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 […]
A long walk home, by Muyiwa Adetiba
Playing squash was for me, a passion. It was also, for several decades, my major source of exercise. Then Covid19 disrupted my rhythm, as it did for so many people. My need to exercise pushed me into walking. It is a solitary sport which suited one of the Covid19 requirements at the time. Now, post […]
Why you must make your bed in the morning, by Muyiwa Adetiba
A classmate and friend left our shores for America over five decades ago. He sees himself more as an American now and rightly so. America has done well by him and he has done well by America. Besides, he hasn’t been home more than a couple of times in the fifty-odd years he has been […]
Our youths now kidnap dogs for ransom – And for food, by Muyiwa Adetiba
They are happiest wherever there is a crowd and preferably activities – at construction sites where they help in lifting the heavy stuff; at event and worship centers where they help with parking cars; at the markets when you need a helping hand. They can come in handy during disasters as well. They are, for […]
August Protest: The morning after, by Muyiwa Adetiba
It was not a pretty sight. A facility specifically meant for youths was being destroyed before our eyes by the same youths in Kano. Computers were carted away by youths who probably don’t know how to use a computer – they probably have never even touched one before. Swivel chairs were carried by those who […]
Of age, legacy and passing the torch, by Muyiwa Adetiba
You feel indestructible when young. It was fairly normal in my youthful days – I am sure it still happens today- for us to leave the office for a night club or leave a nightclub for office. Journalism, with its flexible working conditions, blurred the lines demarcating work and leisure even further. Smoking and drinking […]
