Someone posted an indictment on the begging culture which has now enveloped us. When I say, us, I really do mean it! In the past, the standard way of writing a letter for employment was to begin with, ‘I beg to apply…’ These days we’re not begging for employment but for favours when we shouldn’t…
When a conscious mind looks at the world, they would see it’s all vain, meaningless, pointless, and futile.. Yet, most people could kill to be in certain posts. I wouldn’t know of any post that is novel. I mean a post that nobody has never occupied. We were all, ok those who had been born…
Thoughts of the word, ‘revolution’, brings various meanings to different people depending on their status in life. When, on January 15, 1966, five majors of the Nigerian Army sacked the democratic government of Alhaji Tafawa Balewa, people believed a revolution had taken place. A rematch was to take place on July 29, 1966. It involved…
To call these thieves Robin Hood is a blatant misnomer. While Robin Hood was robbing the rich to give the poor, these people are robbing our commonwealth and giving those people who don’t have shame the crumbs. I say people without shame because we lack courage in our country. So, if the thieves don’t use…
There’re some places or incidents that will never cease to confound me. The first one is death. The mere fact that the ultimate reaper doesn’t care if you were sick or not, once it’s your appointed time to leave this side of the earth, you don’t have a choice. The second is the difference between…
There’re several Yoruba sayings which portray respect. Respect could be to an elderly person, a community, a greater nation, and so on. One of them is that no matter how ugly a situation might be, a father would not take his problem to his late child. Another is that an elderly person doesn’t misbehave. Yet…
I love Yoruba, this song keeps ringing in my ears: Jagunjagun lo nbo;Olori ogunko gbodo k’ehin ogun;jagunjagun lo nbo! A warrior is coming along;A generalissimodaren’t stay behindA warrior is coming! It’s even good that the field marshal is a drummer. He would sound the bata-fuji war drums. The troops won’t lack agbado (corn). To the…
