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 […]
The more things change, the more they remain the same? By Muyiwa Adetiba
We may have had a change of government on May 29 last year, but the attitude of Nigerians, especially the elite and opinion molders, has remained the same
End of an era, by Muyiwa Adetiba
An eclipse is hardly sudden. The entities inch slowly towards each other over time until one overshadows, or eclipses the other. The signs of an impending eclipse are there for the observant or the gazers. One loses its size and its lustre while the other gains ascendancy in stature and brightness. So it is with […]
Ethnic agitations and future republics, by Muyiwa Adetiba
It must be a sign that I am getting too old, or too cynical, that the recent siege on the Oyo State Secretariat, the seat of the old Western Region, by a group of Yoruba agitators, took me completely by surprise. I did not see it coming. I can’t say I had not heard of […]
Chibok Girls: Time for some closure, by Muyiwa Adetiba
Those sixty girls, drawn from different parts of the State, and its two main religions, were among the girls the Vice President, as Governor of Borno State, sent to various institutions abroad to study medicine
Of cross-dressing, Bobrisky, and double standards, by Muyiwa Adetiba
I know of an era in Nigeria – not too far from my growing-up years – when only the bold and courageous of women wore trousers. Even then, they knew when and where to wear them – there are a couple of women I know who till today, don’t wear trousers to church. So it […]
