Commentaries on Governor Monday Okpebholo’s remarks over Peter Obi’s visit to Edo State are dropping thick and fast, but much of the reactions traffics in insult at the governor. And …
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood And sorry I could not travel both… Then took the other, just as fair, I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere …
All too often traditional titles are thrown around as confetti to scratch egoistic itch. The title for Atuekong Donald Obot Etiebet, pre-eminent geoscientist and IT geek, came from a different …
Each generation must out of relative obscurity discover its mission, fulfil it, or betray it –Frantz Fanon What Frantz Fanon said in the quote above all those many years ago in …
“Ray was an obsession for me back in the day as a high school student. His writing was the best of verdant prose, earthy and full of quotable quotes. His …
“The style is the man”—William Strunk Jr. “Amaechi delivered a sunny speech reflecting a sunny disposition in the face of daunting odds. Can he walk the talk?” ROTIMI Amaechi’s presidential …
“There is no debate whatsoever that the bizarre and the dramatic claim instant attention, and that the primary object of commentators is attention. But commentaries should be about more. The …
“Soyinka may not be accessible to everyone; but whoever writes for everyone? The mere fact that you commit thought to writing in the first place has already excluded some people. …
By Iboro Otongaran “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” This was the great American philosopher of Spanish descent, George Santayana, laying down an immortal caution …
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