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…
Photo credit: Medium Some may be shocked that I’m naming my Man of the Year so early. But then, this is the latter part of October and this month happens to be in the very fourth quarter of the year. Kilo tun ku? I’ve never met the guy personally and we might not agree politically,…
Adekunle Oluseyi and Edward Soje are no more!May their souls find peace with their creator!! Both of them committed suicide in the outgone week. Like I wrote sometime ago, I salute the courage of those people who were so brave enough to commit suicide! So many of us have thought of suicide at one time…
Vote buying during elections. Photo credit: Guardian May I use this opportunity to congratulate the ever hopeful people of Ogun State on the occasion of their harvesting their own rights from political spendthrifts? This is election season and politicians are busy outspending each other. Pray, what are they spending on? All those things they ought…
