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…
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,…
