It’s Easter weekend and I’m driving down the Pacific coast, savoring the ocean breeze and listening to Kirk Franklin’s Lean...

I spent my week enjoying the inside of an hospital.  I have never passed the night in the hospital before,...

The social media was abuzz late last week by some emerging news from Nigeria. Normally, when the social media goes...

I’m 35,000 feet above the ground, floating in a giant mechanical bird that man calls an airplane. This has become...

Dear Jonatithes; I must apologize for not writing sooner to welcome you to our great capital city. I was a...

I had no clue there was that much “red” in Nigeria until Valentine’s Day. You gotta love Nigerians, despite the...

They say if you live long enough, you’ll see everything.  Maybe the folks who came up with that phrase were...

It’s tough to be Nigeria. If the country could speak, I bet the first words would be “guys, easy! Damn!”...

Words are a funny thing in life, aren’t they? If someone had walked up to me while I was having...

There is a saying that “the young shall grow.” Hidden in that concept is that they will not only grow...

I was going to nominate myself for man of the year because, well, I can and as our leaders show...

It’s not every day that you walk on the streets or departure and arrival lounges of airports in western countries...

By now, Stella Oduah would have realized that bit of Biblical text in Ecclesiastes that a season for everything is...

I may be wrong but President Goodluck Jonathan’s gotta be one of the most underappreciated leaders of our time, maybe...

This has been an awful week. The Republicans decided to shut down the government in America. If you’re a government...

A year ago, my five year-old son was asked to give a talk to his class about himself. He stuns...

Dear Mr. President; ​I trust you’re well because God knows our dear country needs you more at this time than...

​I am a man. I have to start with that caveat in case some people think I’m not. I’m also...

I was confused about the whole political logjam in the PDP this week. I read every book, watched all the...

God wasn’t joking when he inserted that bit about respecting your parents in the Ten Commandments.  For a long time...

The Lagos sky is setting on this glorious Saturday evening. Out in the streets, millions of people are wondering where...

I love days like this. After the doldrums of the summer, when all you’re consigned to as a sports fan...

A few years ago, there was this cool Gatorade commercial about basketball legend Michael Jordan. It was a sing and...

Last Wednesday was a day to be proud as a Nigerian. That is if you’re a Nigerian who is not...

I was finishing a late lunch in Ashkelon in late April when I saw a look of concern on the...