I’m made to understand there’s a joke amongst the Northerners in Nigeria. Wealthy people would usually build mosques on their premises. In most cases, most of the wealth comes from the commonwealth. They tend to see their riches as their own share of the national cake. The joke comes from the erection of the mosques….
I still see the Buhari of 1984/85. However, there’s no doubting the fact that he is the Hercules that has tried to clean the Augean stable of our national mess. In fact, it is an understatement to say that the mess stinks to the heavens with a very unpleasant odour However, one thing keeps troubling…
I was a great fan of the round leather game, soccer, in my youth. I actually loved those guys who could dribble their ways into goal. Some of them were Haruna Ilerika, Adokie Amiesimaka, Siji Lagunju, Scoro as Murtala Onigbanjo was known, Segun Odegbami, Rasidi Yekini and so on. Since I was used to the…
Photo credit: BBC It’s no longer a secret that Nigerian politicians are getting ‘battle’ ready for the 2023 elections. Actually, the initial political permutations began in May 2019. That’s the way of political elements in Nigeria. Even before an elected government settles down, they start gunning for successors. It’s probably one of the reasons we…
“They first came for the socialists, and I did not speak out because I was not a socialist…” Martin Niemoller The above quotation speaks so well of the Nigerian authorities’ perennial interest in banning social media. However, if we really look at it, they are trying to protect Nigerians from wasting their money buying data…
So many would have been shocked by yesterday’s message. It’s not as if I don’t have the capacity and the capability to love. Those I love can bear the testimony. But it’s as if the society is commercializing everything, even love. My point is that must I be railroaded into loving for just one day?…
There is no doubting the fact that the die is cast for Nigeria to go to the polls tomorrow. As would be expected, all hands are on deck to see to the prosecution of the election. Personally, I would not have voted. That’s because the two top candidates are just unacceptable to me. But then,…
