Photo credit: Premium Times I read the press conference addressed by the Lagos State commissioner for information and strategy and I began to wonder. Why? The governor, in his earlier address, had put the date for the ban as June 1. The commissioner, in his own statement said, “with immediate effect”. You know, I’ve always…
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…
Photo credit: CNN Unbelievable’s happening;Instead of buildingGlobal perpetuity;We’re besieged with mortality! Is Putin being kind to History?Even if he gains victory;With environmental degradation;Arising from wildlife extinction! Unfathomable scale of ruination;Resulting from destruction;Of obliterated villages and cities;By modernized savages! All is now set;For uninhabited planets;Solid city walls;Must take falls! Thought human lives sacrosanct;Not before unpleasant;Imbecilic savages;Who…
Photo credit: Tour Nigeria Abeokuta is an interesting place to live in. Almost everyone knows whom you are. If not directly, then by extension. But for me, I find life in Abeokuta somewhat on the dull side. People generally do not wake up until around six o’Clock in the morning. OK, people hardly get to…
Photo credit: Dubawa The average Yoruba should be wisdom personified. That’s because embedded in the tradition and culture of the Yoruba are words of wisdom and wisecracks that could serve the discerning for a lifetime. One of these is that the egungun festival will end and acolytes who had been eating like royalty will soon…
Photo credit: Oxfam Bad, you sayCountry is!Useless, you sayLeaders are! Of course! Some questions, I have:Where was I?Where were you?Where were we? When they were stealing?When they were mobilizing?So–called thugs,Street urchins,Touts,RuffiansN’ vagabonds? Who, in turn, riggedBenefactors into powerWhere surplus is limitlessControllingMy own and your own futures! There go our destiniesWhile sayingPolitics is dirty! We are…
Photo credit: Vanguard The people governing us are great. In fact, their greatness is fantastic. However, Nigerians are a hard nut to crack. Whatever their rulers do to mitigate some suffering, it is viewed with suspicion. In fact, rulership is a thankless job. The removal of subsidy on premium motor spirit (PMS) is a case…
