Photo credit: Lagos State Government I read this morning that a Lagos State government body recently auctioned some vehicles. Auctions are very common in the advanced world. I did attend one sometime last year with Buoda Segun. We, most of us, anyway, were in a jovial mood. Who wouldn’t be in the friendly atmosphere that…
Photo credit: YouTube The Yoruba language is so deep. One of the first sayings I understood was, ‘O yo tan, o n wa b’ekun b’ekun’. The phrase is usually used when someone has all the imaginable comforts but has sought unimaginable things. For instance, as a young boy, I would sometimes ride a bicycle on…
Photo credit: historyville I wonder what else can shock Nigerians. When, in the second republic, Mr Umaru Dikko said Nigerians were yet to start picking food from the dustbin, most of us thought he was taking things too far. We never knew he was a prophet, not of doom, but of our impending reality. Another…
Photo credit: Newsverge Mr Latin (Popoola), is spending his last six months of two tenures, each of four years in office. But Popoola wants to contest again. Odunlade Adekola (Femi), one of the youthful elements, disagrees. Femi opposes him. He and his family suffer a lot of indignities. Yet, he endures. Thank God his mother…
Photo credit: BBC I hear the African state of Angola has banned Islam. To that effect, mosques are being destroyed. If we consider the havoc being perpetrated by Islamic fundamentalists, the undiscerning will think it is the best decision the government has ever taken. By the way, Angola is said to be richly populated by…
Premium Times It’s reported in today’s papers that an APC member went to court to set aside the constitutional provision limiting the tenure of the Nigerian president to two. He’s said to be asking the courts for a tenure elongation. While I concede that everyone has the right to go to the courts, I also…
Photo credit: iStock The song I like most is, ‘Count your blessings’. While Canada celebrated ‘thanksgiving’ on October 11, the Americans are celebrating theirs today. Hmm… Those are great countries where the rule of law is assumed. I agree there are some breaches. But such breaches are addressed eventually. Well, I think the so-called developing…
