Photo credit: Facebook A joke used to be the in-thing when I was much younger! Some Nigerian nationalists went for a pre-independence constitutional conference. Usually, the Europeans would give them lunch breaks. On one of those days, they went for the lunch break, their hosts decided to give them a seven -course meal. Of course,the…
Photo credit: BBC I have always refused to blame individual rulers of Nigeria for the near total lack of good governance in the country. This is because I fervently believe the saying that a people deserves its ruling class. When one looks at the available resources vis-a-vis the population of Nigeria, I’m always of the…
Photo credit; The Guardian Oh, sleazebags!Feeding off plebs.CommonwealthMisappropriated. Land full ofMilk and honey.Masses sufferingPerpetual hunger. When NEPA worksWe’re not lighted.Nurse and dokitaFleeing like Andrew. Roads turned to mines,Diamond to extract.Foods, when cheap,Moneyless pockets. Lost but found,Airport – dollars!Ikoyi – pounds!Kaduna – euro! Until we ruleOurselves justlyShall we be fooledPerpetually too!!! @as 050218
Photo credit: Premium Times No matter how we look at it, the United States have made a point. They have shown the rule of law is very paramount to the success of democracy. Some may ask if the rule of law is strictly supported by the United States in other countries. I will answer them…
It’s so nice demanding people to walk their talk. Of course, people in Nigeria must be used to politicians who would promise heaven on earth before election only to keep themselves prisoners in the government house after election. Don’t mind my giving a political example but it’s my belief that we either stand for something…
Reading Festus Adedayo in the Cable today, I understand people are already “dressing” in their birthday suits to protest their inability to get cash from the banks. Looking at the matter poetically, is Nigeria itself not naked? If you happen to be in a country where, in spite of the recurrent problems of joblessness, light,…
Having encountered some faces from my childhood on FB, I tend to dispute the saying that ‘twenty children do not play for twenty years’. In my sixth decade on earth, I have been lucky to ‘reknow’ these fine gentlemen and ladies. Of course, some of us are already grandpas and grandmas. One is even a…
