...when we are comfortable and inattentive, we run the risk of committing grave injustices absentmindedly.

I think not just Nigeria but I think the whole of Africa has to turn back to the rural areas and that's where the majority of the citizens are and that's where the engine of of development has to be found.

Whenever you see a toad jumping in broad daylight, then know that something is after its life.

I don't praise my people. I am their greatest critic.

What a country needs to do is be fair to all its citizens - whether people are of a different ethnicity or gender.

If a child washed his hands, he could eat with kings.

The triumph of the written word is often attained when the writer achieves union and trust with the reader, who then becomes ready to be drawn into unfamiliar territory, walking in borrowed literary shoes so to speak, toward a deeper understanding of self or society, or of foreign peoples, cultures, and situations.