Photo credit: Channels TV The move by the Lagos State Government to ban okada and tricycles from fifteen local governments in the state could have been better if government had really put the interests of the various stakeholders in mind. In the first instance, the government, through its commissioner for information and strategy allegedly insisted…
I wonder why some of us would go to the extent of dying the grey patches on our heads. The Yoruba believe grey hair is a sign of assuming an elderly status, while beards are a sign of growing old. I particularly love the grey patches of wisdom. Those who are wise wear them with…
Photo credit: Guardian I’d refrained from uttering any comment about the CJN saga for some reasons. In the first instance, how do we know that the accused has not inherited billions of dollars which has enabled him establish himself in the committee of the wealthy. It could even be that our CJ is a chronic…
Photo credit: Premium Times I never knew things have gone this bad in Nigeria. They have even gone baddest, if you’ll excuse my ibon, as we used to call grammatical errors in those good old days. I learn they are called AK47 these days! It is stale news that the Oga in this country, Mr…
Photo credit: the Conversation Now, let’s look at the cattle-rearing issue from another angle. I know we should continue constructive debates until we find a solution to the matter. Some people have argued eloquently that since the cattle trade is a private one, the businessmen trading in cattle should buy ranches for their cattle. Of…
Photo credit: Punch Newspaper Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey and his Inter Reformers Band released a bumper album in 1973 titled, Ketekete, The horse, the man and his son. The summary of the title song is that, there’s nothing one can do to satisfy fellow men. That Dr Olusegun Obasanjo has written a letter to Mr…
Photo credit: PM News Away we go;Our sense of purpose to find;That our homes fail us to find;Not even relevance:Only in our various Londons we can shout –Eureka! Londons in UK, Americas, France, Belgium, Germany,Etcetera!Some of us would have even gone to fight on the side of Russia;You know to be abroad is to find…
