With a great sense of pity, I watched Dr Badamasi Lawal Charachi, the Katsina state commissioner for education, explaining away the mass purchase of dogs! By the way, Katsina is in Nigeria, the state from which Mr Buhari hails. All those people from a particular state in the southwest, you may carefully go and have…
As the head of the Political jagbajantis, sorry, directorate, of RCCG has declared that Osinbajo is the only child of God and pastor who can take Nigeria to the promised land, I wouldn’t think any primary is necessary again for all the political parties in Nigeria. We should enthrone him as president immediately and automatically,…
The news was agog yesterday about a court in the UK’s sentencing a Nigerian senator who, with his wife, was found guilty of organ harvesting. Knowing how the British love their holidays, and yesterday being Labour Day, were the courts in session? I googled it, and the answer was, “There are no court sittings.” I…
The ever-philosophical Yoruba have a saying, ‘Ori yeye ni mogun, t’aise lo po’. This roughly translates to, ‘so many are punished unjustly’. I congratulate Zainab Aliyu immensely on having an influential father. If her father had not been among society’s formidable wheeler dealers, she would most probably have ended up on death row in Saudi…
The two central labour unions in Nigeria are demanding a minimum wage of of fifty six thousand naira. Brilliant, isn’t it? When we look at the profligacy of the ruling class, the working class deserves much more. A faction is even asking for ninety thousand naira. Yes, labour deserves the key to the central bank!…
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…
Never do I knowWe do it where I come fromCrossing in between vehiclesE’en when green lights are onFor motorists to haveRight of way! So, selfishlyDo I manoeuvre my wayRoad to crossNot minding traffic rules! As long as I lookTo the rightTo the leftAnd to the right again! Not knowingPolice car is the nextHe screeches to…
