AGAIN, BBC PUTS THE LIE TO NIGERIA'S JOURNALISM
By Steve Osuji
Immediately my son read the report, he called out: “Dad, have you seen the current BBC report on the presidential elections?”
Nigerian News Leader
First with details then facts
TCN AND THE REST OF US: A RESPONSE TO DR BALOGUN
By Professor Fredrick Barde
Like many Nigerians, I was absolutely delighted to read Dr Yemi Balogun’s “Power Management: The Lesson TCN Needs from NAFDAC” published widely in recent days in both traditional and social media. Dr Balogun’s thesis is that regulatory agency officials and other Nigerian government officials should see themselves as private sector business promoters and partners rather than their rivals determined to stop private sector operators by all means possible.
AMAS GRILL, IWOBI AND OKOCHA
By Emeka Obasi
Gbubemi Amas Amanoritsewor ! The name with tall credentials that connected events and people and even when not duly recognised by Nigeria, ventured abroad to excel. A true global citizen, he rests at Oystermouth Cemetery, beneath the sands of Swansea, Wales.
ADOKIYE, OWOLABI AS UNILAG EAGLES
By Emeka Obasi
Three members of the 1980 African Nations Cup winning Green Eagles were products of the University of Lagos. Adokiye Amiesimaka, Felix Owolabi Akinloye and Frank Onwuachi led the Akokites to gold two years earlier.
A PEEP INTO HISTORY (2)
By Bolanle Bolawole
Tunde Obadina (where is he?) was one of the columnists of yore that I relished reading, both for his flair and bluntness. I think he was of the National Concord stable. Others were the likes of Lewis Obi and Sina Adedipe (both also of the Concord); Sonala Olumhense of The Guardian, Muyiwa Adetiba of The PUNCH (published here last week) and, of course, Kayode Samuel of the Vanguard. I have not stopped wondering why Kay stopped maintaining a column – and I have told him so. The riposte he fires regularly on Facebook does not, in my view, compensate for the great loss his absence from serious opinion writing has meant to many. Today, I bring readers one of Obadina’s writings that I ferreted out of my library last week. Titled “Reaping what you sow”, it speaks to our situation today as it did decades ago when it was first written. Enjoy it:
Intimate Affairs: WHEN A MAN'S MANHOOD IS THREATENED
By Funke Egbemode
Whether he is giving sperm or money, a man’s manhood feels rock solid only when he is the giver. All normal men are divinely wired to give. I hope you noticed the emphasis on normal men because not all men are normal. Forget the six-pack abdomen and rippling biceps, many of today’s men don’t mind being humped and getting paid for it. The Yoruba call them ‘alabodo’. Kept men. Gigolos. Men for hire. Toy boys. They are all over the place, dangling their sugar sticks, hoping to net the highest bidder. But their day will come. Today is about the hard task of living with men who are ‘financially under the weather’, if you get my drift. Yes, broke-ass men.
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