Carrying coal to Nescastle, by Muyiwa Adetiba
Regular users tell me that the road from Sagamu interchange to the Lagos end is usually about thirty minutes if the traffic is light and about forty-five minutes if it is heavy, which often happens at weekends. Recently, it took us – my two friends and I – almost four hours to navigate that journeyand […]
Mummy, mummy I am black
There is this story of a child who was experiencing power failure for the first time in his young life. He was then the only child in a young family. His parents had just relocated home after the proverbial pursuit of the golden fleece and were staying with another young family until they could find […]
A nation in search of self-worth
A video of a young girl dancing on a thick, lush carpet of crisp Naira notes went viral recently. She was barely in her teens. She was also covered in a confetti of new currency notes by adults who danced around her.
Making a way for the young ones
By Muyiwa Adetiba The Jackson Five exploded into the world’s musical consciousness some sixty years ago. It was a family band of five brothers. Chubby cheeked and ‘petit’, Michael was the youngest and the most endearing. He was also the most prodigious. It was no surprise that he became the most enduring. Their father Joe […]
School vs Country: Which should attract more loyalty?
Alhaji Abdulkadir was the Managing Director of NIDB in 1985 when then-President Babangida made him head a committee on IMF following the heated national debate on whether Nigeria should go the IMF route or not. I had a good relationship with him and visited his office from time to time – often without an appointment – to pick his brains on national issues.
A nurturer of ‘all that is noble’ turns 90
Canon R.B Parker wept some forty years ago when he visited the school he nurtured as Principal during what has been aptly described as the school’s golden decade (1948-57).
