Sunday, 14 February 2016

Requiem for a Hero


“I was actually in that valley on March 28, 2015. I did not want Nigeria to slide into a theatre of war, with his  fellow county men and woman dying, and many more pouring  into other nations in Africa and beyond, as refugees.

Of Buharists, Jonathanians and a Simple Analysis of Political Immaturity

"We are products of our past, but we don't have to be prisoners of it." Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
It is appalling to know that Nigerians are now polarised into two main caucuses, which is not even anywhere near political, but rather individualism, and most times bordering on ethnic lines and religious affiliation - the Buharists and the Jonathanians - as if these are the most important situation and life-changing experience we need now.

Wednesday, 3 February 2016

Concussion (2015 film) is a Nigerian

Poser: How many Hollywood movies have been made about the lives and achievements of Nigerians who have made one impact or the other on the world stage, with big name actors like Will Smith taking the role of the Nigerian achiever, and Alec Baldwin in a supporting role?