The way we’re going, there’s no doubting the fact that Nigeria might soon get an award. And it will come from no less a body than the publishers of the prestigious Guinness Book of records. The award, of course, would be for the newsworthiest country in the world! You see, it’s like news was created…
Photo credit; Authority Newspaper While not necessarily supporting the disobedience of orders in a democracy, I find it bizarre that governments in Nigeria are busy giving people concerned a bizarre Christmas present. They have chosen to demolish houses which lack approval from the authorities. But then, I don’t agree that a house will just appear…
I’m confessing to getting used to a pastime. It’s sitting by a coffee in a cafe and watching the goings on early in the morning. You see, many cafes have picture windows here. It’s not as if I’m unemployed. I purposely changed my duty hours to night shift so that I’ll have time for some…
Photo credit: BBC I guess it was Naeto that sang a song that became the poem of the time, titled ‘kini big deal?’, (what’s the result of all the hassles?) Is it not a song that suits these times? These are times when it has been vividly proved that the average Nigerian will do anything…
I hear Nigeria is about to (if it hasn’t) borrowed a humongous amount of between $23b and $30b US dollars! Yeepa!! Doesn’t it amount to selling our very future? Unfortunately, most of the, if not all, the present political leaders and even those of us who are nobodies wouldn’t be on this side of the…
I love the Yoruba language. Of course, the Yoruba are a people mostly found in the Southwest of Nigeria. One of their songs is,‘Yokolu yokolu,Ko ha tan bi,Iyawo gbo’ko sanle,Oko yo’ke’. The song is normally sung to make jest of people who could have done better and prevent an impending doom. One saying of the…
Photo credit: Getty image Someone posted an indictment on the begging culture which has now enveloped us. When I say, us, I really do mean it! In the past, the standard way of writing a letter for employment was to begin with, ‘I beg to apply…’ These days we’re not begging for employment but for…
