Biodun Jeyifo (1946-2026), by Obi Nwakanma
There are these times when uttering words feel too overwhelming, because words sometimes weigh like stones. Such moments are like now, when we must make offerings to the memory of a man like Biodun Jeyifo – BJ for short. At his death, I was too tongue-tied to make appropriate tribute. In these times, when vulgar […]
The DSS arrest of judges
By now, Nigerians have heard much, but certainly not all of the fallouts of last week’s brazen arrest of Federal judges, and three honorable judges of the Supreme Court by agents of the Department of State Security, DSS.
NIGERIA: 56 years later
The civil war continues to haunt Nigeria today because its ghosts were never properly buried. The contradictions of that war gave impetus to all the abominations that came to characterize the post-war nation
Black Lives Matter
A terrible and aggravating scene once again played out this past week in Tulsa, Oklahoma where another black man, Terrence Crutcher, was shot and killed by a white police officer, Betty Shelby. The unfolding events leading to the killing of Terence Crutcher captured live by webcam and police helicopter videos showed an unarmed black man with his hands raised walking away with slow unsure steps from the police woman who had pulled and pointed her gun at him.
Black Lives Matter
A terrible and aggravating scene once again played out this past week in Tulsa, Oklahoma where another black man, Terrence Crutcher, was shot and killed by a white police officer, Betty Shelby.
The Etiquette of Queuing: “Stay in line”
It marvels me when I see people so anxious, so much in a hurry that queuing up is am stumbling block for them. They are quite comfortable jumping the queue regardless of who is looking at them. But why the rush! It is a matter of waiting in line for your turn.
