Photo credit: Wikipedia The closure of the Afrikan Shrine by the Lagos police shows the Nigerian authorities do not cherish peace, nor do they have any iota of respect for the Nigerian constitution. The shrine was the home base of the iconoclast musician, the late Fela Kuti. Incidentally, the Kuti family has become noted for…

Photo credit: the Punch Thank God some of my elementary school mates, juniors and seniors are on Facebook. I attended Methodist Primary School, 13 Subuola Street, Surulere, in Lagos State. We knew the security personnel there as ‘Baba elegba’. Roughly interpreted into English, it means the man who usually held a cane! Unfortunately, the translation…

He was conferred with a merit award last weekend. I say it’s a well deserved honour. Chief Akin Popoola is the recipient of a couple of chieftaincy titles from two communities. He is the Osi Mayegun of Osiele, Abeokuta as well as the Otun of Otan Ayegbaju. Because of the two titles I normally refer…

Photo credit: Reuters I understand the 2019 elections have proceeded in Nigeria with the lifting of the ban on election campaigns. That’s great, ain’t it? It could be likened to a festival. That’s because many party stalwarts will be having the treat of their lives. Politicians themselves will be doing all in their powers to…

Photo credit: x.com I wonder what else can shock Nigerians. When, in the second republic, Mr Umaru Dikko said Nigerians were yet to start picking food from the dustbin, most of us thought he was taking things too far. We never knew he was a prophet, not of doom, but of our impending reality. Another…