Opinion

There’s a common saying, at least in Nigeria, that when a matter has gone beyond crying one should laugh! So, is the case of thieves actually making their ways into a police station in Ebute Meta, Nigeria and stealing a television set. Haba! Let’s look at it in the proper perspective. A police station is…

I learn Edo politics is now so low that one Kabaka was saying on the campaign ground that people shouldn’t vote for Obaseki because he’s childless. Haba! I believe Kabaka must have been tombo drunk before he could utter such a petty statement. But then, I wouldn’t blame him. I would rather blame the people…

An English adage says, ‘a fool and his money are soon parted’. In the Holy Bible too, in Proverbs 21: 20 reads that, ‘The wise store up choice food and olive oil but fools gulp theirs down’. The ever wise Yoruba too have many sayings about not just working but saving for the rainy day….

I just thought I should tender a public apology for my hoping for what I believe is a good government in Nigeria. I really wouldn’t know what came over me to have forgotten a golden maxim. ”A people deserves its leadership”. When a dancer meets a drummer even death may find it difficult to separate…

I just finished watching the Queen of England’s funeral and I’m so much disappointed. In the first instance, how can a whole Head of the Commonwealth die and be buried, by African or Nigerian standards, like a commoner? By the way, in Yorubaland, who has ever seen a king being buried in the full glare…

With the way the ruling class is spending and using Nigeria’s resources, there is no doubt the fact that this country can not be in recession. Only the common man’s pocket is! Check out how much is being expended on the legislature. Check out how much is being expended on the executive arm of the…