Opinion

We call them kalokalo in Nigeria, but they are contemptuosly referred to as one-armed bandits. When a person develops the habit of becoming a gambler, a professional one too, they are generally irredeemable. That’s because of their fervent belief that they will still win. The belief could sometimes become so irrational that they sell their…

When American senators were trying to ‘impeach’ the Trump, those who sold the idea to them knew they were only fooling around buying time for the former president. In the first instance, he had already lost elections. Second, he was already outside the White House. The third is never in the history of the United…

Have you ever been embarrassed by a disc jockey changing the music when you walked into a pub? Oh well, it happens here so often! Whenever I walk into a bar just to drink water, most of the deejays knowing I’m a Nigerian would change the disc being played to a Nigerian one. It’s quite…

Sons of men who are Nigerians are a peculiar lot. They’re so peculiar that they can’t even organise elections for themselves. They need to call foreign observers. At the end of the day, hardly are the observers satisfied that the elections are free and fair. How can they? Most people are looking for their turn…

Insanity in sanity best describes the current state of Nigerian banks! Or how else does one describe the nonsense that has rendered whatever sense that could have been derived from the restructuring of banks. People who have money to withdraw now spend ages in the banks. It is either the internet servers are down or…

There’s been so much noise about the take home pay of members of the National Assembly. Ordinarily, we wouldn’t have expected people to be bothering their heads about whatever we do once they have already voted for us. In the first instance, didn’t we give them egunje before they grudgingly voted us in? The gratifications…

In every situation, we should not only be thankful, but cheerful as well! It’s in that light that I’m looking into the positive after effects of this terrible season. Those who have the funds are already buying shares of companies which are falling. I’ll advice them to look into penny stocks which might now become…