Sight and Imitation  ―psychological power of human simulation

Reminiscing about the good old childhood days, 24-year old Priscilla recalls series of scenario she played out. As a young girl, she would make Sunday afternoons her lesson time, she is the teacher with a good number of pupils in her mind. To get a touch of reality, she would assemble her three siblings as a point of contact, conduct her school assembly with them and teach them. She was the proprietress, the disciplinary teacher...

OPINION: Why Buhari Lost And It May Never Be Regained By Anymore

By Rudolf Okonkwo — Guest Columnist This week, I went back to watch an April 12, 2015, interview that I had with the then-President-elect Muhammadu Buhari. After watching the interview, I arrived at a clear conclusion: It was all Olusegun Obasanjo’s fault. Nigeria’s final chance to revive itself, to be a fair, decent, and just nation, came in 1999. Posterity called on Olusegun Obasanjo, who came out of prison with a new lease on life, to...

ANALYSIS: Soludo’s Transition Team Speaks to His Political Agenda

Obviously, the appointment of members of opposition political parties is not an oversight or an error. It is a deliberate effort that makes a bold statement to the effect of giving a hint of the incoming governor’s ambitious political roadmap. AWKA — A careful consideration of the just-released Transition Team of Anambra State Governor-Elect, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo reveals, among other things, his scope of interest in state, regional and national politics. Soludo who rode on...

OPINION: Why Prof. Soludo Must Not Take-off With a Lot of Baggage

Prof. Soludo has to sanitize his government from the get-go, and never populate his new government with appointees who should not be associated with the new government, especially when there are no political repercussions. Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, Anambra’s Governor-Elect will be sworn-in in about two months’ time. So far, many people have become desperate and doing all they could to lobby for one position or another. Most of those lobbying for positions are in Obiano’s...

Ethiopia Conflict Dynamics Shift as New U.S. Envoy Takes Over

Recent signs out of Ethiopia are encouraging, but major issues standing in the way of a sustainable peace remain unresolved. By Michelle Gavin, Guest columnist and blogger News coming out of Addis Ababa suggests that the conflict in Ethiopia is entering a new phase. For over a year, momentum seemed to be forever driving toward worsening violence between the federal government, its allies, and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), as well as a deepening...

Thanksgiving Service Episode 2: “”Any Pastor Wey Dey Look Me Bad Eye…..”

“Any Pastor Wey Dey Look Me Bad Eye as If Him Sef Be Saint, Na God Go Punish Am” I imagined myself grabbing her waist and moving mine in and out like I usually do in the other room. It felt like a pleasant heavenly dream until I was awoken with a violent slap. The building had gone quiet. I was faced with an angry and disgusted woman who had just slapped me. Pastors rushed...

Thanksgiving Service Episode 3: “He Used His Thing to Put the Oil Inside Me”

“When we entered the altar place,” she began “Pastor Edwin asked me to wait for him in one room. The room resemble office but now look like self-contain apartment because parlour chair, bed and small wardrobe was there.” She pushed beyond the limitations of her fluency to paint a clearer picture. “Mhm?” I followed. “After some time, he came inside the room and said that God show him something.” A reckless driver I had been...

Barbed Oddities of the Conformist

To dance another’s dance steps is to deprive your soul its freedom of expression. To think another’s thought is to suffocate the elasticity of your mind. To embrace war without defence is to dig a self-made grave. To fume anger without understanding is to get burnt with strange fire. To expect a harvest different from its seed is to nurture the weed of disappointment. To compare oneself to another is to fix round pegs into...

Chile’s President-Elect Gabriel Boris: What the Nigerian Youths Must Learn

“ The process for a serious power bargain must begin, so that if it is not realized in 2023, then, it can be realized in 2027 or 2031.” ―Ebuka Onyekwelu The just-concluded presidential election in Chile is a test and a pass, on some long-established principles in the acquisition of state power and government reforms or I should say a true win for the people, particularly in a democracy. It remains like a power most...

President Buhari’s 79th Birthday and Reno Omokri’s ‘Reap-What-You-Sow’ Wishes

The President of Nigeria, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Friday, 17th December, 2021, marked his 79th birthday in Istanbul, Turkey. He was surprised with a cake by some Nigerian delegates who chorused “Happy birthday, Mr. President,” on sighting him. The President as quoted by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said, “I thought that being away from Abuja, I will escape these things. The Guards Brigade had written to tell...

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