We used to talk about brain drain from third-world countries to the West. Does the happening in Nigeria not represent a more serious infection? The inability to think deeply is what I call a thought drain. It reminds me of the Yoruba folk tale about the dog and the tortoise. In the story, there is…
It’s Tuesday. Yet, this week is already promising to be full of interesting things. The most popular word in Nigeria now is “betray”. It’s become so popular that, quite often, many mix up the act and the subject. More seriously, can the politicians say the reason they are declaring for whatever political post is because…
I believe we should congratulate each other for our respective reactions to this novel virus. But the congratulations will, of course, be limited to those who have sincerely given and citizens who have shown a lot of resilience to disappointments. I particularly praise the citizens because they deserve much better treatments from those governing them….
So many comments have been made about the randy lecturer. Some have so fittingly described him as Professor 5-5. While I do not disagree with that description, I want to give him another one. You know that when a new baby is born in these parts, the isomoloruko, naming is usually held on the eighth…
Whenever someone dies, someone gives birth, someone is getting married and even if someone is warming their newly built house, my people, the Yoruba like marking such milestones with uniforms. This one is to show their solidarity with the celebrators. Meanwhile, those people celebrating would have factored their expenses on their incomes from the uniforms….
Can Nigerians ever imagine a place where almost everything works? I mean a situation in which there are no shouts of, ‘Up NEPA”, because you are over supplied with electric power. A place where the taps run 24/7. Some hospitals are even ready to give patients treatments when they don’t have money. And when we…
The title of nationalist extraordinaire seemed to have been vacant. That was before Buhari got power, in spite of his precedents, bequeathed to him. But now, we all know Momodu Buhari was not just born to rule, he’s as fit as a fiddle to be the Nigerian number one citizen. If not so, he wouldn’t…
