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 […]
Did ‘Revolution now’ fail?
One lesson I have never forgotten about the human mind and how it operates was taught me way back in the 70s in the unlikeliest of circumstances. The 70s were the years of the strong anti-apartheid movement all over the world. And Nigeria, led by the extremely likeable Joe Garba as External Affairs Minister, had a strong anti-apartheid foreign policy. In fact, Nigeria was listed among the front line states although it is geographically miles away from Southern Africa where apartheid was in full force.
Racial profiling
Last Friday morning found my senior brother and I on the way to Ilesha in Osun state. It was a trip we should have made months ago.
A reporter’s reporter turns 70
They came out in good numbers to pay a befitting tribute to a man who had devoted more than half of his working life which spanned four and a half decades to active journalism.
They hardly make them like that anymore
Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande, the Action Governor of Lagos State, the ‘Baba Kere’ of yore, became officially certified as ‘Baba Agba’ last Tuesday when he joined the revered and extremely rare club of Octogenarians. I missed the event that marked the occasion.
Are our politicians bridge builders or bridge breakers?
I have Aremo Olusegun Osoba’s yet to be autographed and yet to be opened biography in my hands—I hope to rectify the first soon by requesting him to do me the honour of an autograph and the second next week now that Wimbledon, (British Open) which ended last weekend, and Africa Cup of Nations, which ended this weekend, have been cleared off my sporting table.
