Photo credit: Dubawa The average Yoruba should be wisdom personified. That’s because embedded in the tradition and culture of the Yoruba are words of wisdom and wisecracks that could serve the discerning for a lifetime. One of these is that the egungun festival will end and acolytes who had been eating like royalty will soon…
Photo credit: Oxfam Bad, you sayCountry is!Useless, you sayLeaders are! Of course! Some questions, I have:Where was I?Where were you?Where were we? When they were stealing?When they were mobilizing?So–called thugs,Street urchins,Touts,RuffiansN’ vagabonds? Who, in turn, riggedBenefactors into powerWhere surplus is limitlessControllingMy own and your own futures! There go our destiniesWhile sayingPolitics is dirty! We are…
Photo credit: Vanguard The people governing us are great. In fact, their greatness is fantastic. However, Nigerians are a hard nut to crack. Whatever their rulers do to mitigate some suffering, it is viewed with suspicion. In fact, rulership is a thankless job. The removal of subsidy on premium motor spirit (PMS) is a case…
Photo credit: Vogue The wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle has come and gone! It was a wedding that had all the new and old monies congregating at Windsor Castle for the fairytale event. The famous and the royalty too were not left behind. However, the wedding did show how irreligious and impious the…
Photo credit: Nairaland forum “Be careful because when that boy was growing up, I was being arrested from time to time. So, the only language he understood was detention and, arrest and the rest of them.” – Femi Falana The eminent lawyer was speaking about his son Folarin, also known as Falz. Falz himself was…
Photo credit: Gaskiya Kodan The main characters of the Abacha era are now exposing themselves. According to Mr Galadima, a self styled Abacha boy, the goggled one was advised by the likes of Saddam Hussein and Muhammad Gaddafi to stash Nigeria’s money abroad because the U.S. and other countries may block Nigeria’s accounts. A pertinent…
Photo credit: Denver Hair Restoration Hmm… Some years ago;I wrote on my balding pate;Another year, on the greying hair I did write! I never knew growing to be a senior was yet to be done with me;I’ve started growing a grey tuft on my moustache! I do adore my moustache because it’s especially good for…
