China now plants cassava, and from it makes and exports gari to Nigeria below our market price. So, we don’t have to plant cassava anymore because it would be cheaper to buy China gari than to plant our own gari. Then China will start making eba and fufu from their cassava, packaging them with preservatives…
Photo credit: Vocal media Beside me, on a bus journey recently, was a young lady on the precious side of mid 20s. She spoke low into her mobile phone as the bus whizzed past a Bus Stop in a green manicured surroundings that was her destination. Eavesdroping, I overheard the angry voice of a lady…
Photo credit: Catholic Herald Religious killings could not have happened in the southwestern Nigeria in which I grew up. We were Christians. Surrounding us were Muslims, some even lived with us. Baba Taju lived across the road. Baba Semiyu lived in the house next to us. Beside us was the house in which the 2…
Photo credit: 1Africa If wishes were horses….. When I become governor, about the first thing I must do is to make every open space a farm. Of course, villages will all become farm estates. This is because we want to feed the teeming population of Lagos State. And I am not talking of just planting….
Photo credit: Daily Trust I understand the governor of Ondo State, his excellent excellency, Arakunrin Rotimi Akeredolu has, in his wisdom, pleaded with civil servants in the state to forget about their unpaid salaries. His argument is that, if they can do so, he will face the current salaries squarely. What a brilliant submission! We…
Photo credit: Inspire Bookspace I grew up reading the James Hadley Chase thriller series. I think I read all books in the series. One of the series is titled ‘A Paw In The Bottle’. That novel is all about how monkeys are caught in South America. Peanuts are put in a bottle with a long…
