Opinion

Photo credit: The Cable Nigeria has no business being in this sorry state. At the last count it was said that two-thirds of the states in Nigeria could not even pay their workers’ salaries. Now, the federal government has thrown away the controversial subsidy. Petrol (PMS) is now sold for a whopping one hundred and…

Photo credit: Daily Post Those ruling us have a lot of compassion. In fact, their love of humanity definitely knows no bounds. That’s why the Kano State government has budgeted a whopping sum of 345 million naira to feed the foodless during the thirty day Ramadan that’s expected to commence on Thursday. The Northern States…

Photo credit: Quora The Bible, to me, is more than a literary text like some prefer to call the Holy Book. Apart from being a tower of strength for the discerning, there are many stories there which are quite relevant to the modern day. One of them is in the book of Exodus, chapter one,…

China now plants cassava, and from it makes and exports gari to Nigeria below our market price. So, we don’t have to plant cassava anymore because it would be cheaper to buy China gari than to plant our own gari. Then China will start making eba and fufu from their cassava, packaging them with preservatives…

Photo credit: Vocal media Beside me, on a bus journey recently, was a young lady on the precious side of mid 20s. She spoke low into her mobile phone as the bus whizzed past a Bus Stop in a green manicured surroundings that was her destination. Eavesdroping, I overheard the angry voice of a lady…

Photo credit: Catholic Herald Religious killings could not have happened in the southwestern Nigeria in which I grew up. We were Christians. Surrounding us were Muslims, some even lived with us. Baba Taju lived across the road. Baba Semiyu lived in the house next to us. Beside us was the house in which the 2…

Photo credit: 1Africa If wishes were horses….. When I become governor, about the first thing I must do is to make every open space a farm. Of course, villages will all become farm estates. This is because we want to feed the teeming population of Lagos State. And I am not talking of just planting….