How not to honour the national honour, by Muyiwa Adetiba
We have known each other for more than four decades. Way back to the days when I and his expatriate wife worked for the same newspaper. He was always friendly, always polished. Then it turned out we had some mutual friends and that helped improve our social interactions. We must have exchanged phone numbers along […]
Religious activism as sign of a failing state? By Muyiwa Adetiba
When people describe Nigeria as the giant of Africa, they speak more to its potential than to its reality. And the potential is enormous by most standards. A land mass that is the envy of most, a land that is rich in mineral resources of all kinds, an access to the sea that is denied many countries, […]
Another Easter for the world…. another year for me, by Muyiwa Adetiba
A journey of a thousand miles starts with the first step says a timeless adage. It seems just like yesterday that we talked about the ‘Holy Month’ and what it could mean for the world and for our country where two of the world’s main religions are contesting for spiritual turf. Ramadan and Lent are two important […]
Sowing for another to reap, by Muyiwa Adetiba
“The saying is true. One man sows, another man reaps. I have sent you to reap that which you did not labor for” John 4: 37/38 When my parents decided to leave downtown Ilesha for a new development on the outskirts of town, a cousin living with us at the time whom I called ‘Uncle’ because of […]
Why walking away is hard to do, by Muyiwa Adetiba
Before the advent of digital media with its era of quick clicks, the print media was the most enduring means of reaching and influencing minds. This made its practitioners visible and its Editors powerful. And connected. There was therefore, the tendency to see the world as your oyster, or worse, to think the world owed you, […]
IGP: The great expectation, by Muyiwa Adetiba
I can watch them all day. And its not because their antics amuse or entertain me. They don’t. If anything, I am disconcerted, and sometimes, anguished by what I see. I watch therefore, as a witness, or if you like, a chronicler which has always been part of my job as a journalist. Fortunately, they don’t stay […]
