Fast for forty days,Masses fast everyday.Awe ti b’awe nle,Biribiri gan la ngba! We already spent,Without being sentAeons in fast,Cos we lack. So when you sayWe must pay,Through fasting,We are smiling. Already we’re hungeredCos we ponderedOver nothing to eat,We have no wheat. We are prayingWhile picking,The left oversNot to be picked by others! Dikko was prophetic!…
Photo credit: Daily Post It’s no longer news that the first civilian governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande, has left this world. He was a man of achievements! So many housing estates, so many schools, so many hospitals, a radio station, a tv station, a university, etc were founded by him. To cap…
When I talk about my motherland, I’m so passionate about how we have disappointed the living God. Yeah! We have because God has been so merciful to Nigeria that He has provided almosteverything needed for a nation to run, and run well, for the country. What else do we want? Manpower?Fertile lands?Agricultural resources?Mineral resources?Good weather?…
I love leaders who tell the people the truth before they start ruling them. That’s why I wouldn’t blame the Nigerian president for the tough times the nation is facing. Before he was (s)elected as president, he warned severally that he would continue with the dismal leadership of the former president. So, I don’t really…
I love the Yoruba because of their wisdom. There is actually nothing that their philosophy doesn’t cover. At least, within their world view! Concerned Ogun State indigenes have been flooding the social media with their shock over the disgrace that occurred yesterday. While sympathizing with them, I sincerely believe that we all are responsible for…
Photo credit: Catholic Diocese of Sokoto Maybe there was something I failed to read in Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah’s address at the funeral mass of 18-year old Micheal Nnadi who was killed by kidnappers. By the way, Michael was an orphan who was survived by a doting grandmother. He chose to be a Catholic reverend…
We, Nigerians, are a funny lot! Indeed, the world must be reading anything Nigerian before they read their own home stories. For instance, what is in a postponement? I mean if it’s constitutional, why should there be so many hues and cries? But then,……. Why is it that almost every PDP member supports and almost…
