Yoruba language is so deep. About one of the first sayings I first understood is, ‘O yo tan, o n wa b’ekun b’ekun’. The phrase is normally used when someone has all the imaginable comforts but has gone ahead to seek unimaginable things. For instance, as a young boy, I would sometimes ride a bicycle…
I wonder what else can shock Nigerians. When, in the second republic, Mr Umaru Dikko said Nigerians were yet to start picking food from the dustbin, most of us thought he was taking things too far. We never knew he was a prophet, not of doom, but of our impending reality. Another person who spoke…
Photo credit: Waxobia reporters It’s reported in today’s papers that an APC member went to court to set aside the constitutional provision limiting the tenure of the Nigerian president to two. He’s said to be asking the courts for a tenure elongation. While I concede the fact everyone has the right to go to the…
The song I like most is, ‘Count your blessings’. While Canada celebrated ‘thanksgiving’ on October 11. The Americans are celebrating theirs today. Hmm… Those are great countries where the rule of law is assumed. I agree there are some breaches. But such breaches are addressed eventually. Well, I think the so-called developing countries are more…
I was more than humbled today! Normally, I don’t obey the order of sleeping for eight hours at a go. Why should I? Apart from writing, reading and socialising, other things might crop up. Besides, I don’t like being held up in a straitjacket! So, I had woken up at 2 am this morning and…
Photo credit: Vanguard Although, I didn’t want to comment on the petering debate on tithing, I have found the hullabaloo generated by it amusing. I would have thought the best thing for people that aren’t feeling OK by tithing was to use the doorways of their various houses of worship. However, I appreciate the fact…
Photo credit: Facebook One governor that I know is a god. He is on his second term and come the year two thousand and nineteen, after the death of our Lord, he knows what will happen. So, he is already planning who will succeed him. Some are saying he already knows whom. He has declared…
