Photo credit: the Punch There’s a Yoruba saying that goes with these times. ‘Kekere n’imale ti nko omo e l’aso’. I’m sure those who have been reading me will long have realised that I don’t have any religious bias. I’m saying that just in case some are feeling threatened. The meaning of the saying is…
Cartoon of a man urinating on the Bible. Photo credit: @tylyorbo There’s a story in Yoruba land and it goes thus: The ubiquitous tortoise once had a wife. Unfortunately, tortoise, being the lazy type, it gets rewarded, for everyone of its actions rather handsomely. It so happens that the tortoise’s father in law is a…
Photo credit: Premium Times People who are familiar with our world definitely know that no condition is permanent. This is more so in the so called developing world. By the way, the term ‘developing’ is a polite way of calling countries underdeveloped. Nigeria happens to be one of such. The table has turned for the…
Photo credit: Facebook Nigerians do not recognise talents when they see them. How can they? The hunger that even those that have means of getting their daily bread are facing has made them blind. If those who are working are hungry, what will happen to the many who are jobless? Asko! If gold rust, what…
Photo credit: the Punch As many terrible things are happening in Nigeria so are the simply laughable ones. I did a post not too long ago about bringing equity into our politics. I can remember mentioning practitioners of Traditional African Religion. Have we ever been fair to them in picking our political representatives? Those of…
Photo credit: the Punch I understand some people have been going about in a, God don catch dem, attitude. I’m talking about the Lagos floods. Well, I have always said that we should first look at every human being as a brother. That is universal brotherhood of man. You see, if you could do that,…
Photo credit: Quartz Still on the Lagos floods. Incidentally, reports are indicating that other towns in the country also didn’t escape the havoc caused by the floods. But my focus today is on our preparedness for emergencies as private individuals, as communities and as governments. As individuals, do we know how to respond to emergencies?…
