Chris Ihidero Unedited

It says something when a young woman who was beginning to make a way in her career falls ill and could not even raise enough money for her treatment within her industry, either directly or through influence. Read More »

Please sir, don’t let me be angry with you. I am not in any mood for mind games today. Those people have been missing for a whole week now and do not deserve to have their issue treated with such disdain. For Christ’s sake there are 239 grieving families out there who need closure! Read More »

I want to say good morning to you, but I can’t. I need not be told that it cannot be a good morning wherever you are. I doubt very much that you all have had any good thing happen to you in the 19 days since you were abducted. Read More »

On a busy street somewhere in Lagos, a young woman with an ample bosom and well-rounded buttocks balances a full tray of erect Atiku penises on her head, wriggles her buttocks and declares... Read More »

Are you a foreigner? Are you a learner? Are you about to attend a musical concert in Nigeria? Listen up, here are the golden rules of Naija concert etiquette: Read More »

No, the food at Jevenik isn’t poisonous; it is just too much, and for someone who was brought up in a home where you have to finish the food on your plate, eating at Jevenik became a suicide mission. Read More »

Isn’t it rather ironic that this bill was passed by a senate filled with morally bankrupt people? Do you know of a single filthier gathering of Nigerians than the senate and house of representative? The question we should be asking is: how come the ‘immorality’ of homosexuals is more obscene to people whose conduct shows how little they care about the people they represent and how much they care about themselves? If homosexuality is sinful, what about corruption, greed and nepotism? Read More »

'May God punish the stupid people who write all these stupid articles in these useless magazines you people read! How are they qualified to know what a man is sensitive to or not? Useless people! If they know so much they should tell us how men are able to buy bras for their wives without bothering about bra size. Nonsense in brackets!' Read More »

Against all odds, Ayo Animashaun continues to thrive where many have failed. Just when you thought he couldn’t take this any further, he turns up with the boldest attempt yet to turn the Headies around. Read More »

Usually a piece like this is written at someone’s demise. We wait until that person is no more before we speak about whatever good we saw in him/her. Over a decade ago I lost a fellow corps member during service year in Anambra State. A devout catholic, he had something nice to say about everyone he encountered, even to me who had very unkind things to say to him about his church. Then he died suddenly in an accident and I never had the chance to tell him how I thought he was a great guy. I resolved then to sing the praise of people while they are alive to hear it, and to sing it out loud Read More »

Madiba; it is perhaps more important to celebrate and encourage the many acts of heroism we find in our daily lives and in the lives of those around us. There’s a little Madiba in many of us but our search for massive Madiba figure everywhere blinds us from the little ones around us. And this is why true heroes matter; they inspire us to be better than we ever imagined we could be, and they ask us to be so without being perfect... Read More »

The French are an arrogant lot. Believing that their capital city, Paris, is the one place to visit they simply declared: See Paris and Die. There can't be much more you want to do in life after experiencing the beauty and charm of Paris, they insist. Truth be told, there's a lot to be proud of and perhaps arrogant about in Paris, as I discovered on a recent trip. Read More »

There's a science to shopping in Lagos traffic and, because I care so much about your wellbeing, I shall share juicy secrets of shopping in Lagos traffic with you.. Read More »

There’s something flighty about this digital era that I cannot totally trust. Perhaps it’s all just too fast for me. I like a steady hand. I like things that are built to last. So, what happens if I store all my favourite books, songs and films on a computer and it gets stolen? Or the hard drive crashes? Or the smartphone is collected by thieves in Lagos traffic? Yes, these are the thoughts that keep me awake at night. It will take a wild fire to lose the books in my library, my CD collection and my DVDs in one fell swoop. This reality gives me joy, and peace. There’s something substantial about it, a feeling I never get with digital storage. What if someone highjacks the Internet and hides it in Mars, ehn, WHAT IF? I refuse to put my fate in the hands of invisible entities and all things digital qualify as such. Read More »

I pity celebrities. Where many people envy them for the attention they draw in public, all I am able to feel for many of them is pity. How do they survive? I would literally die if I had to endure the public scrutiny that celebrities are subjected to... Read More »

I like to define myself as non-violent. While I have no hope of becoming another Gandhi, I will usually walk away from a violent confrontation. This, of course, has not always been the case Read More »

This minister of aviation, like many before her, does not know what she's doing. Or, perhaps, she knows what she's doing when it comes to siphoning money from government coffers, but clearly, it is the madness that this country continues to exhibit that allows someone like her to become a minister in the first instance. This, of course, says a lot about the president but, as you all probably know already, I have no faith in the abilities of this president in any capacity whatsoever. Read More »

'Baby, I heard something today o, and it got me thinking.'.. Read More »

Actually, that’s not entirely true. I know how I feel but I can’t seem to come to terms with the fact that things have come to such a terrible state between us. I’m in an abusive relationship with my country. I’m the abused and my country my abuser. For reasons I can’t explain, beyond national pride or patriotism, I’m attracted to my abuser; in fact, it may be said that I am intricately tied to my abuser, perhaps eternally... Read More »

There's nothing wrong with seeing an artistic expression as nothing more than a legitimate hustle. Purists would rather artistes starve to death in the service of art, forbidding them from extracting maximum value from their artistic work, making profit sound like a bad thing where art is concerned. I do not deny that Nollywood needs improvement in many areas. In fact I often say that some of the films many of my colleagues put forth are preposterous, to say the least. Read More »

Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor might be the Christian god who has become too used to munching earthly vegetable soups dished handsomely from the generous Christian Association of Nigeria kitchen... Read More »

I hardly ever consider what good food costs when I am eating out. I am willing to pay whatever it costs if the food and the experience is worthy. I am not a great fan of fancy dinning, where the presentation is more important than the food and flavours on the plate. Read More »

'Good morning, Man of God. Thank you for finally speaking on this issue sir.'.. Read More »

Baby give it to me tonight, tonight; I'm going crazy tonight, tonight; let me be your pastor, yes, your pastor tonight; I want to graze your pasture, your pasture…o ya limpopo, baby baby limpopo, I say make you limpopo…' Read More »

In just one day last week, almost 1000 (or over 2000, depending on who you believe) Egyptians lost their lives because those who swore to defend their democracy and secure their lives and properties changed their minds... Read More »

It is all quiet in heaven one Sunday evening... Read More »

We are all as different as we can be, we men. We come in all shades and sizes and understanding how different we are is a very wise move for better co-existence... Read More »

To meet near absolute silence as one meanders through rocky and erosion-impacted roads can be unnerving. The woman walking down the road carrying few pieces of firewood looks like she's only concerned about the fire to be made tonight and perhaps in the morning…the tendency to live in bulk is what cities impose on us. City life, ever on a hustle overdrive, has little patience for living on a need-only basis; time isn't available to do things is small ways Read More »

There's a little Yerima is most of us, anchored on religious and cultural sentiments. And we must slay them all. Read More »

Giving people due praise in Nigeria is as rare as finding a three-breasted woman, which is why Sanni Abacha still doesn't get his due praise as devil incarnate and Turai Yar'Adua as Lady Macbeth reloaded... Read More »