Tales my patients told me: Confessions of a Retired Bank Robber

By Emmanuel Fashakin Barry (not real name) disappeared from our practice two years ago, and nobody could reach him to schedule his physicals. He suddenly reappeared a few months ago, and when I asked him about it yesterday, he was all smiles and joking about it: "I went back to prison, mein!" From the look…

December 29, 20220Comments

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Features

Reign of Terror – The Story of Ejigbadero, The King of Land Grabbers

By Olanrewaju Onigegewura Ejigbadero Ishola Ishola Ejigbadero Bi ere, bi ere, *O di Chairmanu o* Ejigbadero o aaa Se ri ise Oluwa? Eji d'olowo.... That was the opening of the track in honour of Nigeria's first notorious land grabber, contained in the Volume 19 work of Baba Legba released in 1974. As you go from…

December 28, 20220Comments

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spotlight

Great things happened in 2022

TVC News Nigeria reports that "the year 2022 has been fraught with a myriad of uncertainties. Education losses, global inflation, disruptions in supply chains, and other global challenges remind us that the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic continue to linger. In Nigeria, the Gross Domestic Product per capita was last recorded at 49, 69.22 US…

December 27, 20220Comments

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Opinion

Our country needs more than platitudes and empty promises, Somber Tuesday series by Mojúbàolú Olufúnké Okome

#SomberTuesday! Electioneering campaigns continue as we went through the Christmas celebrations. Candidates continue to make extravagant promises to the electorate. If believed, they are the messiahs that Nigeria needs to rescue our nation from tarnation. But to believe them is to indulge in false consciousness. Our country needs more than platitudes and empty promises. It…

December 27, 20220Comments

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TIPS

It’s “wholly Nigerian-owned company”, NOT a “wholly owned Nigerian company”

By Chinua Asuzu WHITHER (adverb) versus WITHER (verb): “Whither” means “where” or “to which place.” It’s an archaic adverb to be avoided in modern writing, but you can inject it justifiably once a decade for poetic effect. “Wither” means “to become dry,” “to dry up,” “to shrivel.” WARY versus WEARY (adjectives): “To be wary of something is…

December 25, 20220Comments

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Interview

How I gave judgment against my husband’s government – Mary Peter-Odili

By Lillian Okenwa My father’s wig and gown attracted me to study law even though after secondary school I started having this idea of going to read Accountancy. A senior friend of mine was in IMT reading Accountancy, so I now wanted to read Accountancy. I went for the entrance exams at IMT and passed…

December 25, 20220Comments

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Opinion

Qatar 2022 Miscellaneous

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu On 2 July 2005, Argentina and Nigeria contested the finals of the FIFA World Youth (Under-20) Championships at the Galgenwaard Stadion in Utrecht, The Netherlands. Both teams had navigated a treacherous route over the 23 days of the tournament, which began on 10 June. Argentina emerged second, behind the USA, from…

December 25, 20220Comments

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Video

Video: I have no patience for lazy women – Mary Peter Odili, JSC

It has been said that beyond their family and kids, working women have a life that gives them a sense of self-accomplishment and fulfillment. Retired Justice of Nigeria's Supreme Court, Hon. Justice Mary Peter Odili agrees with this notion and much more. She also told Lillian Okenwa how she narrowly missed studying accountancy.

December 23, 20220Comments

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Tribute

Joe Nwankwo, what a time to say goodbye…

By Lillian Okenwa Joe was a clown. As judicial correspondents back in the days, many of us felt he was in the wrong profession. Comedy should have been the choice we told him. There was no dull moment with Joe. Frankly, what journalism gained, the entertainment world lost Big time in Joe. Joe will say…

December 23, 20220Comments

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Interview

National Assembly should fast track legislations that would protect taking evidence of young persons – Mary Peter Odili

Born on 12 May 1952 at Amudi Obizi, Ezinihitte-Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo State, Hon. Justice Mary Ukaego Peter Odili, JSC who bowed out of the Supreme Court of Nigeria on Thursday, May 12, 2022 is the third woman to ascend the Supreme Court bench in Nigeria. Her closing days at the apex Court were…

December 22, 20220Comments

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