When I was in school, if someone had outlived their usefulness, we normally sang a song for them: Òjò ń rọ̀Ṣe’ré ńnú’léMá wọ’nú òjòKí aṣọ rẹ̀Má bà tutùKí òtútùMá bà mú ẹ! The song warns about an impending shower of shame that’s going to flood a person. The Yoruba song is brutally franker than similar…
Adult has you not;Must look here and there;Just for you! You’re not around;Everything must clamUp! Until yourRich presence! People, up and aboutBadly need youThose looking for youIn ways unfit‘Re yet to know If they doThey won’t dare to I’m preparedFor your entryWant to possessYou till the end! It’s trueYou fling peopleWide and nearJust to have…
That Ogun State will become forty years tomorrow is now stale news. However, what I find unbecoming is the manner the State Government declared a public holiday. They said it was declared yesterday night. The government might have forgotten that most people do not enjoy constant power supply in Nigeria. Personally, I do not even…
Hell into paradiseAir-con’ll be there .We’ll build bridgeLagos to London. Cunny man dieCunny man bury amWho no know go knowWho no sabi go sabi. We love youJobless will getA zillion nairaJust vote us. Cunny man dieCunny man bury amWho no know go knowWho no sabi go sabi. Your roads willBe gold tarredEvery house willA refinery…
Photo credit: France 24 Palestinians in Gaza watchecd with hope and impatience Sunday as workers laid the groundwork to reopen the territory’s Rafah border crossing with Egypt, its lifeline to the world. Israel says the crossing is scheduled to resume Monday as its ceasefire with Hamas moves ahead. Israel said the crossing had opened in…
Photo credit: CBC A large crowd of demonstrators shut down a swath of the downtown core Sunday in solidarity with protesters in Iran, who are fighting against the country’s financial collapse and the regime that led to it. CBC reports that nationwide protests in Iran started December 28 in response to soaring prices. It then turned…
Thoughts of Makoko can’t but fill me with nostalgia. We used to live at Tapa/Abeokuta street in Ebute Meta East. Nearby was Oko Baba, a sawmill settlement that adjoined Makoko. I was then living with my aunt who was a Celestial Church of Christ Makoko member. One thing I noticed even then was the almost annual fire break…
