Photo credit: nkenne I was at a naming ceremony today. To say I wasn’t the happiest will be an understatement of the year. The parents are so-called Christians. Why I doubt their Christianity will soon be apparent. By the way, I used to think it was only the Pentecostal churches that weren’t doing things the…
Sometime ago, I used to be a housemaster. By the way, that was the job I enjoyed most. I simply love the youth! While there, more often than not, I had to counsel some boy who had been given a nickname that the more he showed a dislike for the nickname,, the more it would…
There is a saying among the Yoruba that we are all thieves, it’s only those caught that are officially called so. I don’t know much about corruption in the First Republic. However, during the Gowonic era, I heard of the “If you Tarka me…” and the Iyabo Olorunkoya cases. In the Obasanjo era, I heard…
In my innocence, I used to think grey hair and baldness went with riches and wisdom. Not until I started having both did I realize my belief was nothing but a ruse. The grey hair started with an obscure strand. But it is all over me now, even in the unlikeliest of places. What’s more,…
In response to a valued brother’s post yesterday, I commented that I believe in posting MY truth. I’m not a people pleaser! I say the truth the way I see it but that does not stop me from apologizing when faced with superior facts. It has exposed me to many dangers, especially the greatest 419…
The FRC regulation for non profit organisations stole in like a thief in the night. I must confess that I never knew such a law existed. Not until the GO of RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye retired as a result of the law. And to think the matter was even taken to the courts for adjudication!…
Photo credit: the Guardian How else can any sane person the panel of inquiry into the Lekki infringement of innocent citizens’ rights as a job for the boys, a facade or an ill wind that won’t blow anybody any good? I understand the panel has just gathered a team of forensic experts to go to…
