I really love the news I’m hearing about the Nigerian currency – the Naira! I even heard it has started reflecting in the markets. Let me make a very obvious confession.And that is, I’m not an economist. However, I’m not so dumb as not to understand the basic intricacies of the international market. That market,…
The journalist who asked Mr Buhari what Nigerians should be expecting from his administration is definitely a spoilsport! Haba!! If you look at his antecedent, he’s most likely to be from the opposition. How can anyone ask such a sickening question from a man who’s just recuperating from an undisclosed illness? Is he not a…
Oh yes! Police go arrest taya! I noticed a popularly controversial singer, or is it a controversially famous singer(?) has been running from pillar to post pleading with the EFCC and people who know some people who know those in power that he shouldn’t be arrested because the money he’d been spraying is for the…
Things now differ in Nigeria from when T.M. Aluko wrote his “One man, one matchet” which was published way back in 1964. “One man, one matchetOne woman, one stickOne child, one stone.” Mr Aluko, we’re sorry sir. We regret the fact that we’re disappointing you. We’re no longer in the “stone” age! We’ve certainly moved…
There’s no doubt about the fact that Nigeria’s general elections will take place next year. All hands are on deck to see to the successful prosecution of the elections. Before the incumbent became a tenant of Aso Rock, Nigerians were not satisfied with the performance of the former president. They were also not satisfied with…
While thinking of examples of what our world is going through, I can vividly remember a day when my gramma went to pick me from my elementary school. It was quite unusual. In fact, unusual is an obvious understatement for that particular year. In the first instance, apart from my first day in school, when…
Once upon a time, at church bazaars, big men with legitimate sources of income would go to buy items on auction for a great sum. One Guinea! By the way, a guinea was equal to £1, 1s, or better one pound one. One pound one was equal to twenty one shillings. It was the equivalent…
