Growing old and growing up, by Muyiwa Adetiba
My Priest celebrated his birthday in church last Monday. As to be expected of most small churches, the congregation celebrated the day with him. The favorable and celebratory tone of the tribute by his Associate Priest was also to be expected. However, a line struck me during the tribute. A line that applies, not just […]
First class appetite and third rate application, by Muyiwa Adetiba
I feel sorry for the poor who constitute the vast majority of Nigerians and who have been made victims of the rapacious appetite of their elites
All is now quiet… And dark at the Beachfront, by Muyiwa Adetiba
A few days before the President’s recent visit to Lagos, which was to, among other things, flag off the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, bulldozers paid another visit to the Oniru Beach. Parts of this beach, for those who have been unaware of the several reports in the media, especially the social media, are said to be along […]
As Vanguard Newspaper Turns 40….., by Muyiwa Adetiba
It happens often. Birthdays or anniversaries take the back seat when urgent and pressing developments crowd the mind. Last Monday was not an exception. June 3 was the day forty years ago, when the first copy of Sunday Vanguard rolled out. It is not a day I am expected to forget easily given the role […]
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 […]
