Photo credit: The Conversation There’s recently been some recounting of the gory details of, mainly, sexual harassment by some randy pastors. But when we really look at it, it’s not only pastors that engage in such acts. A lot happens within the academic community, the civil service, the business world, and so on. We were…
Photo credit: Ayade Farms The news today is that Nigeria will start exporting yam to Europe and other foreign countries. Some people are looking at it from the economic angle and they are saying it is a splendid idea. Others are looking at it through the view of scarcity of things in Nigeria and they…
Photo credit: National Assembly, Nigeria I tend to wonder what stuff Nigerians are made of. Must we make a mountain out of every molehill? For something as minor as the federal legislators subtracting and adding, we have started shouting again. Must we! Instead of praising those distinguished senators and eminent members of the house for…
Photo credit: Business Day Most of my childhood and relatively innocent days were spent at Itire. Itire of those days was a sleepy community in the backwaters of Musin and Lawanson. Musin was known for its market places and notorious for its aluta tradition. Lawanson on its own part was a pathway to civilisation as…
Photo credit: intervention People have said a lot about Nigeria needing to be restructured. Yes, I agree so. However, where should we start? Personally, I believe we should start from the thought process. In other words, we should begin from the group pedestal. By this, I mean we should first think of ourselves as human…
Photo credit: Global giving I generally feel concerned for the aged when it’s their birthday. You see, their children and sometimes even grandchildren will not fail to prepare themselves for the occasion. The ice cold drinks and deliciously prepared food items will be competing with each other. A band or dj will be at hand…
Photo credit: Adobe stock All these talks about appointments of media people shows the lack of seriousness inherent in our political space. In the first instance, both of them are eminently qualified to occupy the respective posts. The last time I checked, the political appointees who appointed them had the right to appoint just anyone…
