How much time do we really have left? It’s a question that hangs in the air, by Muyiwa Adetiba
There was this story of a political activist who was considered an enemy of State and sentenced to death. His last act when given the chance, was to hug his mother. This got people curious. Why not his wife, a child, or any of his comrades-in- arms? The message here however, is not that he chose his […]
Tinubu and the 2023 presidency
By Muyiwa Adetiba There is a Bola Tinubu bashing going on. It came to the fore again this season. Last Good Friday, some people tried to evoke the memory of Christ’s crucifixion in a most unusual way. They replaced the robbers at the sides of Jesus with two very prominent Nigerian politicians. One of them […]
Who benefits from the Hijab controversy? Certainly not the students
By Muyiwa Adetiba Last week, a post came to one of my often visited WhatsApp platforms that got many people commenting on its profundity. According to the post,if you collect a hundred red ants and a hundred black ants and put them together in a glass jar, nothing will happen until somebody shakes the jar […]
A wrong man for this season?
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 […]
Just what goes with us when we die?
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 […]
This is who we are
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 […]
