So, I had an appointment yesterday. And, as usual with me, I Googled the address some two days ago. The app directed me on an arodan (a never ending) trip. The arodan trip is a journey you send a little child who is disturbing you. The child is sent to go get a mysterious object…
With the advent of 2020 came a lot of welcoming gestures. Peoples went praying to whatever they believed in their various religions and irreligion. They topped it up with wearing their brand new clothes, eating their favourite dishes and imbibing their choice drinks. There was great hope that the year 2020 would be better than…
His loss has become his greatest gain. He made June 12 possible. He made power shift possible. Few men have gained so much from their losses. The real loser in the June 12 debacle was Babangida. His sabotage of June 12 made June 12 possible. He lost the right to claim it as the triumph…
Sometime last week, the chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Professor Itse Sagay said Mr Muhammad Buhari will adopt the 1984 despotic style of rulership when he is reelected for a second term of office. Maybe most youths are not aware of the unnecessary anger which Buhari displayed after he and his cohort…
That a popular actress and her husband were arraigned and convicted in court is now part of our COVID 19 history. But then, I thought the courts in Lagos state were on COVID break. Anyway, the accused pled guilty and the course of justice was served. However, some artistes were to point out that the…
I know better than castigating anyone’s physical appearance. But the Yorùbá have a saying, “amúkûn ẹrù ẹ́ wọ́” and he responds, “òkè lẹ̀ ǹwó ẹ wò sàlẹ̀”. It means, some person calling the k–legged man that whatever he’s carrying is not balanced and he replies that the caller should look at his legs. In the…
I really love the news I’m hearing about the Nigerian currency – the Naira! I even heard it has started reflecting in the markets. Let me make a very obvious confession.And that is, I’m not an economist. However, I’m not so dumb as not to understand the basic intricacies of the international market. That market,…
