Ah tor! This COVID 19 is causing people a lot of unspeakable hazards. It has its advantages, anyway. The major advantage is the bonding which it has afforded families. So many children have never had to be with their parents for so long. The wives must be basking in the COVIDenhanced bonding with their husbands….
I was monitoring Sunday Morning Live on Ogun Radio, Abeokuta today. Instead of discussing germaine national issues like kidnappings, hunger, internal division and what have you, the station decided to discuss sports development. Even, at the best of times, do common Nigerians have time for sports these days? I understand that people can hardly travel…
It’s a good thing that no other person than a spokesman of the presidency, himself a northerner, willingly confessed that Miyetti Allah is a socio-cultural group just like Afenifere and Ohanaeze. I’m aware that Mr Sheu might lie sometimes, but in this case, he doesn’t have any reason to be a Lai! You know, as…
When I consider the Nigerian situation, I end up marvelling at why we haven’t stopped the mess our so called leaders are giving us. But then, I tend to console myself with a Yoruba saying that, ‘Agbepo laja o jale, eni gba l’owo e gangan l’ole.’ That is, while the person who has actually stolen…
I just wanted to say my bit about the Nigerian currency – the Naira. The latest excuse for going south of the Naira is the crypto market! Really? So, what is the result Nigeria is getting in International Trade?I mean what is the worth of our imports compared to exports? Are we not spending the…
I know I had known the ‘wara’ of the Fulani before meeting anyone of them. Wara is Yoruba for ‘nunu’ fresh milk made into cakes and sold by Fulani ladies. They hawked it everywhere, then. I was later to know the refreshing ‘fura de nunu’, a mixture of millet and yoghurt. At a time, it…
I think it’s high time Nigeria ate the humble pie. Of course, apologies to other African nations is a given, considering the gra gra we used to make in those days. Gone are the days when we ridiculously called ourselves the giants of Africa. They are gone because even unborn babies can see if indeed…
