Late Chief OluAboderin, the Founding Chairman of Punch Newspapers travelled quite a bit in his days and his preference was for the defunct Nigeria Airways whenever possible. I am a witness to this in a way. We had cause to travel out together a couple of times and he always leaned towards flying with the […]

“Some of us live and some of us die Someday God is going to tell us why Open your heart and grow with what life sends We’ll meet again at the festival of friends” – Bruce Cockburn Some twenty years ago, one of my favourite persons embarked on a journey out of the country with […]

The social media had since the elections, and probably even before that, been a sad place. For as long as I can remember, negative and unpalatable stories about Nigeria spewed fortheveryday, like lava from a volcano, staining and corrupting whatever they came in contact with. But last month, something beautiful and refreshing happened and the […]

Rare is anybody above 70 years who does not have an underlying ailment. And because of this, the reliance on others increases as we age.

What do you give a man who has everything? Or seemingly has everything? That has always been the perennial question. Relating this to the context of a powerful President and his birthday, what do you give our President on his birthday? What would he truly appreciate? These questions would have given his courtiers, Ministers and Special Assistants […]