So you think you can just die like that. Who gave you permission to transform to eternity? The news that Sergei Mavrodi has died will give many people mixed feelings. Mavrodi was the founder of the ponzi scheme called M.M.M. A ponzi scheme is a fraudulent scheme where early investors are paid with the money…
What do they really want?People are complaining about our living large;After empowering them –Didn’t they know we must make tenfold of the amount?They are complaining about our SUVs;These people are so lazy they don’t think straight;Didn’t they know that we need to empower ourselves against the bad roads to visit our constituencies?In any case, we…
Recent activities have set me thinking! I mean the activities about the ownership of Lagos. That Lagos is a Yoruba city is not disputed. Those Yoruba from other states who are ready to do battle much more than the original omo Ekos should read the statement of Alhaji Femi Okunnu titled “Gedegbe l’Eko wa.” In…
Why do some of us like making a mountain out of a molehill? The question arises from the recent display of madness by some ethnic chauvinists who wrongly believe that the Obafemi Awolowo University must have an Ife indigene as the vice chancellor. A university by its name is a complex institution where all and…
A video clip is currently trending on social media and I wonder why it should have been a surprise anyway. It’s that of our Micheal Jackson turned senator dancing away at the wedding of the richest man’s daughter. I’m surprised because even though most Nigerians are relatively poverty stricken, the legislooters are busy smiling to…
I would have wished everyonehave a merry Christmasbut I can’t afford to be unrealistic! With hunger caused by global inflationin the land,with instability and warsravaging our world: Russia versus Ukraine;Israel against Palestinian people;Some 35 armed conflicts in Africa;Over 20 in the Middle East;Seven in Europe and,six in Latin America! Humans rendered homeless;With people suffering,merriment is…
What is the indigenous African view on polygyny? Let’s take the Yoruba example, which is found in this Ifa verse.Please pay attention to the details: Ọ̣̀kan ṣoṣo péré lobìnrín dùn mọ nílé ọkọ(Only one wife is desirable in a man’s house) Tí wọ́n bá di méjì wọn a dòjòwú(Once there are two, they get envious)…
