Opinion

We used to have some games when I was a kid. You see, I grew up in what you could call a semi traditional environment. Semi traditional because even though we were living in the city, we were taught the mores and values of traditional life. Also, our grand parents were living with us or…

I’ve always advocated for a social welfare system for the Nigerian people. However, some people have persisted in countering it for several reasons. Some will say Nigeria doesn’t have a good database. That has been interesting to me simply because Nigeria does have at least four ways in which a willing administration could get data…

I was furious that a popular actress held a party, somewhere in Lagos, to celebrate her husband’s birthday while there was a lockdown because of coronavirus19. The government subsequently arrested the couple and they were prosecuted. I have since learnt that some of the other attendees at the party have had charges against them withdrawn….

I don’t think the national assembly members in Nigeria will be able to withstand the consequences of their actions. How dare they ask for accountability for the monies disbursed as palliatives for the poor to cushion the effects of COVID-19? There are talks that up to 5.2 billion Naira was disbursed within 72 hours. A…

Is it not a wonder,Raining without thunder?Vultures are gathered,Season of the reaper! Frogs aren’t croaking,Lions not roaring!Frogs are rather weeping,With lions crying! Due to rat-a-tat-tat!Of the extra largeEnvelope of cowry,We took as bribery! What we’d sownHad become grown,To an Ajantala,We hardly matter! Ah- a colonel!Then- a dan sanda!They were wasted,As we grunted! We just are…

Emá fọ̀’tẹ̀ ba wun yìí dáa jẹ́ I saw it coming, didn’t I?I knew they couldn’t do without you.Àbí now.Who’ll hold the forth for them in 2023?Who’ll unleash the political foot soldiers within the motor parks and beyond?Who’d organize the enforcers? Oti mó’yè yí je!Owọ́ méjì fẹ́nìkan! Gbogbo wa l’ọ̀rẹ́e Émuṣì Olúọmọ! 040822

As I posted yesterday, Nigeria is quite an exciting place to be right now. There’s no doubt that the country is in a season of anomie. There is a lack of usual social standards, personal unrest, and uncertainty resulting from a lack of purpose or ideals. That’s anomie, as defined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary. But…