Opinion

Photo credit: Premium Times Mr Donald Trump is a great man. I say he’s a great man because he’s probably the most abused American president. Especially by the press! Not that I’m his fan, but then he is a fighter!! Mr Buhari, in his own case, is proving a point. In the first instance, what’s…

Photo credit: CMS Grammar School It was such a privilege to have passed through the Grammar School. The principal, Chief I.A. Olowu, a man of modest height with sky-high ambitions for the school and hence, the boys never relented in dealing with naughty boys. His K.B.K. ( kondo baba kumo) was his staff of office….

Photo credit: Thisdaylive It’s very important for people to determine whether they’ll make great strides while on this side of the earth or not. When James Pinson Labulo Davies provided the sum of 50 pounds sterling in April 1859 for Barbington Macaulay to found the CMS Grammar School, what was he thinking of? With the…

Photo credit; United Nations O se o po! Our globe’s a mystery;Ticktock’s no stickler;While devils remain;Saints are harvested! Mo ti r’Ogun lo f’oso! Walking dead mourns;While interring dead dead;Unripe missing harvested;If they knew;Bothered wouldn’t they! Yeepa! Masses kowtowing rulers;Knowledge says worldBig ball is;Which goes round! Mo ti r’osa lo fo’so! Yeah!It is!!For the haves;Living off…

Photo credit: Niarametrics Ita gbangba lo wa! Battered by hunger;Freezing in tropical winter;A tool always;Political mule he is! L’aiwo sokoto! For grandmasters;Whose scions enjoy;Fruits of dubious ploys;Common mugun;Irascible mumu;Erratic ode! L’aiwo kijipa! Hunger his nemesis;Kwashiorkor lining;His fruits’ bellies;Does he think?Only when hungry! Ita gbangba lo wa! @ as11/17/19

Photo credit: the Conversation King of the road,Eating our produce.Sikira oniwo,Goes spreading terror. Jokes we cracked,We ne’er flee lorriesCattle we would440 + 220 for. Fear of cowherdsBegins one’s wisdom.Modernised they areAK47 a-plenty. In their wake.Poor farmers they leave,Some dead, others wounded,Farms and dwellings burnt. Thus goes humanity,Where’s food security?They are winning,Another colonising! @ as 012518

Photo credit: Punch The English language is very interesting. It is for its sarcasm. Most of us for whom it is a second language are not aware of this intricacy. For instance, some nations are described as ‘developing’ nations. In most cases, these are African and Asian nations. One thing that is common to this…