When I was younger, I was used to a person who was slow in running errands being described as, ‘baby kingsway’. At least, up to the early eighties there used to be some merchantile stores in the major city centres of Nigeria. Some of them were Kingsway, Leventis, Chellarams, Chanrai, etc. Most of them used…
Photo credit: PM News Kindly pardon my use of words. I’m not unnecessarily using poetic license. However, when certain things keep making senseless recurs, I’m always at a loss on how to describe them. Some people have said that some anjonu bring those words, anjonu meaning spirits. Of course, not those that a former presidential…
Photo credit: Premium Times I want to learn the relevance of Chatham House to the Nigerian situation. Does going there reduce the price of a kongo of gari? Does it supply electric power? Does it bring down the price of oyel? Does it give residential accommodation to the teeming masses? Does it provide jobs for…
Photo credit: DW Let me ask the question again, are Africans alright? Two special events are taking place this week. Or, should take place this week. They are special because they involve people’s lives. One of them consists of the life of everybody in the world. The first is the inauguration of Mr Trump as…
Photo credit: PM News Like you must have seen in the resulting posts, I was in Lagos on Thursday to source for free books from donors. I don’t want to belabour you with the details. I believe they could be found in a previous post. All the three people that I met on that day…
Photo credit: the Cable That Nigeria is not yet a federation has never been in doubt. The fact has been made much more apparent by the South West- sponsored Operation Amotekun. For a nation to be considered as a federation, certain hurdles should have been crossed. The first is that the federating states should come…
It’s now a case of my candidate is less corrupt than yours. And we’re talking of presidential candidates! A nation, certainly, deserves its ruling elite!! A picture doesn’t lie. The presidential aspirants are a reflection of our decaying society! 011923
