That blank space needs to be filled, by Muyiwa Adetiba
I attended the book launch of Deolu Folarin, a classmate and longtime friend a couple of weeks ago. Titled ‘An Odyssey of a life marked by grace’, the book was to capture the highs and lows of his journey of 75 years on earth. A couple of days later, I attended the book launch of […]
Sorrow, tears and floods everywhere
By Muyiwa Adetiba All is not well with Nigeria. All has not been well with the country of our birth for quite a while. In the recent past, when other countries in the world were grappling with natural disasters like volcanos, tornadoes and tsunamis, which God in His infinite mercy had largely insulated developing countries […]
The ‘Emilokan’ syndrome
By Muyiwa Adetiba When Asiwaju Bola Tinubu made that famous ‘emilokan’ remark as part of a rambling, incoherent speech, it was to a small audience in Ogun State. But the import of that remark reverberated throughout the country within hours. It was in that speech that he referred to a sitting Governor as ‘eleyi’ meaning […]
The politics of gun control
By Muyiwa Adetiba I handled a gun last month. It was my first time. I had however been acquainted with different calibers of guns as a young man reading James Hadley Chase novels and other such detective works of fiction. I knew a .22 for example to be a lady’s gun. Something slim and feminine that could […]
My Anniversary Prayer: Lord, please let our ‘Japa’ children return
By Muyiwa Adetiba He was a medical doctor with his own practice. His wife was a Director in a multi-national company. He was in his late forties. His wife, a few years younger. Together, they had a set of twins. Together, they had purchased their own home. They were members of top recreational clubs. The twins attended […]
Too much visibility could cause you to lose your mystique
By Muyiwa Adetiba Sometimes in the middle 90s – around the June 12 period – the then Military Governor of Lagos State paid a semi-official visit to our publishing house. We were then publishing an evening paper at Oregun which is a stone’s throw from Alausa, the State Government’s seat of power. He spent the better part […]
