by Adewale Sobowale I understand the Nigerian government has denied being responsible for the stampedes in which about 70 people lost their lives and quite a few were maimed. Did anyone remember to remind the Nigerian authorities that in a presidential system of government, the buck rested on the table of the chief executive? The…
I can remember posting on fb yesterday about freedom of detainees, provision of basic amenities and employment. Yeah, Sowore and Dasuki have been released from jail by their kidnappers. However, I just wanted to bring to people’s notice the manner of their release. The attorney general of the federation had to instruct the SSS before…
Photo credit: FDA These are, definitely, not the best of times for human beings! How come? COVID-19 has become a recurring decimal and it has not stopped decimating precious human lives. If any prophet had prophesied at the beginning of 2020 that we’ll celebrate Christmas indoors, I wouldn’t have believed him. But, it’s happening before…
Photo credit: iStock It’s a keenly contested race. Note my use of the present tense. That’s because the race to enter the year, 2021, is yet to end. However, the two front-runners are the front-liners and the generality of homo sapiens. The front-liners are those who are giving essential services to the rest of us,…
Photo credit: Vanguard I just thought I should run through the various Christmas periods I’ve been through. Arugbo s’oge ri, the aged too were youth initially The first Christmas I remember is going to meet Father Christmas at either Leventis or Kingsway stores on the Marina in Lagos Island. I don’t know of others, since…
Photo credit: Aljazeera I would have wished everyonehave a merry Christmasbut I can’t afford to be unrealistic! With hunger caused by global inflationin the land,with instability and warsravaging our world: Russia versus Ukraine;Israel against Palestinian people;Some 35 armed conflicts in Africa;Over 20 in the Middle East;Seven in Europe and,six in Latin America! Humans rendered homeless;With…
Photo credit: Medium Some have been concerned with the way I write. I can remember someone remarked that I tend to ‘wail’, and complain in Nigerianese, too much in my posts. Well, if I do complain, I don’t have any apologies for that. I believe most of our leaders, at one time or the other,…
