The two central labour unions in Nigeria are demanding a minimum wage of of fifty six thousand naira. Brilliant, isn’t it? When we look at the profligacy of the ruling class, the working class deserves much more. A faction is even asking for ninety thousand naira. Yes, labour deserves the key to the central bank!…
The ever philosophical Yoruba have a saying that, ‘Ori yeye ni mogun, taise lo po’. This roughly translates to, ‘so many are punished unjustly’. I congratulate Zainab Aliyu immensely for having an influential father. If her father had not been amongst the formidable wheeler-dealers of society, she would most probably have ended up on the…
Nothing more brings to mind the hard times we are in than the fact that some southwestern states in Nigeria have legislated, in their respective houses of assembly, that people sinking boreholes will henceforth be paying some money. This is to inform citizens that, even in Freetown, nothing goes for free. However, I think the…
Gov, Monday Okpebolo harvests corn from farm For how long must we countinue with this tomfoolery? Ain’t it time for us to stop all these rigmarolic displays? A political functionary goes to the rural area and for photo effect, he pretends to identify with the people. He does what villagers are doing and it becomes…
It won’t be wrong if at the extent our youths are bent on self destruction, we should call for urgent help. Many of our youths are now under the influence. They indulge in the expensive habit of drug taking. When people have been converted into drug users, they are likely to forsake everything just to…
Yes! So, Canada held its Federal Election recently and the result was announced almost immediately. Ah… No election delays, no fake result, no touts, no rigging, no election observers and so on. What’s more…the political parties that did not win are taking it like gentlemen and women. They aren’t going to the tribunal. Even before…
Let’s be thanking God for little mercies. Let’s thank Him for all things. I’m rereading Olusegun Adeniyi’s ‘The Last 100 Days of Abacha’. All the killings and attempted killings. The so- called phantom coup. The adoption by all the ‘five fingers of the same hand’, as late Bola Ige described the political parties of that…
