Photo credit: Hindustan Times I learn today is International Men’s Day! Hmm… Oro sunukun! It’s a day men’s contributions to a peaceful society ought to have been celebrated. But, are men – especially African men – worth celebrating? I’m asking this pertinent question considering the fact that it seems to me that African nations are…
I try to be mysterious if not mischievous while trying to profile people. But this gentleman is probably in a world of his own. He’s so jovial and realistic. In short, he’s my type of man. He used to be a parent of one of my pupils. When his son was in the hostel, the…
Photo credit: premium times I really don’t care a bit about whoever might have won the elections in Kogi and Bayelsa states. In any case, it’s a truth that I don’t care about the party at the center. Indeed, I regard Mr Buhari as a only a regent. If he wasn’t, he wouldn’t have been…
Photo credit: The Punch It’s no longer a secret that the late Timothy Adegoke, a master’s student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife in Osun State is dead. He died at the Hilton Hotel and Resort in Ife where he had lodged after his arrival from Abuja. My sincere condolences to the family and friends…
He hardly hates anyone. Although ́we’ve not met, physically, for over 20 years, technology has made sure we keep in touch. We disagree on a number of issues, and it’s yet to affect our amity. He’s one of the few friends I made while schooling at Ifẹ̀. And he remains a good brother. He always…
Nigeria Migrants. Photo credit: CNN I’m sure most of us are used to the quotation, ‘Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.’ The quotation is so popular that some of us would think it’s Nigerian. Yes, most of our so-called leaders use it as an…
There’re some friends in whose presence you don’t need enemies. Such is the guy I’m profiling today. I got to know him at Abe’gi, an expansive spot in Abeokuta where we keep up with current affairs. A newspaper distributor is at hand and for those of us who I’ll describe as staff members, we don’t…
