(Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 17 January, 2022). The aged died, we replaced him with the chronically ill; who does not know that there will be wailing once more soon in the palace. (Arugbo ku a fi olokunrun j’oye; taa ni ko mo wipe ariwo k’eekan l’aafin). This Yoruba proverb covers the field…
Buhari Lifts Ban on Twitter
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered that the ban on Twitter, the micro-social media platform be lifted effective Thursday January 13th. The decision is coming seven months after the ban was imposed in June last year. Kashifu Abdullahi, director-general of the National Information Technical Development Agency, NITDA announced the decision of the government of Nigeria. According…
How Our Father’s Entitlements Were Stolen, Family Abandoned – Children of Late James Babalola, First Commander of Nigeria’s MOPOL Slain by Orderly 50 Years Ago
Fifty years after their patriarch was killed by a fellow police officer, the children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren of James Babatunde Babalola, former commander of the Mobile Police Force, MPF have bemoaned the injustice and deprivation visited on their family by the Nigerian Police Force. Babalola, who was the first police officer to command the…
Alao-Akala Is Dead
Adebayo Alao-Akala, former governor of Oyo State is dead. Reports say he died early Tuesday morning in Ogbomoso, his home town. He was said to have participated in some meetings some hours before his demise, and was expected to travel out of the state for some other engagement. Alao-Akala was deputy governor to Rasheed Ladoja…
Let’s take our President to Mummy G.O
(Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 10 January, 2022) Once upon a time, I got a book gift from Charly Boy. Like many in my generation, I love books, especially unusual ones. And that precisely was what I got from the son of Justice Chukwudifu Oputa. The title of the book? ‘My Private Part.’…
Shonekan Dies at 85
Ernest Shonekan, former head of Interim National Government and boardroom guru, who succeeded General Ibrahim Babangida died at the age of 85 at a private hospital in Lagos. Shonekan presided over the country in an interim capacity between August 26 and November 17, 1993 before he was forced to resign by late General Sani Ababcha.…
Desmond Tutu, Kukah and The Protests in London
(Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 27 December, 2021) Proverbs are not just the palm oil with which yam is eaten; they are the yam. Where I come from, there are a million proverbs for every experience of life. Some people are contagiously sick but they hate being told so. They suffer self-deception, the…
Wike Says Niger Delta is Not Marginalised
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has said that contrary to popular notion in the region, the Niger Delta is not marginalised by anyone. The governor who was speaking at the 2022 Ogoni Day celebration at Bori said rather it was the people of the region that had been marginalising themselves by selling out to enemies…
Seasoned Sports Administrator, Brown Ebewele, aka Juju Man is Dead
The sporting community in Nigeria has lost one of its iconic administrators and former sports commissioner in Edo State, Brown Ebewele. Popularly called Juju Man for his winning streak, Ebewele was said to have died on Friday, at a hospital in Warri, Delta State, after a brief illness. Ebewele, a former national athletic champion, introduced…
Soot Pollution: Wike Reads Riot Act to Council Chiefs, Threatens Traditional Rulers with Dethronement
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has given marching orders to local government chairmen to stop all artisanal refining of crude oil in the state. The governor, who also deplored the insubordination of identified First Class chiefs in the state that do not attend state functions, threatened to dethrone such traditional rulers. The governor’s order and…
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