundation presents ‘Let Peace Grow’ ft. Omotola, Uti, Eva & others

by Taiwo Damilola In this moving track, Kefee Obareki and friends voice out their appeal to Nigerians to let peace grow. The ensemble of singers and rappers do justice to this song which is backed by the Kefee Peace Foundation. According to a media release, the video was put together because “the death toll in the... Read More

branama, Eben, Eedris, Eva, Jodie, Jos Crisis, Kefee, kefee peace foundation, naija, nigeria, Omotola, plateau state, Skales, Splash, Terry Tha Rapman, uti, Video, wudi awa, wudland, Zeal

August 3, 2011

Thoughts of a Young Nigerian: The need for special advice

by Yomi Kazeem In this day and age when every step is scrutinized and analyzed, one has to tread carefully. Very carefully. Nigerians are filled with angst, all of which is directed at the politicians of our time who have steered us away from proverbial Eldorado with steady, unnerving and hapless consistency. As such, in... Read More

nigeria, Politics, Special advisers

July 19, 2011

Heard of the new ‘Skinny Jeans’ tax in Lagos? We present the news… upside down!

by Stanley Azuakola This week’s news, with a pinch of salt! Lagos to Introduce New Taxes The Lagos state governor, Babatunde Fashola has assured Lagosians that his government’s recent doggedness in demanding TV and cable taxes is only the beginning as it plans to introduce new taxes for blackberry users, individuals with more than 100... Read More

lagos, News, nigeria, pinch of salt

July 11, 2011

Young, Female: What’s in a name?

by Abidemi Johnson I’m referred to as many things by different people, ‘girl’ ‘lady’ ‘woman’ ‘madam’ (I hate that one, someone please tell my boss!). That’s not all, there’s ‘babe and babes’ (I don’t understand why one babe is referred to as ‘babes’, perhaps it’s not an English word), then of course ‘chic’. Chic? Seriously!... Read More

nigeria, Young Female

July 6, 2011

Who wants to be a minister?

by ‘Yomi Kazeem The following took place in the mind of a young Nigerian between 11:00pm and 12:00pm. My fellow Nigerians, the time has once again come to take steps towards engineering a progression of our nascent democracy. I, being the General Commandant-In Chief of Armed Forces, have looked far and wide searching for ministers... Read More

Minister, nigeria, Yomi Kazeem

June 28, 2011

Nigeria’s looming food crisis: The ugly truth

by Ore Fakorede It is truly sad that a nation blessed with Africa’s largest oil reserves and some of its most fertile lands cannot feed its 140 million people, and relatively minor reductions in rainfall could set off a regional food catastrophe. Before oil was discovered off the coast of Nigeria in the 1970s, the... Read More

Food Crisis, nigeria, World Bank, Zimbabwe

“I just came from America”: The familiar strangers are here again

A desperate call: The Kefee Peace Foundation presents ‘Let Peace Grow’ ft. Omotola, Uti, Eva & others

Thoughts of a Young Nigerian: The need for special advice

Heard of the new ‘Skinny Jeans’ tax in Lagos? We present the news… upside down!

Young, Female: What’s in a name?

Who wants to be a minister?

Nigeria’s looming food crisis: The ugly truth

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