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 […]
Reading the signs, by Muyiwa Adetiba
An AI-generated video claiming to show one of the football stadiums for the 2034 FIFA World Cup in Saudi Arabia made waves on social media this week — but it has nothing to do with the kingdom’s official plans.
Danger In Not ‘Seeing’ People, Especially The Poor, by Muyiwa Adetiba
A couple of years ago, I was instrumental in helping a younger colleague retain his sight. He needed two different eye surgeries and money was tight for him. The expatriate doctor he had consulted and with whom I discussed, rated his chances as 50/50. The dilemma was now mine: to raise funds for not one, but two […]
How Much Land Does A Man Need? Just Enough To Be Buried In: Tribute To Dr Kolade, by Muyiwa Adetiba
About a decade and a half ago, I had worked with Dr Christopher Abiodun Kolade on his memoirs. We met two, three times a week over a stretch to help put his thoughts together, and because of this experience, I can claim to know more about him than many people alive. It was perhaps, one of the […]
A tale of two gentlemen, by Muyiwa Adetiba
The social media was alive last week with the news that one Adebayo Ogunlesi has described Nigeria as an ‘exciting’ investment destination and by implication, tacitly endorsed Tinubu’s economic reforms. ‘Nigeria is now an exciting place to invest in. Many more opportunities have opened up’. So declared Adebayo Ogunlesi. For those who might be living in Mars […]
Landlord/Tenancy Issue And Why We Can’t All Wait To Be Landlords, By Muyiwa Adetiba
Different people have different stories to tell about their first day, first week or first month in a boarding school. As I recall, mine was terrible. The first Sunday was when the Senior Prefect read out the school’s rules and regulations. He also went on to elaborate on the bye-laws. By the time he finished, all I […]
