By Omordia, Efe Alexandra – Some people insist that they work best when they are under pressure. They say it gingers them up to beat deadlines. However, I think that football enthusiasts in the sub-region would have a contrary opinion based on the performances of most of the teams that represented the sub-region at the last FIFA World Cup. Before the tournament, some pundits predicted that the Ivorian team would be the surprise team of the tournament and their reasons for such a choice were not far-fetched considering the fact that the Team was comprised of people like Didier Drogba... Continue Reading
By Omordia, Efe Alexandra – Have you heard the story of an heiress that got kidnapped and spent the rest of her years living in a Hovel not finding enough courage to break-out and get her due? I’m sure you haven’t for the simple reason that it is not a real story; it’s just the best way I can put some clarity to a worrisome trend plaguing communities in the sub-region where one finds full grown adults with all their faculty intact feeling very comfortable with engaging in Sycophancy in the bid to collect handouts from people who usually are... Continue Reading
By Omordia, Efe Alexandra – In this part of the world, names are very significant. The process that leads to the naming of a child is usually a family affair and when I say a family affair I don’t just mean the exclusive arrangement of a father and mother deciding over breakfast what to name their offspring no no no! It goes way beyond that; it goes as far as what grandma, grandpa and the whole clan think about the choice. Names bore by individuals are as diverse as the sub-continent’s ethnic groupings. However, the similarity in most of these... Continue Reading
By Omordia, Efe Alexandra – In the past, victims of kidnappings were usually individuals who had some clout or whose absence where considered as a major loss to the communities they represent but that is not the case today. In Nigeria for example, kidnappings have become as common place as poverty and strife. It is a ‘trade’ that is fast gaining popularity. It is spreading like wildfire. In the beginning it was restricted to the Niger Delta region where expatriates workers were kidnapped and ransom demanded by indigenes who felt that they were being short-changed by the oil companies operating... Continue Reading
By Omordia, Efe Alexandra – It’s the decade of mobile telecommunications in West Africa. Everywhere you go, you see people clutching their phones and engaging in animated conversations. The Telecommunication providers have suddenly realized that there is a huge market in West Africa and they are doing all they can to woo the teeming population of men and women who are determined to procreate in large numbers regardless of their financial statuses. There is the saying over here that says one must give birth to the number of children that God gives. Nice! If everything was in place but alas,... Continue Reading
