Jose Marinho is a household name among football enthusiasts. His popularity soared even further with Chelsea’s 2-0 win over PSG on Tuesday. Although Chelsea is a fantastic team, people generally felt they would meet their Waterloo in PSG. But that was not to be. In their first-leg match, PSG had trounced Chelsea by three goals…
COVID-19 is undoubtedly taking so many lives. Even though it’s a pandemic, there’s no clear certainty about its origin yet. Its cure remains even more shrouded in mystery. However, it has succeeded in showing the different shades of administration throughout the globe. While in most of the civilized world, it’s as if the respective governments…
When I look at the case of Nigeria, I can’t but laugh! I will always laugh at the failure to do the most obvious of things. For instance, how come Nigeria can’t feed its teeming population? How come there’s so much hunger in the land? I am old enough to know that we have a…
We used to have some games when I was a kid. You see, I grew up in what you could call a semi traditional environment. Semi traditional because even though we were living in the city, we were taught the mores and values of traditional life. Also, our grand parents were living with us or…
I’ve always advocated for a social welfare system for the Nigerian people. However, some people have persisted in countering it for several reasons. Some will say Nigeria doesn’t have a good database. That has been interesting to me simply because Nigeria does have at least four ways in which a willing administration could get data…
I was furious that a popular actress held a party, somewhere in Lagos, to celebrate her husband’s birthday while there was a lockdown because of coronavirus19. The government subsequently arrested the couple and they were prosecuted. I have since learnt that some of the other attendees at the party have had charges against them withdrawn….
I don’t think the national assembly members in Nigeria will be able to withstand the consequences of their actions. How dare they ask for accountability for the monies disbursed as palliatives for the poor to cushion the effects of COVID-19? There are talks that up to 5.2 billion Naira was disbursed within 72 hours. A…
