Opinion

According to a story, his grandfather was walking through the premises of the military settlement in Abeokuta with his hat on. As he went past the British flag, a soldier instructed him to remove his hat. But Rev. I. O. Ransome- Kuti refused to obey and the soldier attempted to remove the hat with a…

Photo credit: instagram I understand the African Union is embarrassed by American President Trump’s declaration that some countries are shitholes. Yes, they ought to be. You know people don’t like outsiders to correct or criticize them. If not so, I wouldn’t think President Trump was wrong. In fact, he even tried for the fact that…

So, how many of us care to listen to the other side of the story? Many people do surprise me when they base their prejudiced and jaundiced ‘judgements” against the other party basing their sickened decisions on the “complainant’s” version of what actually transpired. Even if they were friends with the party they perceived as…

Photo credit: nkenne I was at a naming ceremony today. To say I wasn’t the happiest will be an understatement of the year. The parents are so-called Christians. Why I doubt their Christianity will soon be apparent. By the way, I used to think it was only the Pentecostal churches that weren’t doing things the…

Sometime ago, I used to be a housemaster. By the way, that was the job I enjoyed most. I simply love the youth! While there, more often than not, I had to counsel some boy who had been given a nickname that the more he showed a dislike for the nickname,, the more it would…

There is a saying among the Yoruba that we are all thieves, it’s only those caught that are officially called so. I don’t know much about corruption in the First Republic. However, during the Gowonic era, I heard of the “If you Tarka me…” and the Iyabo Olorunkoya cases. In the Obasanjo era, I heard…

In my innocence, I used to think grey hair and baldness went with riches and wisdom. Not until I started having both did I realize my belief was nothing but a ruse. The grey hair started with an obscure strand. But it is all over me now, even in the unlikeliest of places. What’s more,…