My dear boy,  The world will excuse your failure with one sentence: “Boys will be boys.” Do not believe it. That lie has destroyed more boys than it has ever…

My dear boy,    Before the world teaches you about sex, I must. Because what you don’t understand, you will misuse. And what you misuse can destroy you. “With great…

My dear boy,    Days such as these will come. The days of rainbow emotions. This week has been a week of rainbow emotions. One emotion blends into another and…

My dear boy,    “Man know thyself.” It would amaze you how many are yet to find themselves. However, to find something suggests an assumption that you know what to…

My dear boy,    Today we remember. We remember the time God remembered Uncle K and his family. Uncle K had been married for seven years, yet had no children.…

My dear boy,    You meet a man through his books. Hence, an editor must work in the interest of the writer and never tell his own story using the…

Dearly beloved fathers,    Granted, your young son is not your friend. Such a status he must earn. Nwata kwaka ọfuma, o soro okonye rienri. Being his father’s friend must…

My dear boy,    “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” My mother did not hesitate to throw that around at the slightest opportunity. It…

My dear boy,    “Misery loves company.” Let’s put that statement in a box. Now, certain ideologies, complex or simple, are mind-boggling. A few of them are, “The way out…

My dear boy,   “Practice makes perfect,” but Mr. Uche, my English Language and Literature-in-English teacher, said, “Practice makes perfection.” He questioned the grammatical correctness of that sentence. It was…