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When Maman Vatsa died
I was in secondary school, or was it preparatory to start my university career? I can’t remember But what I remembered was sitting in my father’s sparsely furnished living room, riddled with contractions and fear In my young mind, I loved IBB to death. He was charismatic and fine. His gap tooth was beautiful, and…
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Men – how have we become so weak and stupid
The average Nigerian man is weak. He is stupifyingly weak. He finds himself hiding under exposure and enlightenment to set himself up to be bullied by his wife and all the women around him I usually hiss in disdain when I hear a full-grown man rechoe the crap that is now the National anthem –…
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REPARATIONS: Time to Right the Wrongs
Why Is This Necessary? In recent years, too many men have been falsely accused, publicly shamed, and even imprisoned — only to be acquitted later by competent courts of law. By then, their names, families, and livelihoods are already destroyed. This is not justice. A society that allows emotional outbursts, online trials, and weak investigations…
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Reparations
The Nigerian state should heavily compensate every man FALSELY accused or acquitted by a competent court of law. Furthermore, we will champion the establishment of a Legal Trust Fund with the sole aim of advocating for men, defending their rights, and ensuring due process and justice in this matter. Please, I am looking for a…
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He drugged and viciously raped her
It was a work party, and he was the director. He was tall and good-looking, and she was in HR and beautiful, and as the day progressed, he spiked her drink, dragged her lifeless body through the crowd and into his car. Rushed to a hotel in Lekki, paid for the room, carried her lifeless…
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My two visits to Christopher Kolade
As a young man, I had set up the Bowtie club. It was supposed to be a club of gentlemen with corporate aspirations laced with powerful themes of principled transparency and ethical considerations We had great men in the club, including Bayo Mustapha, the insurance big boy, Ernest Edgar, who grew to be Director at…
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NESG and the talk, talk, talkfest
I hear they have assembled in Abuja on a talking binge Nigeria is a country of talkers. We talk too much and do little else From TV talking heads who go to conferences, symposia, breakfast meetings – too many labels for a general national waste of time If I attend all the talkfests that I…
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Urgent small facts about Kashimawo
Urgent small facts about Kashimawo Written and directed by Prof Ojo Bakare Prof, Yemi Shodimu and Abe Abiodun volunteered and were not paid for their excellent services Zara handled Sound assisting Ben , one of the biggest sound people in the UK Ben initially KO jingles that played during the historic elections Famous photographer Michael…
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Rufai was rude and condescending
Let me not allow Dr Abati’s Bowtie to distract me and go straight to my piece on this matter As Dr Abati’s Bowtie hits me at the beginning of the programme, I make a conscious effort to ignore it, as my mission in this write-up is clear: to call out my friend and brother. Rufai…