Opinion

Photo credit: Channels TV The Yoruba have a saying for virtually everything! There’s a saying that when a handshake gets to the shoulder, it has become a wrestling match. I’m hearing some rumours to the effect that the United States is threatening Nigeria with war because of the allegations that Nigeria is allowing a Christian genocide….

Photo credit: New Lines Magazine Blameless!Guiltless!In the clear!Unimpeachable!Irreproachable!Faultless!More, More, More! That’s president Buhari for you. All he wants is just naked power to prove people like the self styled evil genius, IBB, wrong that he could rule our embarrassment of a country called Nigeria again. If not, he would have seen through the thick skin…

Photo credit: ACLU of Wyoming When we really look at it, a community of peoples actually constitute the largest tribe of human beings. It’s however unfortunate that in most cases, most of them would be unwilling to join the tribe. But then, as a result of the fact that the situation does not augur well…

Photo credit: Wikipedia We often assume that parent-child relationships are lifelong and emotionally close. Yet, in reality, many families experience periods of emotional distance and little contact. A number of robust studies in which researchers have analyzed data from larger samples that mirror the broader population document how  common family estrangement is. In Germany, one study found that 20…

A friend it was who told me today, November 1, is Authors’ Day! Personally, I do believe everyone is an author. Ok! Let’s take it this way, everyone has the probability of being an author. Why? Our respective journeys through life, if penned would be super sellers. But then, one should understand the fact that…

Photo credit: Al Jazeera I was discussing with someone on FB yesterday, and I regretted I did. There are some people, once they believe in politicians, that wouldn’t let go even on the face of apparent betrayal. To those people, the saying that, ‘fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me,’…

Photo credit: the Guardian A valued friend just sent me a video of Chief Bode George being interviewed. His insistence is that Tinubu is not from Lagos. Well, we all know he isn’t! But then, does it really matter? A person could come from Jigawa or Enugu for instance, as long as he’s a Nigerian,…