.. how many crimes would we be willing to cover up just because we owe the culprit our loyalty? Would you be loyal to your brother if you knew for a fact he committed the murder he is accused of? Personally, I wouldn’t ask for loyalty when I’m in the wrong. And… Continue reading
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10 Things You Need for a Better Love Life
Love is crazy and it leads us to unexpected places at times. Sadly enough it could mean struggling to find joy in seeing someone you love with a person he or she has the opportunity to be as happy or even happier as they were or will be with you. Continue reading
The Respect that Matter.
I had been working through what seemed as endless nights and torrid days. I hardly slept but yet I kept wishing my days had at least three more hours than the usual twenty-four so I could stay awake that much longer to catch up on lost time. As though that wasn’t enough, this so … Continue reading
How Pornfident Are You?
Yes, this article is about pornography. Now, this little section is for the sake of all reflex reactions. So basically the gasps of “Oh my God, I’m not reading this” from the pretentious holier-than-thou folks, the excited rubbing of palms (possibly accompanied by licking of lips) from the proud pervs in the house, and the … Continue reading
Is your Humanity Intact?
In the old days, the people of Idoma-land engaged in a peculiar custom. Before a man got married, he was to cater for a creature of lower life form for a period of time. Most commonly, this creature would be either a pig, a goat, or a dog. The reason for this was barely looked … Continue reading
Modern Day Enslavement
Yesterday’s slaves were slaves by deprivation of comfort
Yet the modern day slave remains in bondage of comfort
Cravings leave us hooked and sinkered by luxuries of all sorts Continue reading
A Race Treated More Badly Than Apes
Day one, I switch on CNN and see the frightening video of a helpless boy being dragged through a moat by a 450-pound silverback gorilla. I shudder at the mere imagination of being left at the mercy of such a monstrous, unpredictable beast as a grown man, let alone as a three-year old. I nod … Continue reading
I Tire for Naija
Naija I troway salute oo. How we fit progress if na d same tin oyinbo man do us before 1960 we still dey do ourself. Oyinbo enter our motherland, flog our grandpapa like say dem no be age mate. Today nko? Your papa fit be police man, but army man go flog am koboko, ask … Continue reading
They’re Still Killing Us!
So two terrorists are seated at a bar deep in conversation. The barman becomes curious about their scheme and decides to ask what the ongoing conversation is all about. “We are planning our next terrorist attack”, one of the miscreants reply. “We expect to kill over two thousand people and a donkey”. “A donkey? Why … Continue reading
Old dog, New Poli-Tricks
The dust has finally settled on the 2015 elections. The majority of those elected into public offices should be well out of the murky swamps of politics by now, fully immersing themselves in the daunting waters of governance. You are now backing into the all too familiar state of powerlessness until the next wave of … Continue reading