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My name is Government, in case you don’t know. You underrate me at your peril, Teacher. You, a mere pen and paper wielder, exam marker, lecture deliverer, knowledge vendor. A hunter of antelope can’t compare himself with a hunter of men. Only the Government can delete you from circulation — and even find your corpse Read More…
Unpretentious, reserved, meek, disciplined, and gentlemanly are words that best describe him. He breathes music, and his passion for music is second to none. He is still the mind behind Evergreen Songs of the Originals, for which he received a platinum disc award and the Best Producer of the Year award in 1991. Together with Read More…
MOST of humanity began a work week on Monday, November 7. I watched hundreds of Congolese youths including ladies engaged in rowdy but seemingly joyous group dances, songs and banter. There was also a sprinkling of soldiers amongst them. Good, you might say. Except that the gathering was not about celebrating life. While billions of Read More…
As political campaigns for the 2023 presidential elections gather steam, the various parties have started unveiling their programmes. They are promising to take Nigerians to the moon and back. You have to give it to the Nigerian politicians: They know how to re-say the same thing others have said in the past and still appear Read More…
One of the things I would encourage people, not just parents, but anyone who is saddled with the responsibility of raising a child either as a parent, guardian, caregiver, coach, teacher, or mentor is to teach the child KINDNESS. Yes!! You heard me right, kindness can also be learned from home or from anyone willing Read More…
TRAGEDY. Unimaginable tragedy. What is most tragic to me is not the number of migrants, including children from underdeveloped countries, who have gone down the sea to watery graves trying to reach Europe. Yes, this year alone, over 1,200 went on a final dip, never to resurface again, or if they did, only as corpses. Last Read More…
BAYELSA State was for weeks submerged by floods which damaged or washed away bridges and roads, homes and farms, power transformers, and hospitals, and displaced 99 per cent of its over 2.5 million people. Some deaths were recorded with the living clinging to life while the buried could not safely remain in their abode as Read More…
When a knotty matter farts in your mouth and laces it with a pinch of salt, you don’t want to swallow the gas of the fart nor do you want to spit out the salt. To spit or not to spit? Dilemma! In Africa, when young people quarrel, the elders weigh in to resolve matters. Read More…
LUIZ Inácio Lula da Silva, 77 had done his duty to his long-suffering country, Brazil. His origins were rough, like those of his motherland. The product of a polygamous family, he learnt to read at ten and began working at 12. At 19, while working as a press operator, he lost the little finger on Read More…
Last year, I authored and released a book titled NOW THAT YOU ARE YOUNG. In that book, I addressed many issues that perturb young people and how they can soar above the challenges of being young to chart a new course for themselves. Do you know that youthfulness can be an advantage or a disadvantage Read More…
