When people describe Nigeria as the poverty capital of the world, it’s not really a new thing. That’s because the Yoruba have a saying that , when a single person is rich in the community, then the whole community is poor. What’s going on in Nigeria now can be termed as a liberation of the…
Photo credit: x.com There’s really a lot to dance about in Nigeria of today. The ever wise Yoruba have said when a situation is beyond weeping, just try and laugh. Why won’t we dance, all our civil servants get paid on time. It’s only those people who are against our governance who have failed to…
I hear a company has started producing pencils in Nigeria. I hope the company will be gracious enough to also start producing erasers. Ah tor! I remember in those days when I was a gangling lad, whatever homework we were not too sure of was done with pencil. That’s because if there was an error,…
Photo credit: Travelbook Agbe gbe mi dele o! Longing for abula;On aaro-hot amala;Consumed!Shedding gallons of sweat;With belt loosened! Agbe! Might not have that;Not the original;When compulsorily coated;While in Fall we waited! A kii r’ajo ka ma de’le o! Squirrels will go back;Pigeons will backtrack;Leaving son of man;His safety to plan Agbe! How I wish!You too…
Some may be shocked that I’m naming my Man of the Year so early. But then, this is the latter part of October and this month happens to be in the very fourth quarter of the year. Kilo tun ku? I’ve never met the guy personally and we might not agree politically, at least to…
Photo credit: the wall street journal They’re here again. I mean the image launderers who have been contracted by the government to clean up their mess. I’m referring to a video making the rounds in which a guttersnipe claims no life was lost in the Lekki Massacre. Good enough, he agrees the military was called…
Photo credit: the conversation Adekunle Oluseyi and Edward Soje are no more!May their souls find peace with their creator!! Both of them committed suicide in the outgone week. Like I wrote sometime ago, I salute the courage of those people who were so brave enough to commit suicide! So many of us have thought of…
