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 […]
Death offers us lessons, if only we can learn
By Muyiwa Adetiba I cannot claim to know Dr Obadiah Mailafia, the man whose sudden death shook the nation a couple of weeks ago. I met him only once when I was introduced to him at a Vanguard function by Frank Aigbogun, the Publisher of Business Day Newspaper. Yet, I cannot truly claim not to […]
As another Independence Day anniversary looms
My pre-Independence thoughts are hazy. Understandably so given my age at Independence. But I still recollect growing up with local police around.
Stemming hunger – and anger – in the land
How many times have we heard the argument that herding – meaning open grazing – is a way of life for a particular tribe in Nigeria?
No life is more important than another
By Muyiwa Adetiba The news of the gruesome murder of Abdulkareem, the son of Senator BalaNa’Allah went viral recently. It was probably not so much because of the death itself or the manner of his death since brutal killings have become common in today’s Nigeria, but rather because of his status. Abdulkareem’s father is a […]
Life and legacy
We all have those things that remind us of our parents whether dead or alive. Things which were so ingrained in them that they became parts of who they were.
