Has anybody bothered to take a census of the number of Public schools on the Victoria Island/Lekki axis, even down the Lagos-Epe Expressway to Ajah and Environs? You will be forgiven if you think there are none. Little wonder private schools are dotted all over the landscape making brisk business which, in my estimation, is…

The good Lord definitely works in mysterious ways. It took the whole 96 years of Fred Stobaugh's life for him to be transported from relative obscurity to worldwide limelight, thanks to the letter he penned to his wife. Sitting alone in his living room one month after the death of his wife, he decided to…

Normally, once you have more than one user account on your PC, Windows no longer take you to your desktop directly when you boot up. Instead, you are stopped at a login screen where you are made to select and click on the account you wish to log into. This can be a pain at…

You hit the power on button on your PC, wait for minutes for the Microsoft boot up logo to even appear, before finally hitting your desktop. In all, it took you about 10 minutes. Sounds familiar to anyone? It is a fact that about everyone at sometime would have had this hair-pulling experience of slow…

I read through hundreds of news feeds daily from my phone, usually on varied topics spanning technology, religion, socio political and religious news. Even gossips too! What irks me is the trend i have now noticed. If for some reason i am unable to dedicate time for this daily habit of mine or worst still,…

There was a time when the rearing of our children was an act to be envied. It took the whole community, neighbourhood and the world at large. If I misbehaved in school and had the misfortune of being flogged or given a dirty slap by a teacher; the incident had better not get back to…

The Nigerian music scene has always been vibrant though the acceptance of its brand of music has largely been local with a few Nigerians in diaspora helping to spread its popularity to sub saharan Africa. Unfortunately, much as they may want us to believe, our artistes are largely unknown outside Africa, of course, except among…

You know it is not lost on women what their role in a man’s life, the life of her in-laws, children,etc is. It is shouted at us and often used as a blackmail to keep us in line as they lay the burden that is; Woman. I’ve grown tired of reading ‘tips’ given to women…

Weaning my wife off her Blackberry addiction has been a very impossible task. Apparently, all my rants have come to nothing. Read my rants here. Here in Africa, particularly in Nigeria, Blackberry addiction is still quite rife. Most go to extreme lengths to get one of these devices, preferrably the flagship models. Personally, i have…

I got a call from my tailor asking for a point of clarification on the length of a skirt I had asked him to make for me. In parting, as I reiterated the length; he said "if God allows, the length will be as you want it." This response can only be interpreted in one…

Andie Graph A throw back from my undergraduate days. The TI-86 programmable calculator sure came in handy. Even had a swell time programming in Texas Instruments’ version of Quick Basic. Was pleasantly surprised when I stumbled on this app on Google Play. It gave me back my TI-86, right there on my phones. Goes a…

I handed over my tablet to my son a few months ago after a failed bid to sell it off. While I was researching for the ideal tablet to put my hard earned cash on, the Toshiba Thrive came tops as the most productive or functional tablet around. However, after a few months of using…