The Yoruba believe there’re three periods a man goes through, and they liken the periods to periods of the day. That is morning stands for childhood, afternoon stands for mid age and night stands for old age. They also pray that God should let their old age be the best. Quite logical, ain’t it? I…
Photo credit: Alamy To say I’m so disappointed with the news that some politicians are planning to maltreat the women of Ogun State is an understatement of the century. I’m actually not talking of the foolish politicians but of the women themselves. So, when you protest while shorn of even the tiniest lingerie, where does…
There’s really a lot to dance about in Nigeria of today. The ever wise Yoruba have said when a situation is beyond weeping, just try and laugh. Why won’t we dance, all our civil servants get paid on time. It’s only those people who are against our governance who have failed to see these things….
When people describe Nigeria as the poverty capital of the world, it’s not really a new thing. That’s because the Yoruba have a saying that , when a single person is rich in the community, then the whole community is poor. What’s going on in Nigeria now can be termed as a liberation of the…
Photo credit: Facebook I used to believe a single wife was damn too “many” for an individual. Why? Apart from the financial capabilities, what about the emotional and physical touches? I’m aware of the great Fela’s feat of marrying 27 wives on a single day. However, he was to divorce all of them later and…
Photo credit: Vanguard Let’s roll out the drums and celebrate.Oh yes, why shouldn’t we? Our naira is now greater than the dollar.Our oil is now worth two hundred dollars per barrel.We now grow our own food.We export rice to China.Palm produce to Malaysia.Every farm has irrigation.Every able bodied man is employed.The sick and old get…
Photo credit: Premium Times I hear a company has started producing pencils in Nigeria. I hope the company will be gracious enough to also start producing erasers. Ah tor! I remember in those days when I was a gangling lad, whatever homework we were not too sure of was done with pencil. That’s because if…
