Photo credit: Alamy God give us men! A time like this demands strong minds Great hearts, true faith and ready hands, Men whom the lust of office does not kill, Men whom the spoils of office can not buy; Men who possess opinions and a will, Men who have honor, who will not lie, Men…

Photo credit: Channels TV The news of the brutal murder of eighty six people in Nigeria’s middle belt state of Plateau shocked me. It’s not as if the killing will be the first, but then, it set me thinking about the sort of person a killer would be. Since I’m not a psychologist all I…

Photo credit: Premium Times I really don’t know the section of Nigeria’s constitution which states that political party executives should be sworn in by the attorney general of the federation. The fact that a brand new national working committee of the ruling party was sworn in by the attorney general of the federation seems to…

Photo credit: Channels Quite a lot of people have commented on the killing of a CEO by his erstwhile girlfriend or sidechick in popular parlance! However, the way I see the whole issue is that of a decaying society from which the basic values and norms have fled. Before that gruesome incident, had other condemnable…

Photo credit: Nairaland I’m always fascinated at the fervour with which we prepare for funerals. So many people get into debts to bury their dead. A Yoruba saying goes that if a fraction of the care and money spent on funerals is spent on the invalid, most people will not be dying unnecessary deaths. And…

Photo credit: the Punch The market places are agog. No seller can honestly say they don’t have would-be buyers. It’s only the actual buyers that may not be forth coming. Even the chicken processors are in good business. See, the Id’el fitri is a chicken celebration. Chicken hawkers are busy, layers, broilers, etc. The chickens…