There was this story of a political activist who was considered an enemy of State and sentenced to death. His last act when given the chance, was to hug his mother. This got people curious. Why not his wife, a child, or any of his comrades-in- arms? The message here however, is not that he chose his […]

You cannot be more Nigerian than someone from the South – West who found love across the Niger, served in Benin Kingdom and remains attached to Lagos, where nothing escapes scrutiny. Akin Victor Ogunsanya represents courage, determination and fair play. Chatting with him is a journey into almost everything. From politics to nationalism, you  will delve into […]

•A three-pronged strategy for your consideration! Poor Nigerians. These days, ordinary people are one wrong journey away from a brutal death. General Rabe is now dead. Who knows what his family went through to recover his remains? May his soul rest in peace. The lessons from Rabe’s killing are for the living. When he served as military […]

Fatalism is the belief that all events are predetermined and therefore inevitable. Fatalists assume that mere mortals are powerless to influence the future and that all events are decided by fate and outside human control. This type of thinking is common amongst religious people – and most Nigerians are religious or at least superstitious; and I […]

Journalists like to think that the world would be finished without them. Nothing illustrates this vanity more than the joke by my old school journalism teacher that even when the world ends, reporters will be there to tell those in paradise what is happening on the other side. This illusion deprives the profession of its sanity. […]