Saturday, May 18th, 2013
The new Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Film Corporation (NFC), Engr. Danjuma Dabo, should know by now that he would not get a red carpet reception from the Nollywood fraternity whenever he resumes at his new post. Although his appointment was announced by...
Saturday, May 11th, 2013
My time at Starz was like losing my virginity. That night, a chastity belt fell off my waist. It was a nightclub with black go-go dancers. It paraded 25 dancers in all. The girls danced wearing only their bikinis downstairs but it is full options...
Saturday, May 11th, 2013
By Olumide Iyanda You have to give it to former President Olusegun Obasanjo; the old soldier knows how to choose his battles wisely. One of the biggest tricks he pulled on Nigerians was making people think his moves against ex-Governors Dieprieye Alamieyeseigha (Alams), Joshua Dariye and...
Saturday, April 6th, 2013
Olumide Iyanda When the Minister of Tourism, Culture and National Orientation, Chief Edem Duke, said in May 2012, that “in the Nigeria of today, we can no longer manage the theatre so we are looking for international investment partners”, many who are used to how...
Saturday, March 30th, 2013
By Olumide Iyanda Legend has it that Akwa Ibom women can find their way into any man’s heart from the kitchen to the bedroom. I am not adequately qualified to speak on the bedroom bit but I can bet three square meals that a typical woman...
Saturday, March 23rd, 2013
Olumide Iyanda Email: oiyanda@yahoo.com Twitter: @mightyng SMS: 08053069129 Whatever sins Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu may have committed in his eight years as governor of Lagos State, many will readily point to the establishment of the Lagos State Transport Management Agency (LASTMA) and anointing of Babatunde Raji...
Saturday, February 23rd, 2013
The jeers get louder whenever the wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience, speaks. And it is not just about her gift of oratory or lack of it. It is also about an almost pathological contempt for the people who look up to her as mother...
Saturday, February 23rd, 2013
Man’s mind stretched to a new idea never goes back to its original dimensions – Oliver Wendell Holmes Dis Nigeria, ehn? I sat in my living room on the evening of the final of AFCON and in spite of the deliberate effort of PHCN to...
Saturday, February 16th, 2013
Olumide Iyanda I really can’t help but gloat. Four weeks ago I wrote an article titled, “Eagles, don’t come back with another bronze.” My point then was that Nigeria had won the bronze medal one time too many at the Africa Cup of Nation (AFCON)...
Saturday, February 16th, 2013
Olumide Iyanda I really can’t help but gloat. Four weeks ago I wrote an article titled, “Eagles, don’t come back with another bronze.” My point then was that Nigeria had won the bronze medal one time too many at the Africa Cup of Nation (AFCON)...
Saturday, February 9th, 2013
Olumide Iyanda Having squandered a record amount of the nation’s wealth and public goodwill since assuming office as President in May 2010, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan has since become the butt of jokes and scathing criticism from sworn enemies and some people who once swore by...
Saturday, February 2nd, 2013
Olumide Iyanda If there is an award for Best Governor for the Ethical Protection of Animals, such honour should go to Governor Umaru Tanko Al-Makura of Nasarawa State. The man, who in 1978 formed Almakura Nigeria Limited to import and service agricultural and industrial machinery,...
Saturday, January 26th, 2013
Olumide Iyanda You have to pity Dr. Goodluck Jonathan. He has suffered the indignity of being the most abused President in Nigerian history. Now, some people are saying the Police College in Ikeja, which is under his watch, is only fit for pigs. But even...
Saturday, January 19th, 2013
Olumide Iyanda , Email: oiyanda@yahoo.com Twitter: @mightyng Scottish alternative rock band, Del Amitri, recorded the official anthem for their country’s squad ahead of the France 98 World Cup. The song was titled, ‘Don’t Come Home Too Soon’. Anybody with a fair idea of the history...
Saturday, January 12th, 2013
Olumide Iyanda, Email: oiyanda@yahoo.com Twitter: @mightyng The antics of Governor Sullivan Chime and the Enugu State House of Assembly since the former disappeared into thin air on September 29, 2012 would qualify as crime in any place with the barest claim to decency. Nigerian politicians may...
