Big grammar! Just imagine a young widow and her kids turn on the TV. It’s time for the network news and the headline is about the reintegration of repentant Boko Haram fighters. Suddenly, tears roll down the cheeks of Ugomma, her son, and daughters. These repentant fighters are terrorists that have been rechristened to “repentant…

The Uncomplicated Radicals  Sometimes, I think about the road on the path of revolution and how people are always convinced – looking from the outside in – that one has to be brainwashed before becoming a “radical”. I’d love to know if it makes sense in terms of psycho-analyzing people’s – anyone’s – actions while…

29-year-old Josh Alfred popularly known as Josh2Funny has become a pop-culture giant and a phenomenon of some sort.  Raised in a strict Christian home, Josh2Funny didn’t just fall out from the skies. Over the years, he has diligently put in deliberate work to reach where he is today. Josh2Funny is highly revered and loved by…

Some claim you are always shying away from responsibilities. Others just don’t seem to understand the paradigm shifts from generation to generation. People assume you don’t want the best for yourself without knowing how much you wish for the best. They only project what they think but forget you bear the thoughts and do the…

“If she doesn’t call me, I won’t call”, “If he doesn’t visit me, why should I be the one to go over?”, “I can’t be the one always texting, it makes me seem weak and vulnerable”. It’s okay since life has become a competition for us. Humans are going through hell but fellow humans who…

Looks like 8 is the magic number for today. The number of years we enjoyed the genius called Mo’Hit Records. When D’banj and Don Jazzy, fresh from the UK burst onto the Nigerian music scene in 2004, they changed the scene and ruled the game for 8 solid years. In those years, they gave us…

You randomly remember someone you used to know. For weeks, you feel the urge to google his name and find out what great exploits he is doing now. You procrastinate a few times and finally one cool morning, after waking up with body ache, you turn on your PC and navigate your mouse pointer to…

I’m losing it. I’m losing control. Looks like the earth is leaving us behind. Looks like earth hit the pause button. No one was able to predict this craze. Even the soothsayers are dazed by the turn of events. Everything was affected, even lent. No one knows the length of this pause. Everyone’s longing for…