O God! What is with Africans, especially Nigerians? We love titles so much. It is commonplace to see a man having over seven titles and all the titles must come before or after his name. For instance, you hear something like High Chief, Professor, Dr., AYZ,(OFR, GCFR, BA, BSc.,GCE, SSCE).

Fifty years of independence and we are still crawling?” asked Pat, a commuter in an Ikeja-bound passenger bus while listening to an advert on radio about Nigeria’s forthcoming 50th independence anniversary celebration. “In what single area have we improved post-independence? Instead of all this noise, we should go to our closets and weep for our dear nation and what has become of what was once a promising nation.

IN the past nudity in any form was considered a mark of uncivilisation, but today, it’s like the more you bare, the more civilised or fashionable you are considered. Parliamentarians focused on this when Peter suddenly exclaimed: “Phew! What is this world turning to? Is it now a crime to dress decently? Didn’t these two people look at themselves in the mirror before leaving home?”

Why must civil servants always use strike action to press home their demand? Just look at what this warning strike embarked upon by medical doctors in some states has caused? Some patients have died due to lack of medical care,” began Jeff. “Physicians are not supposed to embark on strike no matter what happens. Their primary duty is to save lives, money or no money!” he declared.

Simply because a few bad eggs exist among us does not make every Nigerian a bad egg. Are all Colombians drug barons? Are all Americans drug addicts? Are all Arabs terrorists? Hell, No! We are not worse than those people but their media don’t go about telling the world how bad their people are.