I really don’t believe Nigeria has a president. Should I have said I don’t believe Nigeria has a powerful president? Maybe I should have said I don’t believe Nigeria has a good president! Mr Muhammad Buhari can’t be said to be a patriot. I’m saying this with every sense of respect. Now, during the last…
I may not really like him. By the way I’ve never met him. However, I don’t find his being in detention funny. Not at all! I understand he’s even there with his wife.Some of his sons were even killed. One of the reasons he’s being detained, I understand, is his willingness to create a state,…
The Yoruba believe people shorn in borrowed clothes, more often than not, suffer some consequences. Apart from the health implications, the clothes will either be slightly bigger or smaller. But many of us are suffering from identity crisis. That could be an effect of being colonized. However, I really don’t buy the colonialism idea simply…
Egungun is a Yoruba word that means ancestral spirits or spirits of the dead. According to the Nigerian Community Online, the word comes from Egun (ancestor) and gun (to rise), meaning the spirits of the dead are honoured and lifted. Egungun is important because in Yoruba culture, people believe that ancestors are still connected to the living….
That Nigeria has a lot of potentials is no news. This includes manpower, wide expanse of arable land, a lot of mineral resources which includes the black gold, amongst other things. But the question is when will Nigeria turn her potentials into reality? This question is germane because a nation of more than two million…
Moses Olaiya a.k.a. Baba Sala could not have performed better than Nigeria’s national assembly. The law making houses have been turned into a home theater providing horror comedies for all and sundry. Rather than being in their usual state of lethargy the (dis)honorable members have turned themselves into providing comic reliefs for Nigerians. This is…
Prior to and during the first Republic in Nigeria, the political players had to prove that they could rule us better than than the colonialists. That’s why we had a healthy competition among the then three regions. At least, I know of Western region where the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo performed wonders. I’m, of course,…
