Opinion

Photo credit: The Nations I’m not a fuji fan. But then, neither do I go about with my eyes closed nor my ears blocked. Was it not in January 2013 that the late Alhaji Sikiru Ayinde Barrister released an album titled, ‘E Sinmi Rascality’? The title of the album could be said to be addressing…

Photo credit: CSIS So, some people still believe that what is going on in the Middle East is about religion or power. They must have another think coming! For sure I don’t support the criminality of Hamas in attacking harmless civilians – killing and taking hostages – anybody who does is definitely a sadist. However,…

The Nigerian situation is such that the wise must be wary of mischievous people who run with the hare and hunt with the hounds. Lawyers say the one who comes to equity must come with clean hands. Some say we should hold on to the message and forget the messenger. However, is the messenger as…

Photo credit: Vanguard There’s this news of Mr Buhari going to inspect his herd of cattle while refusing to visit the school or the parents of the boys who had been kidnapped in HIS state. I wonder what the problem is with journalists. After all, the president sent a high-ranking official to that state. Forget…

Photo credit: Business Day This is the season when the challenged, in various ways, are remembered. The old, the invalid, and the motherless, including the fatherless, could be lucky to be remembered. However, I’m looking at it from another angle. Let’s assume that each gets a ram, a bag of rice and four litres of…

Thanks, my lady lawyer. How soon shall we learn that we need to not only be free but be seen as free? And this freedom is absolute. Isn’t it? What’s so bad about someone displaying their freedom? And she happens to have studied the law? Freedom to breathe, freedom to eat, freedom to ease ourselves!…

Photo credit: The Economic Times The late Kola Olawuyi had a bitter quarrel with a pastor based in Ejigbo in Lagos State. The pastor is also deceased. However, while both were still alive, Kola Oluwuyi always referred to the pastor as “ajofeyinbo.” That means a person whose dance is for the pleasure of the White…