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How TB Joshua wants his 50th birthday celebrated
Dear Editor, Renowned Nigerian Pastor TB Joshua turns 50 on Wednesday June 12th 2013. In his
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Posts by : Pius Adesanmi
Grandpa in Politics: The Necessity of Sober Reflection, By Pius Adesanmi
Pius Adesanmi The good news for Professor Ango Abdullahi is that no Nigerian who has followed his history of public utterances since the 1980s runs... read more
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Where Did David Mark Get the Funds for His Private University? By Pius Adesanmi
Pius Adesanmi writes about Ken Harrow, an American academic who enjoys laughing to Nigerian jokes David Bonaventure Alechenu Mark, Nigeria’s Senate President, is one of... read more
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Dominance without Hegemony: Seriake Dickson’s “he is that he is”, By Pius Adesanmi
Pius Adesanmi It is safe to assume that only the fear of a backlash from Nigerian Christians prevents Bayelsa Governor, Seriake Dickson, from declaring that... read more
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King Jona’s Miracle, By Pius Adesanmi
Pius Adesanmi And it came to pass that on the fiftieth year of the slavery of the tribe of the owners-of-black-gold-but-hewers-of-stone in the deep south,... read more
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Buying God: An Open Letter to John Cardinal Onaiyekan and Pastor Tunde Bakare, By Pius Adesanmi
Pius Adesanmi Your Eminence, Cardinal Onaiyekan and Esteemed Pastor Bakare: Greetings. Pardon this public approach to matters I could have taken up with both of... read more
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Dear President Obama, Goodluck Jonathan Must be Invited to Washington! By Pius Adesanmi
Pius Adesanmi Dear President Barack Obama, Greetings. On behalf of the good citizens of the District of Columbia, who, in their infinite wisdom, entrusted me... read more
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What Joe Okei-Odumakin Says, By Pius Adesanmi
Pius Adesanmi Joe Okei-Odumakin was in Washington last week to be honored along with other exceptional women of courage from across the world. When she... read more
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The Silliest Thing You Hear on the Road to You, By Pius Adesanmi
Pius Adesanmi The “you” I am addressing in this essay does not include the in-too-deep spokespersons of the current state of Nigeria among us; those... read more
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Dowry: Managing Africa’s Many Lovers, By Pius Adesanmi
Pius Adesanmi I’d like to thank the African Studies Course Union of the University of Toronto for the honour of being asked to deliver the... read more
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Still on Spectocracy: the Nigerian Opposition as Simulacrum, By Pius Adesanmi
Pius Adesanmi Apologies for the Patrick Obahiagbon-heaviness of this title. It’s just that there is no other way to capture the spirit of our treatise... read more
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The Eyeglasses of Damocles, By Pius Adesanmi
Pius Adesanmi (Damocles is his nom de plume. He is a patriotic US-based Nigerian in whom I am well pleased. He is one of the... read more
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2015: I Endorse You, Spectocrat! By Pius Adesanmi
Pius Adesanmi We are a nation of 150 million spectators. In political discourse, we are arguably the world’s largest spectocracy. Our spectocratic tendency may be... read more
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Crucifying Akinwumi Adesina, Minister of Agriculture: Matters Arising, By Pius Adesanmi
Pius Adesanmi The Jonathan administration needs to buy a white cock and go wash its head by the riverside in order to know how to... read more
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Beyond Oronto Douglas: Irresponsibility as Statecraft, By Pius Adesanmi
PIUS ADESANMI: The time is now to make it clear to these misbehaving boys and girls in the political class that we are no longer... read more
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Chief Bode George: Nigeria’s Ebiti Plenipotentiary, By Pius Adesanmi
Pius Adesanmi Dear Chief Bode George Greetings in the name of our lord Jesus Christ. I hope this letter meets you in good condition of... read more
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Ode to the Bottle -For Ken Harrow who Laughed, By Pius Adesanmi
Earlier this year, I published a short essay, “The ABC of a Nigerian Joke for Western Audiences”, that is surprisingly still travelling and acquiring mileage... read more
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Reparations: What Nigeria Owes the Tortoise, by Pius Adesanmi
Pius Adesanmi writes about Ken Harrow, an American academic who enjoys laughing to Nigerian jokes Second Edition of the State of the Nation Distinguished Lecture... read more
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What does (Nigerian) literature secure? By Pius Adesanmi
Pius Adesanmi writes about Ken Harrow, an American academic who enjoys laughing to Nigerian jokes When I first received the theme of this conference in... read more
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Dial Double D for Democracy & Ile Oba t’Ojo, By Pius Adesanmi
Pius Adesanmi writes about Ken Harrow, an American academic who enjoys laughing to Nigerian jokes Governor Danbaba Suntai’s plane mishap is unfortunate. I rejoice with... read more
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The Gulag Ekitilago, By Pius Adesanmi
Pius Adesanmi writes about Ken Harrow, an American academic who enjoys laughing to Nigerian jokes The Gulag Archipelago is the title of a monumental work... read more
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Aburo Iro: American Politics, President Jonathan’s Aides, and Lies, By Pius Adesanmi
Pius Adesanmi writes about Ken Harrow, an American academic who enjoys laughing to Nigerian jokes A lie, any straightforward, flat out lie, has younger brothers... read more
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