The news was agog yesterday about a court in the UK’s sentencing a Nigerian senator who, with his wife, was found guilty of organ harvesting. Knowing how the British love their holidays, and yesterday being Labour Day, were the courts in session? I googled it, and the answer was, “There are no court sittings.” I…
The ever-philosophical Yoruba have a saying, ‘Ori yeye ni mogun, t’aise lo po’. This roughly translates to, ‘so many are punished unjustly’. I congratulate Zainab Aliyu immensely on having an influential father. If her father had not been among society’s formidable wheeler dealers, she would most probably have ended up on death row in Saudi…
The two central labour unions in Nigeria are demanding a minimum wage of of fifty six thousand naira. Brilliant, isn’t it? When we look at the profligacy of the ruling class, the working class deserves much more. A faction is even asking for ninety thousand naira. Yes, labour deserves the key to the central bank!…
People with sense,Won’t ever touch,Next level! EvenWith ten-foot pole! Erin ka releO wa j’Oba!Erin yeye,Erin yeye! Not my people,With theirEducated povertyThey would ratherCall bull buodaTo partake Erin kareleO wa j’ObaErin yeyeErin yeye! Yeah!To partake,Even in theMost miserlyOf crumbs,Of their ownCommonwealth! Erin kareleO wa j’Oba!Erin yeyeErin yeye! Discipline is it,Leading toQuiet, even ofThe graveyard! Erin kareleO…
Never do I knowWe do it where I come fromCrossing in between vehiclesE’en when green lights are onFor motorists to haveRight of way! So, selfishlyDo I manoeuvre my wayRoad to crossNot minding traffic rules! As long as I lookTo the rightTo the leftAnd to the right again! Not knowingPolice car is the nextHe screeches to…
Seed of my troubled youth,I do praise you.For your resilience;And patience!Could have made,Ziĺlion dollar bales,But for fate,Which is affected by faith.If not for you,I would have wasted my youth.People said I should visitThe dibia, whether he willFind a solution to you,Being the you!But, ibi ori da’ni si,Ao gbodo fi tele!To ba w’Olodumare,A fun mi.Bi o…
Let’s be thanking God for little mercies. Let’s thank Him for all things. I’m rereading Olusegun Adeniyi’s ‘The Last 100 Days of Abacha’. All the killings and attempted killings. The so-called phantom coup. The adoption of the ‘five fingers of the same hand’, as the late Bola Ige described the political parties of that troubled…
