Photo credit: Channels TV Every Nigerian who’s not from Anambra State should please join me in congratulating the Anambra people for the relatively peaceful conclusion of last Saturday’s gubernatorial election. I say relatively because, petty skirmishes are common occurrences in Nigerian elections. Prior to the elections, there had been threats from the Independent People’s Organisation…
Photo credit: Facebook Yesterday, it was Queens College! Today, it’s Babcock University! Why is it that we hardly hear good news about Nigeria? Two Babcock University students went to have unprotected sex. Unfortunately for them, it was recorded. It has now become an issue. The escapade of the couple didn’t happen within the University campus,…
Photo credit: NPR The World Cup which is the greatest sporting event starts today! But the event will remain tainted by the blood of migrant workers who were contracted to help in building facilities for the event. Migrant workers were abused in so many ways. Also, the Qatari government has imposed the Shariah law on…
Photo credit: Reuters Unbelievable’s happening;Instead of buildingGlobal perpetuity;We’re besieged with mortality! Is Putin being kind to History?Even if he gains victory;With environmental degradation;Arising from wildlife extinction! Unfathomable scale of ruination;Resulting from destruction;Of obliterated villages and cities;By modernized savages! All is now set;For uninhabited planets;Solid city walls;Must take falls! Thought human lives sacrosanct;Not before unpleasant;Imbecilic savages;Who…
Photo credit: The Punch In the past, at least in Yorubaland, when a child was born, one of the first things his parents did was to call a babalawo, diviner, to check out what the child’s future would be like. By so doing, the parents would have known what the child was most likely to…
Photo credit: Hindustan Times I learn today is International Men’s Day! Hmm… Oro sunukun! It’s a day men’s contributions to a peaceful society ought to have been celebrated. But, are men – especially African men – worth celebrating? I’m asking this pertinent question considering the fact that it seems to me that African nations are…
I try to be mysterious if not mischievous while trying to profile people. But this gentleman is probably in a world of his own. He’s so jovial and realistic. In short, he’s my type of man. He used to be a parent of one of my pupils. When his son was in the hostel, the…
