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 […]
The wealth in the convention hall and the poverty on the streets
By Muyiwa Adetiba The APC Convention ran its course last week. For weeks, it looked as if it was not going to hold. There were opinions in its favour and opinions against it. There were cases in court for and against it. There were enemies within and enemies without. The party’s fault lines became more […]
A future idling away
It was midday on Sunday; just after the 10am service. A lady was trying to make a lunch appointment with her daughter and her prospective husband. But first, she needed to buy some fruits at the open Sunday market near her church. She was still trying to pack well when she heard a thud and […]
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 […]
