Photo credit: BBC Yoruba have a saying, Eyan tan! It’s typically said when someone a person holds dearly has disappointed the person who trusted him. Unconfirmed news has emerged that the Imo State House of Assembly has endorsed Gomina Okorocha’s son-in-law as the next governor of the state. It’s apparent that the House doesn’t want…
I can’t ever forget my stay in Ado Odo. By the way, I do have a weakness. That weakness is that if I stay in some place and discover the people are friendly, I might not leave the place in spirit. In spirit, even though I might have to leave the place physically, it will…
Photo credit: Rotary Club 1) Is it the TRUTH?2) Is it FAIR to all concerned?3) Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?4) Will it be BENEFICIAL to ALL concerned? If governments can use this as a way of life, people will certainly be spared the unnecessary hardship they are experiencing in the underdeveloped world! 121018
With the current revelations we are being exposed to, I should think it would have been a step in the right direction if all soldiers incarcerated due to their activities or inactivities in the war against boko haram could be immediately released. I further believe that with time, they should be reinstated and paid compensation…
Photo credit: vision and humanity It’s traditional that people who have made an impact are declared men of the year at the end of the year. The title itself is sexist. Why not Woman of the Year? Without a doubt, we human beings qualify for that title. To avoid doubt, a minority may be exempted…
‘Justice is the first condition of humanity’. – Wole Soyinka ‘No agreement’ – Fela Kuti. I believe that album is one of the many that describes the very essence of Fela Kuti, who himself was a lifelong victim of man’s inhumanity to fellow human beings. The Abacha junta sentenced Beeko Ransome-Kuti for faxing Obasanjo’s travails…
Photo credit: iStock The title of this post is an understatement. This is because there were so many nights of note in my life as a house master. Of course, the night,as well as the days, are fully detailed in my forthcoming memoirs, ‘When Boys Were Boys’! Like I said earlier, I was the house…
