There is no doubt that political developments in the polity have preoccupied the minds of public commentators and pundits. Sensational stories like the 2016 Budget scandal rocking the House of Representatives, unending PDP crisis being fuelled by contradictory rulings of learned Justices of Federal High Courts, the Niger Delta imbroglio and other pressing national issues, have become sources of destraction to the populace.

There is a tenacious debate in feminism and academia about sexual objectification. Sexual objectification is an incredibly touchy and multi-layered issue which has been associated with various societal anomalies and psychological defects in women, including depression, low self-worth, negative self-image, a general sense of hopelessness, etcetera.

The most corrupt people in Nigeria? Men in their 50s – especially the civil servants.

At that age, men have lost their idealism, the stark reality of the Nigerian state stares them right in the face. I had often wondered why, and have always felt embarrassed when, in the past, I passed through Immigration at the Lagos Airport and I’m asked for ‘something’ by the grown men who manned those desks. But now that I get to spend a lot more time in Nigeria, I know why.

FEW personages have so perfectly embodied an educational institution’s corporate spirit and greatness as Rev Father Nicholas Chukwuemeka Tagbo has done for CKC, the famous high school that shaped his life and ours into adulthood. But like all projects human, his most illustrious and eventful career on this planet is done with and over. And here lies our worthy senior and distinguished fellow Old Boy…

One cliché that has lately drawn interest among Nigerian newsmakers and observers is the controversial phenomenon of “Budget Padding.” Given the way Nigerians are wont to glamourise crimes, or take for granted issues thrown at them by the political class, it is not surprising that very few Nigerians have been able to interrogate the phrase to give a definitive meaning to it.