Fatherhood By Muyiwa Adetiba The mind flashes back some forty years ago to1983 when the then civilian President requested a dashing young man to rid the North-East of some cantankerous invaders from a neighbouring country. This young man who was a GOC (General Officer Commanding) at the time, rose to the occasion and gave the […]

By Muyiwa Adetiba A joke was made at a senior colleague’s 80th birthday ceremony some years ago by his close friend and contemporary. According to the friend, the celebrant once looked ‘down under’ at his shrivelling organ and said ‘don’t die before me o. We are going together’. The whole hall laughed. It is an […]

By Muyiwa Adetiba The first tranche of the much awaited COVID 19 vaccines arrived our shores last week. The first set of people to be vaccinated were the President, his Vice, the SGF, the CoS and some prominent Ministers. This is to be expected because that is who we are. Other countries started with their […]

By Muyiwa Adetiba It is easy to spot reptiles when a house is clean and uncluttered. In fact any reptile straying into such a house would try to make good its exit almost immediately because there would be no hiding place. But a house that is dirty and cluttered offers itself as a dwelling place […]

By Muyiwa Adetiba Superstar Stevie Wonder and I were sitting across the table getting ready for an interview. I in anticipation,he probably as one of the chores he had to endure. This was during FESTAC 77 when he was at the peak of his incredible musical prowess – his album ‘songs in the key of […]