Photo credit: CLP Legal When elections are approaching in Nigeria, we tend to hear various stories which are cooked up by different interest groups. My concern today is whether or not the press should take positions on political issues. Another issue that’s relevant here is if a particular media takes a position, could it be…
I wanted to travel to Ghana for some days. I was now faced with what to take along. Which books, what type of clothing, etc The thought then came to me of what we would need on our eternal journey. I mean when we finish our sojourn on earth. You see, being buried in a…
Photo credit: NS Energy In his controversial book, There Was A Country, Chinua Achebe referred to the fact that Biafrans were able to refine crude oil during the unfortunate Civil War which took place between 1967 and 1970. Of course, the Western world was like, ‘the oil-industry technology was so complex’, that it would have…
Photo credit: the vanguard I’m definitely 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…
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, methinks the powers…
This is the season when the challenged, in various manners, are remembered. The old, the invalid, the motherless which includes the fatherless, could be lucky to be remembered. However, I’m looking at it from another angle. Let’s assume that each of them gets a ram, a bag of rice and four litres of cooking oil….
Photo credit: The Cable 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 of journalists are. After all, the president had sent a high ranking official to…
