Photo credit: the Cable NIGERIA : Not Yet Uhuru It is another may 29. Nigerians are expected to be celebrating another so-called democracy day! However, my belief is that one can measure a state by the quality of life of the poorest citizen in that state. In other words, does the poor have the ability…
Photo credit: the Punch Nigeria is said to be a secular state. That’s theoretical! However, in practice, the Nigerian state is religious. Or how do we explain the fact that apart from having churches and mosques, government involves itself with the staffing of these bastions of religiousity. In the past, government was sponsoring religious pilgrimages….
Photo credit: Garuba Oh, how I wish I could tell whoever offends me to forget it. You see, when a person is brooding over a certain person’s misdeed to them, they end up suffering much more than the offender. In any case, the latter might not even know! How long do we have to spend…
Photo credit: the Punch Come off it!That’s my response to a friend who told me it’s pay day for some of our excretable excellencies. They really don’t belong to us again. It’s not as if we are doing yanga. But considering how they’ve been behaving since they went into the prison called state house, I…
Photo credit: Premium Times I really couldn’t believe when I heard the news of people being offered incentives to encourage them to help themselves and the community. Some people are sceptical in taking the covid vaccines. Meanwhile.the vaccines – apparently – do have a shelf life after which they might be less potent. It’s now…
Adebolu was on the line. Adebolu: Prof, I’m in a fat crap. Me: You only call when you are in trouble. You still owe me a hundred bucks from— Adebolu: Forget the hundred bucks, egbon. You how many naira you are saying? I loaned the money when the rate was 650 naira to one dollar….
Photo credit; Britannica Keresimesi! All go on journeyThey’ve got moneyCymbals soundDrums boom! Odun de! Dunno where money is fromEveryone seems to be drunkWith wine or moneyGo they on spree! Odun olowo! Unable to buy ready made?Go for Aswani madeThat’sAswani gbami odun de! Keresimesi! Some go into theftOthers into debt‘Cos celebrate they mustE’en when unjust! Odun…
