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By Steve Nwosu If you ever choked on drinking water or had saliva, or some liquid block your windpipe, then you can begin to imagine what drowning feels like. Having not died before, myself, I might not…

By Steve Nwosu If you ever chocked on drinking water, or had saliva, or some liquid block your windpipe, then you can begin to imagine what drowning feels like. Having not died before, myself, I might not be in a position to tell…

By Steve Nwosu Not being one of the organisers of the #ENDBADGOVERNANCE protests, I wouldn’t know if the streets would still be occupied after today, or whether President Bola Tinubu’s underwhelming national address on Sunday morning,…

By Steve Nwosu  Maybe I should start by putting out a caveat emptor: Eversince I saw a Yellow Bus, driving on the wrong side of the road, fatally knock down an old retiree at the Mile 2 area of Lagos, I sometimes feel one-way…

Kola Daisi University, Ibadan, is a serene and beautiful campus located on the immediate outskirts of the Oyo State capital city along the verduous stretch of the Ibadan-Oyo-Ogbomoso Expressway that links the south west to the north and…

By Steve Nwosu By midday of Sunday, May 28, most filling stations in my part of Lagos suddenly, and curiously, ran out of petrol, and closed shop. Those that remained open were selling only diesel. The manager of one of the outlets, which…

Yemi Itodo As the race for the leadership of the 10th Assembly has commenced, no less than eight persons have publicly declared their intention to contest the speakership of the House of Representatives. But among those jostling for…

By Steve Nwosu A very mischievous journalist friend sent me the above headline on Sunday afternoon. It was supposed to be a joke about whatever was happening in Adamawa State, where a bye-election was being held to conclude last month's…

Steve Nwosu I spent the bulk of the wee hours of this Wednesday surfing the Internet, Google, and all the other search engines I could remember. I aimed to pick out a quote, a statement, or just anything Mr. Peter Obi, candidate of the…

By Steve Nwosu Last Friday, I had an urgent transfer to do at the bank and had rushed to the neighbourhood branch of my bank, just early enough to beat the 4 pm closing time. But the bank premises was, to say the least, all bedlam. Tens…