Photo credit: Vanguard Some Yoruba artiste once sang a song, I don’t remember which artiste and the genre. But the crux of the song is people are saying they don’t want mishaps in the village but the village chief’s wife is seĺling hemp and the son is an addict. What other thing could bring a…
When I heard the South West governors in Nigeria were set to launch their so called Operation Amotekun, a security outfit aimed to protect their region from the insecurity that has pervaded the nation due to systemic failures of the powers that be, especially at the center, I just laughed it off. I laughed not…
The problems of Nigeria is championed by one weakness. That weakness is not being able to talk or ask questions at the right time. The ever wise Yoruba say that ‘Ai le soro ni bere ori buruku’. That is failure to talk, ask questions or even make one’s feelings known is beckoning at ill luck….
Didn’t sleep till the wee hours and, of course, couldn’t have woken up till late. However, not too late for the church service. Seeing I had some time to burn before the service, went out to see if I could buy some items at a nearby convenience store. Apparently, the owner was enjoying the weekend…
According to a story, his grandfather was walking through the premises of the military settlement in Abeokuta with his hat on. As he went past the British flag, a soldier instructed him to remove his hat. But Rev. I. O. Ransome- Kuti refused to obey and the soldier attempted to remove the hat with a…
Photo credit: instagram I understand the African Union is embarrassed by American President Trump’s declaration that some countries are shitholes. Yes, they ought to be. You know people don’t like outsiders to correct or criticize them. If not so, I wouldn’t think President Trump was wrong. In fact, he even tried for the fact that…
So, how many of us care to listen to the other side of the story? Many people do surprise me when they base their prejudiced and jaundiced ‘judgements” against the other party basing their sickened decisions on the “complainant’s” version of what actually transpired. Even if they were friends with the party they perceived as…
