Licensed to steal and exploit by government, by Muyiwa Adetiba
Many in my generation grew up reading all of Ian Fleming books. For the information of the younger generation, Ian Fleming was the original creator of James Bond, that handsome, debonair but extremely ruthless British Spy whose exploits entranced the whole world when they were eventually captured on celluloid. James Bond was the one and […]
Swatting a fly with a sledgehammer
By Muyiwa Adetiba Anyone who lives or has lived in Nigeria knows that the occupy Lekki protest of last Saturday would not hold. And if it did, it would be low key probably with some casualties on the side of the protesters. They would know that the balance of the power which was touted by […]
If you were hungry, what would you do?
By Muyiwa Adetiba You don’t drop an egg and lament that it is broken’. Those were the words of the late Tanzanian President, Mr Julius Nyerere to me during an interview. Although they were said in a different context, the words sometimes come to me when I think of the socio/economic situation of our country. […]
Who is your neighbour?
By Muyiwa Adetiba Many of us know the words ‘The Good Samaritan’ but may not know from where they originated, and in which context. The words came up when Jesus was asked the definition of a neighbour by a teacher of the law and Jesus replied with a story as he was wont to do. […]
A son’s letter to his dead father
By Muyiwa Adetiba I have neither the space nor the heart to produce the emotional letter a son wrote his recently deceased father in full here. I have read the letter at least twice. Each time I did, I felt a lump in my throat. I am a father, and for over three decades before […]
Learn to say goodbye
‘Why do you have to say goodbye? ‘If I say goodbye the nation learns to move on. It outlives me when I am gone. One last time, the people will learn from me. And if we get it right, we are gonna teach them how to say goodbye…..I will use my position to move the […]
