Growing old and growing up, by Muyiwa Adetiba
My Priest celebrated his birthday in church last Monday. As to be expected of most small churches, the congregation celebrated the day with him. The favorable and celebratory tone of the tribute by his Associate Priest was also to be expected. However, a line struck me during the tribute. A line that applies, not just […]
The ‘Other Side’ of town
By Muyiwa Adetiba It was one of those invitations you couldn’t but honour. It was the engagement of a friend’s child.He is not just a friend. He is more. He is someone whose opinion I cherish because he will say it the way he sees it without mincing words.Our paths crossed when I was twelve […]
Who is going to hold our presidential aspirants’ feet to the fire?
By Muyiwa Adetiba There is a saying that it is better to shut your mouth when you have nothing to say than to open your mouth and prove it. This is one way of reading the aversion of our main Presidential front runners to TV debates and interviews. Two of the leading candidates have shied […]
Afenifere’s nods of presidential approvals
By Muyiwa Adetiba The answer to who has the support of Afenifere, the decades old socio/political group of the Yoruba between APC’s Tinubu and Labour’s Obi in the forth- coming Presidential race depends on who you are listening to. The camps of Obi and Tinubu have tried to make political capital from what seems like […]
Pretty soon, we will all be billionaires with nothing to buy
By Muyiwa Adetiba How do you feel these days when you give a beggar a small change? Do you feel self-conscious or even apologetic? I went to a neighbourhood supermarket recently. I decided to use cash since I was buying just one or two items and I felt cash would be quicker for me. The result was […]
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 […]
