Someone owing me some money replied they won’t respond to my emails because they are now a uniformed officer. They even threatened to report to the authorities. Kò síhun tó dùn bí àrùn ibà! Obviously the person is trying to cow me not to ask for the money again. The person has Nigerian parentage. Possibly…
“If you are not feeling well, if you have not slept, chocolate will revive you. But you have no chocolate! I think of that again and again! My dear, how will you ever manage?” – Marquise de Sevigne The quotation above accurately describes the present situation worldwide as far as chocolate is concerned. Chocolate is…
I hear the PDP has apologised to Nigerians for misruling the nation for 16 years. If not for the fact that they’ve missed all the goodies of office for three years plus, would they have thought of apologising? In any case, apologising implies wrongdoing. Are they ready to pay reparations? Are they ready to undergo…
I was seated in my usual place looking for network when the owner of the bar slotted Fela’s Original Sufferhead into the music box. For the benefit of those who didn’t know, the album was released in 1981. It is a great disappointment that the record is still relevant today! Isn’t it? I then looked…
I’m amused at the feelings of people who feel it’s an affront to womanhood for a cross-dresser to be crowned as the best-dressed woman. The crowning was done at the premiere of a movie and not at a fashion show. The best thing for those who are feeling annoyed would have been to organize their…
COVID 19 could be spreading all over the globe. But there’s no doubting the fact that it has exposed the various aspects of people, all over the world, laying claims to being human. When I was a tot, we, more or less, lived a communal life. And that was in Lagos of the mid sixties….
I just thought I should share various countries’ or even regions’ reactions to the COVID 19 plague. It’s a known fact that political leaders in the western nations are bent on giving palliatives to assist their respective peoples. It’s also a known a fact that in most democratic western nations, there’s a separation of powers…
