My New Year Resolution, By Osmund Agbo
For many years, I have maintained a sustained and discerning interest in Nigeria’s real estate sector, gradually assembling what might fairly be described as a […]
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Nigeria needs support, not shock and awe, by Osmund Agbo
Since week, President Donald Trump has intensified his rhetoric on Christian persecution in Nigeria, warning the Nigerian government to act swiftly against the growing insurgency. […]
The crown Mandela refused, by Osmund Agbo
Aso Rock may continue to dismiss rumors of a coup, but the stench of panic hangs thick in the air. First came the sudden cancellation […]
Sowore takes the fight where it belongs, by Osmund Agbo
At the crack of dawn on Monday, October 20, the usually bustling arteries of Abuja were transformed into a fortress. By 6:00 a.m., combined contingents […]
Sixty-Five Candles, No Light, by Osmund Agbo Sixty-five candles,yet the flame gutters in the wind,smoke curling over a nationthat learned to crawl backward.Independence, they saidbut […]
Holy words, unholy causes: How nationalism warps the message of Christ, by Osmund Agbo
The first time I watched the video clip of Charlie Kirk’s murder, I knew I had made a huge mistake. The assassin’s bullet was brutal […]
The tyranny of imagination, by Osmund Agbo
Our one and only daughter has gone off to college. Madam and I dropped her off the weekend before. As we made the four-hour drive […]
The kingdom where kings never die, by Osmund Agbo
I was minding my own business, staring dismally at Delta’s underwhelming low-budget Jollof rice and resigned to the dreary choice between chicken and fish, when […]
When home is the mouth of a shark, by Osmund Agbo
A few days ago, a haunting image surfaced on my Facebook feed that I cannot unsee; sun-bleached human remains lying half-buried in the arid vastness […]
Rejoinder to Funke Egbemode’s “Women are free to be gold diggers”: A male perspective, by Osmund Agbo
It was sometime last year that I first encountered Funke Egbemode’s writing. Though I cannot recall the precise title, the thematic current was unmistakably familiar: […]
The growth mindset, By Osmund Agbo
In a previous essay, I explored a debilitating cultural affliction I termed the Beggar’s Mindset, a condition rooted in dependency and entitlement, perpetuated by decades of […]
The beggar’s mindset, By Osmund Agbo
I found myself seated beside an American woman on a flight bound for Nigeria recently. Stephanie (not her real name) was making her second visit […]
The dance of desire, by Osmund Agbo
I want fame, I will fortune but no flashing lights,No crowded streets or endless nightsWhere strangers pry and whispers sting I want the peace that’s fit […]
The folly of unvarnished truth, by Osmund Agbo
A few years ago, I visited my brother and his family while I was still in school. I had run out of cash and needed […]
Omoyele Sowore: The unicorn in a sea of phonies, by Osmund Agbo
In 1992, long before vested interests hijacked student union politics in Nigerian universities and turned it into a plaything for the government in power, a […]