When a child seems to be selfishly savouring a particular item, the Yoruba are quick to remind him that, ‘On ton tan lodun eegun, omo alagbaa nbo wa fekuru jeko’. The simple meaning of that is that everyday is not Christmas. You know there was once a goggled Abacha in Nigeria. During his reign, Nigerians…
So, the southern governors in Nigeria have decided, in their benevolence, to go into agriculture. At least, that’s what the newly elected chairman of the Southern Governors’ Forum, Mr. Dapo Abiodun of Ogun state, said. I hope it wasn’t said out of a bit of satiety from the dinner which would have accompanied their meeting….
The news of the brutal murder of eighty six people in Nigeria’s middle belt state of Plateau shocked me. It’s not as if the killing will be the first, but then, it set me thinking about the sort of person a killer would be. Since I’m not a psychologist all I will do here is…
Quite a lot of people have commented on the killing of a CEO by his erstwhile girlfriend or sidechick in popular parlance! However, the way I see the whole issue is that of a decaying society from which the basic values and norms have fled. Before that gruesome incident, had other condemnable crimes not been…
I’m always fascinated at the fervour with which we prepare for funerals. So many people get into debts to bury their dead. A Yoruba saying goes that if a fraction of the care and money spent on funerals is spent on the invalid, most people will not be dying unnecessary deaths. And that’s true! The…
The market places are agog. No seller can honestly say they don’t have would-be buyers. It’s only the actual buyers that may not be forth coming. Even the chicken processors are in good business. See, the Id’el fitri is a chicken celebration. Chicken hawkers are busy, layers, broilers, etc. The chickens themselves are putting up…
History is the study of past events, particularly in human affairs. It’s also described as the whole series of past events connected with someone or something! Hmmm… Little wonder, our dealers, sorry leaders are trying their best to put History as a subject in our school syllabus. At least, we must read about all that…
