Photo credit: The Vanguard Since the Nigerian Senate has decided to be an unusual servant of the executive, how can it convince people that the hate speech bill is not explicitly designed for Sowore and others? According to the Senate president, any bill that comes from the executive will enjoy an easy ride. In other…
Photo credit: Premium Times The excuse of Queens College is that the girl was dressed for a drama presentation. They also said the security man took the law into his hands. Hmm… I should have thought if the girl was going to take part in any drama presentation, her mother would have been in the…
Photo credit: the Source Magazine I once said I can’t be a partisan. My decision still stands in the case of Nigeria. When Peter Obi criticized the procurement of SUVs by Federal Legislators, it was all fair until a journalist asked if Labour Party members in the house were not beneficiaries. His answer was disappointing!…
My very last post was on the death of the late Adegoke, the OAU postgraduate student who died at the Hilton Hotel and Resort in Ile Ife. Among other things, I commiserated with the family and friends of the deceased. I then advised that the accused should not be given a media trial. In many…
Photo credit: Wikipedia The closure of the Afrikan Shrine by the Lagos police shows the Nigerian authorities do not cherish peace, nor do they have any iota of respect for the Nigerian constitution. The shrine was the home base of the iconoclast musician, the late Fela Kuti. Incidentally, the Kuti family has become noted for…
Photo credit: the Punch Thank God some of my elementary school mates, juniors and seniors are on Facebook. I attended Methodist Primary School, 13 Subuola Street, Surulere, in Lagos State. We knew the security personnel there as ‘Baba elegba’. Roughly interpreted into English, it means the man who usually held a cane! Unfortunately, the translation…
He was conferred with a merit award last weekend. I say it’s a well deserved honour. Chief Akin Popoola is the recipient of a couple of chieftaincy titles from two communities. He is the Osi Mayegun of Osiele, Abeokuta as well as the Otun of Otan Ayegbaju. Because of the two titles I normally refer…
