Photo credit: felakuti.com I did a post on Abami Eda two days ago to mark the twenty first anniversary of the great musician’s death. As would be expected of a post in the social media, the story was not so extensive, not because I didn’t have the materials, but from experience, people do not normally…
Photo credit: Premium Times I just felt I should apologize to Mr Muhammad Buhari that I made a grave mistake of describing him, in a recent post, that he’s not a patriot. That’s not true! The fact remains that he’s neither a patriot of the Nigerian state nor of the Hausa nation. He’s obviously a…
Photo credit: the Cable Sam Omatseye is a so–called journalist. I say so–called because he is an example of a journalist I wouldn’t advise people to be like. There’s no doubt about the fact that he’s educated. But there’s a big doubt about his positive use of the education. To me, he’s no more than…
Photo credit: Adobe Stock I thought I was too sharp to enter a ‘one chance’ bus. I felt I was too smart to be ‘419ed’. Indeed I felt I was too street wise to be conned. The saying is true that if a misfortune is to happen to someone who is abroad he will take…
Photo credit: Premium Times The above is a corrupted form of ‘peculiar mess’ .…..or shall we say a Yoruba version? Adegoke Adelabu, a pre- independence politician who belonged to the NCNC had the copyright to that phrase. But I only referred to the phrase because what is happening in some states is nothing but PECULIAR…
Photo credit: CSA images In my last post, a stupid boy chose to advise me about ‘writing your life on fb’, in reference to me. I have chosen not to dignify the brat by naming him. In the first instance, I’m embarrassed by the written English of the poor boy. By his own admission, he…
Photo credit: the Punch Today is the twenty first anniversary of Fela’s death. There are some things which we say unconsciously that turn out to be prophetic. Fela changed his surname from the colonially oriented Ransome-Kuti to Anikulapo-Kuti. He boasted then that he couldn’t die. Apparently, he himself did not know that it was not…
