The situation in Nigeria, is to say the least, getting worse. Killings, kidnappings and misgovernance are the order of the day. With the people being rendered more and more impotent as far as freedom of expression is concerned, the situation is getting more ominous. A former senator put up a post warning Nigerians against the…
Yes, my ‘tear rubber’ private jet is bigger than yours! Jet!Jetter!!Jettest!!! The apostles, prophets, evangelists and ‘politricians’ do not spare the masses when it comes to worldly possessions. They live in government reservations, their offices are magnificent and policemen carry their wives’ bags of nothing. It appears they’ve all realized the fact that God is…
Proverbs 29:2“When the rulers are good, the people are happy. When the rulers are evil, the people complain.” I disagree with the quotation above! Why? There’s a Yoruba saying that a person will make his way right with one’s hands. However, the same Yoruba say whatever we’re going to do, we should first ask our…
I’m made to understand there’s a joke amongst the Northerners in Nigeria. The wealthy men 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…
Faithful Christians are observing the Ash Wednesday today. It marks the beginning of the Lenten Season. After forty days of fasting, it will be Easter! However, in the Nigerian situation, are people not already fasting? Indeed, they’ve been fasting materially and spiritually. For the Christians, it hasn’t been funny. It could be said of them…
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…
Photo credit: African Development 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…
