Opinion

Photo credit: PM News I learn Edo politics is now so low that one Kabaka was saying on the campaign ground that people shouldn’t vote for Obaseki because he’s childless. Haba! I believe Kabaka must have been tombo drunk before he could utter such a petty statement. But then, I wouldn’t blame him. I would…

Photo credit: holiday office I’m aware that dependence is the opposite of independence. But Nigeria is also a country full of contradictions. How can a country be so rich in natural and even man-made resources and still remain a beggarly nation? It’s unnecessary to mention Nigeria’s resources since even non-Nigerians agree the nation is naturally…

Photo credit: Readers Digest I just finished watching the Queen of England’s funeral and I’m so much disappointed. In the first instance, how can a whole Head of the Commonwealth die and be buried, by African or Nigerian standards, like a commoner? By the way, in Yorubaland, who has ever seen a king being buried…

Photo credit: Alamy An English adage says, ‘a fool and his money are soon parted’. In the Holy Bible too, in Proverbs 21: 20 reads that, ‘The wise store up choice food and olive oil but fools gulp theirs down’. The ever wise Yoruba too have many sayings about not just working but saving for…

Photo credit: AP News Islamic militants on Tuesday attacked a military training camp and other locations in Bamako, Mali’s capital. Fox News reports that the attack sparked a deadly gunbattle and the temporary closure of a nearby airport. Troops were then able to subdue the assailants, according to officials. However, no details of casualties were…

There was a famous politician in pre-independent Nigeria whom the people trusted so much that even if he had committed the most grievous crimes, they were satisfied with his actions. The Ibadan-based politician once bought a limo; there were grumblings by the opposition. What did our politician do? He allowed the people to have their…