Opinion

That our president, his excellency, Mr Goodluck Jonathan is making his intention known today is not news. It is not news because he has the right so to do. Politically, the conditions are also right. The two hundred girls who were seized by the dreaded boko haram have been married off to members of boko…

People do suffer! OK, I’ve been hearing a phrase, Gb’omu le lantern, the literal meaning is placing some breast on a lantern. Can you imagine how it will feel? Putting a woman’s succulent breasts on a lit lantern. Even a man will certainly not enjoy it. Actually, I don’t know the roots of the phrase….

Kaduna State teachers fail Primary 4 test. Photo credit: BBC I love law! Indeed, I love looking at legal angles to analyse sociopolitical problems. In most cases, the legal position may not respect morality. The ability to use logic is more apt. However, in a number of instances, legality tends to bow to morality. Hence,…

Photo credit: BBC What have we become? In the past people respected themselves and things went on in an orderly manner. Money had value then. How many young people know one Guinea? That is one pound one, that was the abbreviation for one pound one shilling in British currency. We usually heard it in bazaars…

A nation in darkness. Photo credit: Guardian Necessity, they say, is the mother of invention. If we agree so, may I ask who/what the father is? A friend called me early this morning, and after the usual exchange of banter, I asked how he was doing. His reply was a hit below the belt, he…

Photo credit: Facebook Some of the news one gets on the social media, in some ways, expose the lack of information that’s rampant amongst our so-called educated folks. An incident happened yesterday morning. As if I knew it would be a harbinger of confusion, I just ‘borrowed’ an album of the Lijadu Sisters and used…

Photo credit: Facebook Wole wole ki lori? Tanwiji yanmu yanmu! I can’t but remember; Oh yes! Wole wole; Of my childhood which seems to be  many eons away! People were emasculated hearing; without seeing; almighty wole wole! Neatly dressed; White shirt dripping with starch; Brown shorts; Well-polished brown shoes  head crowned with a colonial bonnet!…