If I had the opportunity, I would have asked the Nigerian President what happened during the lockdown to warrant easing it from next Monday. I would have even asked him if he had succeeded in getting an okay from COVID 19 that it must only strike at night. That would have informed his pronouncing a…
There’s no doubt that Nollywood – Nigeria’s version of Hollywood – is going places. With the number of Nigerians progressively committing the offence of japaing, the sky is actually the beginning for our thespians. The movies are actually doing a lot in reminding one of home. But, there is quite a few things to be…
I had decided not to post anything about COVID 19 again. Especially, given Nigeria’s untidy management of the scourge. However, when a handshake moves to the elbow, it becomes a wrestle. The death of an old school buddy has made me shatter my shell. He attended the reputable Baptist Academy, Obanikoro in Lagos, where he…
A number of sites exist in Cambodia where more than a million people were killed and buried by the Khmer Rouge during its rule of the country between 1975 and 1979. They are appropriately named the Cambodian Killing Fields. An estimated figure of between 500, 000 thousand and one million Rwandans were eliminated within 100…
With the advent of 2020 came a lot of welcoming gestures. Peoples went praying to whatever they believed in their various religions and irreligion. They topped it up with wearing their brand new clothes, eating their favourite dishes and imbibing their choice drinks. There was great hope that the year 2020 would be better than…
There are KINGS and there are kings. Probably the most respected king in the south west is the Oba of Benin. And why is this so? I believe it’s because he doesn’t make himself available for just any event. He is not meddlesome. He minds his own business. That is not to say he doesn’t…
It’s recorded that Christ the Jesus rode on a donkey to Jerusalem. The donkey was not even Christ’s. He simply liberated it! It’s also reported that Christ lived a life of simplicity. He particularly loved the poor and children. But what do we have these days? Many people might not know, either deliberately or ignorantly,…
