Livin’ la Vida Lagos: A Millennial’s Wails

While we are all still wondering if 2019 has overstayed or not, see this as a gentle reminder that we have only a few more days to go. What will determine if the year was productive or not, will be the numbers of zeros in your bank account. As a citizen of this crazy Gen …

HBO’s Ballers Review: Spencer Strassmore is One Lucky Fella

Spencer Strasmore strolled out the office after handing his resignation letter to his partner Joe Krutel (Rob Corddry) like a hero. Just a regular day in the life of "Spencer the Spontaneous," except his spontaneity is his bane. A former NFL player who failed out of the league, chews pills like gums, can't get anyone …

The Nigerian nation against General Buhari by Prof. Wole Soyinka

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This article was first published in January 2007 on Sahara  Reporters with the title The Nigerian Nation Against General Buhari.

This intervention has been provoked, not so much by the ambitions of General Buhari to return to power at the head of a democratic Nigeria, as by declarations of support from directions that leave one totally dumbfounded. It would appear that some, myself among them, had been overcomplacent about the magnitude of an ambition that seemed as preposterous as the late effort of General Ibrahim Babangida to aspire yet again to the honour of presiding over a society that truly seeks a democratic future. What one had dismissed was a rash of illusions, brought about by other political improbabilities that surround us, however, is being given an air of plausibility by individuals and groupings to which one had earlier attributed a sense of relevance of historic actualities. Recently, I published…

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Game of Thrones: A Fine Ending, A Response.

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My friend is an apologist of Daenerys. We had a long talk after the season finale, he was gravely disappointed. I have a different view to it though. This is one big TV Show which has managed to not be the death of its literary source, and in the grandeur of high fantasy failed to lose touch of reality. This is why I find this shrill cry out here -this protest against the wrong done to a character- very surprising. How we crave for the fantastic and wonderful blurs our vision of reality sometimes. The dragon Queen was meant to be the fantastic and terrific heroine. So when Aegon Targaryen VI killed his lover and his queen, many were so displeased with such a dénouement that they lost sight of the great sacrifice that man made for the sake of a better realm.

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Game of Thrones Season 8 Episode 5 Review: The Fans Remember

This article was originally published on BellaNaija. Nothing gives us greater joy as human beings than to see a self-appointed enemy of ours plan fruitlessly to destroy us, only to be betrayed by their allies. Good riddance. Lord Varys won’t be missed, not by me nor the many faithful to the one true queen. Let …

The 2019 Met Gala was an Ode to Creativity and this is Why

This article was originally published on the Guardian Life Mag It would have been the most apt “campy” move of the evening, if someone had showed up in kaki shorts and boots and maybe a whistle around the neck to the 2019 Met Gala themed “Camp: Notes on Fashion.” That exaggeration and ignorance would have …

Comments on “Game of Thrones” Season 8 Episode 4

PS: This article contains massive spoilers! Another of her child gone for the cause, still the enemy sits on the Iron Throne. Word continues to spread and now, even faster, that her claim to the throne is not as sullied as before. Enemies to the east, enemies to the west, enemies to the north, enemies …

From Grace to Grace: Wizkid is having a field 2018

Count his achievements, name them one by one, and it would surprise you what Wizkid has done in a year. Runway shows in Milan, sold out concert in London, sold out jerseys online and a new album on the way, this is the time for Nigerian super star Ayo “Wizkid” Balogun. It all started a …

Tiwa Savage is Winning the Race by Seizing Breaths

“You have to move with the times and ensure you’re continuously growing as an artist, as a woman, as a follower of style.”- Tiwa Savage Endorsement deals with Pepsi and Pampers, sold out concert in London, third studio album on the way, and only last weekend, MTV European Music Award, let the world be silent …

Opinion Editorial: Two Bloggers Weigh in on Nigeria Elections

1st Speaker: Buhari must go and Atiku must not come in 2nd Speaker: If wishes were horses, even beggars will ride The Frustrated Pan African eavesdropped in a conversation between two Nigerian youths. We rallied around and got two Nigerian bloggers give their take on the dialogue. This is their verdict. OLAMIDE WILLIAMS: Curator and …