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 […]
Fear of coronavirus is the beginning of wisdom
‘To travel or not to travel.’ That was the question to which I needed a divine answer last weekend. This would have been an easier question to answer had the travel involved only me. But involved were people from different parts of the world that I rarely see; we were looking forward to spending time together.
Is Sanusi riding into sunset or to glory?
The horse is a beautiful animal; sturdy and elegant. And when in full flight, a joy to watch. Little wonder that it is a favourite animal of royalty. Monarchies all over the world have formed a kinship with the horse and have created games and festivities round it.
Dino Melaye speaks to us
WhatsApp is a wonderful creation. It profiles us in ways only the discerning can notice. They say the way we drive; the games we play and the way we play them reveal who we are in more ways than we care to admit.
Another reminder; lest we forget
I learnt a lesson about 40 years ago that has stayed with me since. It was during the anti-apartheid days. Nigeria had hosted a three or five day ‘World Action Against Apartheid Conference’ which I had covered as a reporter. Little naïve me was exasperated that there was too much rhetoric and very little ‘action’ at the conference.
Why our Supreme Court must be protected
The Supreme Court has been in the news lately; and for the wrong reasons. While we were still gabbling with the case of Imo State where a gold medal was given to a man who should not even be on the medal table according to INEC’s result of the State’s gubernatorial race that of Bayelsa State reared its head where a silver medallist was awarded a gold medal.
