Lean Lagos
Insecurity has been driven out of Lagos with effect from 1st February 2020. Without wasting tax payers money to fund ‘Amotekun’, the state government has found an ingenuous way of making the city Read more
Economics
This is unreal
Let me start by sounding a note of warning. What you are about to read is not real. It was neither written nor conceived. You could be dreaming, hallucinating or floating in a state of trance. So Read more
Old firewood no dey quench fire
A friend of mine, an American returnee who was once a commissioner in Rivers State shared an experience with me a few years back. As commissioner, he supervised a ministry that dispensed favors Read more
Expanding the Realm of Reality.
Disneyland aptly described as a place where a million dreams come true, reflects the capacity of the human brain to bring dreams to life. It is a testament of the limitless capacity of the human Read more
Time and Seasons
I stayed up late last night to watch the U.S Open women finals between Serena Williams and Bianca ‘Whatever’. (I am still so upset with her for making Serena look so ordinary that I have no plan Read more
My thought for a Penny
I’ve never hidden my love for the Yoruba language. And the love has nothing to do with my Yoruba heritage or pride in my Yoruba identity. Rather, it is inspired by the flexibility of its lexicon Read more
Lullaby of an Angel
Up in the wee hours Half awake yet half asleep In search of a mystery song Ink penned by an Angel In vain I searched For angelic prints Of Angelic words In angelic alphabets Mere Read more
The Source of Power
My earliest encounter with Chinese martial arts was on the big screens of Terere Cinema at Ikare. Black and white movies with dialogues in an incomprehensible language. But I loved it. The Read more
Politics in the Time of Disruption
Let me acknowledge as usual that the above heading is far from being original. It is an adaptation of the title of Gabriel Garcia Marquez’ book, Love in the Time of Cholera. Let me acknowledge as Read more
The Zero Sum Game
I had to dust up my certificates last night to be sure all my certificates are still very much intact. With all the hullaballoo over certificates in Nigeria these days it is safer to doubly check Read more