Photo credit: PM News I guess it was Naeto that sang a song that became the poem of the time, titled ‘kini big deal?’, (what’s the result of all the hassles?) Is it not a song that suits these times? These are times when it has been vividly proved that the average Nigerian will do…
Someone posted an indictment on the begging culture, which has now enveloped us. When I say us, I do mean it! In the past, the standard way of writing a letter for employment was to begin with, ‘I beg to apply…’ These days, we’re not begging for employment but for favours when we shouldn’t if…
Photo credit: iStock Yes! If we had known Aisha was like this, we would have made her the police inspector general. A lazy youth commented about her new look even while the average Nigerian man looks and eats less that–average. So, she got the boy arrested and with others, she was giving the boy summary…
Photo credit: Premium Times It’s getting apparent more and more, everyday, that Nigeria doesn’t have a head. It’s not clear if it does even have a tail. The reason is not far fetched. The goings on in that country could be termed to be the Hobbesian state of nature. How can there be a head…
Photo credit: Daily Post Nigeria claims to be a democratic country. Note my word, ‘claims’. Isn’t it in Nigeria that we have prisoners, even despite court orders setting them free? We have people like Sambo Dasuki, Ibrahim Zakzaky, Omoyele Sowore, and others currently languishing in various detention rooms across the nation. The silly department in…
Photo credit: Tatler I belong to a Facebook group that had a party last year. The party was successful in various ways, so the group decided to hold another one in December. Well, people should celebrate! But one thing that makes me silly is that some of their acquaintances were talking of gatecrashing. I used…
Photo credit: iStock One thing that keeps astounding me is the regularity at which seasons move in circles. In spite of the so called global warming, the seasons do not fail us. In the tropics, we have the harmattan, dry and rainy seasons. In the western world there are the winter, summer, spring and autumn…
