‘Not as exotic as you’: The poetics of difference and othering
By Oko Owi Ocho Afrika Isaac Miebi Mandez creates a persona who is in therapy—but it is a collective self-therapy that takes us through the history of colonial violence, the continued impact of the wound of that violence, and what Frantz Fanon had noted as the continuity of the wound of colonialism, which we have […]
5 celebrities who rose to fame through social media in Nigeria
In his article titled, “Social Media Celebrity & the New Culture of Fame” Femi Isaac, a popular web content writer explains how social media has changed the order of business in Nigeria’s entertainment industry while highlighting five celebrities who rose to fame in the country through the aid of social media..
Getting it right with electricity bills
“No one saves us but ourselves. No one can, and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path “-BuddhaMore. THE biggest and deepest pain of the electricity consumer today is the issue of fraudulent bills by the electric power houses and suppliers in the name of DisCos. Our leaders have battled with the problems […]
Kachikwu, NNPC and the need for continuity
PROPONENTS of restructuring in the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, to divest Ibe Kachikwu of his double-barreled position of minister of state for petroleum and group managing director of the corporation have, at last, had their way.
Celebrating Okowa @ 57
WHAT fitting birthday present can one possibly give His Excellency, Dr. Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa, the Executive Governor of Delta State, a rare politician who turned 57 today if not to salute his professional touch in a state that pride itself as the finger of God? I have come to respect His Excellency since the day I first met him. By virtue of his background in medicine, Governor Okowa would appear to be professionally programmed to be cautious, painstaking, detailed and meticulous.
The Lagos ban on street trading; Ambode tempts fate
“An unjust law is no law at all” St. Augustine 2011 was the year of reckoning for Arab dictators and the rise of people power in the Arab world. The ordinary people stood up to their leaders and said “enough was enough”. The revolution swept out decades old dictators in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Yemen and […]
