Photo credit: the Punch The Yoruba have a saying that concerns the elderly. The saying goes thus, ‘ogbon gbon lagbalagba fi nsa fun malu’. It literally translates to the fact that it’s with style that the elderly runs away from the ox. However, the deep meaning is that the elderly will always look before they…
Photo credit: Premium Times The Nigerian Air Force has released the names of three suspects in the killing of one of its own. I recall an incident that happened eons ago. One of late MKO’s son was involved in an altercation with with some air force officers. The Basorun had to come in and he…
Photo credit: the nation The way Nigerian politicians manipulate billions makes me wonder how many Nigerians have ever seen not to talk of being in control of a billion Nigerian Naira. I’m not even referring to the masses. If you’re not a big time contractor or a very affluent person, I very much doubt if…
Photo credit: the Punch Yoruba tradition is so replete with wise sayings. One of them is of a person that goes to the palm tree without doing anything while expecting his mouth to be filled with sweet syrupy palmwine. O sa’gi l’ogbe, o t’oguro l’ofa, o de’di ope, o gbenu s’oke, ofe nii nro na?…
Photo credit: the New York Times I want to believe that success is actually a form of magic. Or could it be described as an aphrodisiac which everyone is attached to when it comes? That France won the recently concluded World Cup soccer competition that was held in Russia is now history. They defeated the…
Photo credit; BBC It’s in order for right thinking people to ask for the cause of the death of 23 year old Tolulope Arotile. The tale by moonlight being told by the establishment which she worked for is simply not adding up. Isn’t it a fact that she was at loggerheads with the top brass?…
Photo credit: Facebook I’m sure people reading my scribblings would, by now, have become used to my hero worshiping. Yeah! The fantastic I people I’ve come by in this world are nothing but heroes, my own heroes! Another person whose good deeds are a matter of interest to me is Amusan Ayodeji Abdulwasiu, a.k.a. Laibe…
