By Muyiwa Adetiba Fela, our late iconoclast had a hit song titled ‘Water no get enemy’. For those who don’t know the song, it wason how indispensable water is toour everyday living. According to him, you quarrel with water at your peril because there is nothing you can do without water. You can almost say […]

By Muyiwa Adetiba I had never felt that vulnerable in a long, long while. It was the beginning of a weekend. I had functions to attend, long standing obligations to fulfill, but I was, to all intents and purposes, grounded because I had no fuel in my car and no money in my pocket. I […]

By Muyiwa Adetiba The  man I consider the Godfather of Journalism in Nigeria had four of us for a late breakfast a couple of weeks ago – that is not counting a pioneering film producer who came, had his bite, said his piece and left shortly after. Ostensibly, the gathering was to celebrate the New […]

By Muyiwa Adetiba In the history of the Catholic Church which is almost as old as the history of Christianity itself, only a couple of Popes have resigned and only one Pope has actually quit. The rest have been ‘married’ to the position ‘for better or for worse, in illness and in health, until death do them […]

By Muyiwa Adetiba I am now hard of hearing. It was something I and close family members suspected over the years but the onus to confirm was up to me. It was eventually confirmed shortly before the Covid19 worldwide shutdown. The doctor then consoled me by saying it was still socially acceptable. I don’t know […]

By Muyiwa Adetiba (A tribute to the King of soccer) The king is dead. Long live the King. Edson Arantes Do Nascimento, known to the whole world as Pele, or the King of soccer, will never really die because he will always be remembered. Very few people transcend their sport. Pele was one of them.  […]

By Muyiwa Adetiba Dr Christopher Abiodun Kolade, called CK to his face by his few remaining contemporaries, behind his back by those who have worked with him or have close interactions with him and simply Dr Kolade or Ambassador Kolade by others, turned 90 a few days ago. I was not physically with him on […]

By Muyiwa Adetiba I have very little to comment on the recent public spat of experienced and highly visible veteran journalists who really should know the difference between issues, principles and personalities but chose to muddle them up and lay them all out in the public square except to say it almost deprived me of […]

By Muyiwa Adetiba I was driving down a rather busy road the other day when I saw a petrol station that had just two cars at each dispensing unit. It was a rarity in these days of queues. I quickly made a detour. I was not too surprised that the dispensing price was 220 Naira […]

By Muyiwa Adetiba It is the Carol Season again when edifying and soul lifting Christian songs are rendered in exciting varieties by the most talented of choristers. It is a season that reminds us of how the Son of God came into the world in the lowliest of circumstances. It is a season of joy, […]