The Migrant Online

Traditional rulers used to hold all the aces in Africa, until their empires got defeated by other empires with much better means of coercion. But then, that was before the Europeans went into Africa. Indeed, the game changed with the advent of the Europeans who came with mirrors and guns. They even showed ordinary Africans…

Sugar is used to sweeten things. However, when taken too much, it might cause hemorrhoids. According to stories being peddled around by those who knew him, the late Temitope Olatoye, a.k.a. sugar had always had it coming. He had attempted to be the students union president of the Federal College of Education in Osiele, a…

The Nigerian election season is fading out. So many people who had been involved in the season film would certainly be awakened to the reality of daily life. Brothers who had stopped greeting their brothers because of political differences would, hopefully, start seeing the reasons why they should not cut the ropes of kinship. Sisters…

The news that the British Government intends building a new facility at the famous Kirikiri Prisons is a great one. Kilo dun bi arun iba, what’s as good as fever! Our erstwhile colonial masters are always there for us. They know it that we don’t just have the means to take care of our teeming…

There is so much hunger in the land now. It’s so serious that we Yoruba, that were so proud that we would rather die than beg, are now comfortable with the beggars in our midst. Go to the eateries, you will find some people loitering around. They generally close in on you when you have…