By Muyiwa Adetiba A joke was made at a senior colleague’s 80th birthday ceremony some years ago by his close friend and contemporary. According to the friend, the celebrant once looked ‘down under’ at his shrivelling organ and said ‘don’t die before me o. We are going together’. The whole hall laughed. It is an […]

By Muyiwa Adetiba The first tranche of the much awaited COVID 19 vaccines arrived our shores last week. The first set of people to be vaccinated were the President, his Vice, the SGF, the CoS and some prominent Ministers. This is to be expected because that is who we are. Other countries started with their […]

By Muyiwa Adetiba It is easy to spot reptiles when a house is clean and uncluttered. In fact any reptile straying into such a house would try to make good its exit almost immediately because there would be no hiding place. But a house that is dirty and cluttered offers itself as a dwelling place […]

By Muyiwa Adetiba Superstar Stevie Wonder and I were sitting across the table getting ready for an interview. I in anticipation,he probably as one of the chores he had to endure. This was during FESTAC 77 when he was at the peak of his incredible musical prowess – his album ‘songs in the key of […]

By Muyiwa Adetiba Anyone who lives or has lived in Nigeria knows that the occupy Lekki protest of last Saturday would not hold. And if it did, it would be low key probably with some casualties on the side of the protesters. They would know that the balance of the power which was touted by […]

By Muyiwa Adetiba You don’t drop an egg and lament that it is broken’. Those were the words of the late Tanzanian President, Mr Julius Nyerere to me during an interview. Although they were said in a different context, the words sometimes come to me when I think of the socio/economic situation of our country. […]

By Muyiwa Adetiba Many of us know the words ‘The Good Samaritan’ but may not know from where they originated, and in which context. The words came up when Jesus was asked the definition of a neighbour by a teacher of the law and Jesus replied with a story as he was wont to do. […]

By Muyiwa Adetiba I have neither the space nor the heart to produce the emotional letter a son wrote his recently deceased father in full here. I have read the letter at least twice. Each time I did, I felt a lump in my throat. I am a father, and for over three decades before […]

‘Why do you have to say goodbye? ‘If I say goodbye the nation learns to move on. It outlives me when I am gone. One last time, the people will learn from me. And if we get it right, we are gonna teach them how to say goodbye…..I will use my position to move the […]

It is sometimes said that we should look at the message and not the messenger. But in journalism, we look at the two. For us practitioners, the credibility of the source is very important in determining the veracity of the story. If your source has proven to be credible over time, then you can go […]

By Muyiwa Adetiba They say the darkest hour is just before dawn. This saying has come true again. Just as we were celebrating the announcement of three efficacious vaccines by the medical world, a universal spike in COVID 19 shook the rest of the world. With this has come the numbing news that a more […]

By Muyiwa Adetiba If you are reading this article, it means you have survived the year with its twists and turns. Congratulations. 2020 was the kind of year that nothing was guaranteed until the last hour. As the pandemic raged uncontrolled from home to home, from country to country, and from continent to continent; as […]

By Muyiwa Adetiba According to some statistics, about 30 million Nigerians go to bed hungry every night. Only about one in four has one or more meals per day. About three in five start the hustle of the day without breakfast. About two in three earn less than a dollar per day while graduate unemployment […]

By Muyiwa Adetiba I once had an interview with a Miss World. I asked her why she felt she was beautiful enough to be considered the world’s most beautiful girl. Her answer was a flippant ‘mirrors don’t lie’. To which I responded ‘mirrors could be deceptive. They reflect what you want from them depending on […]

By Muyiwa Adetiba I now have an autographed copy of Shobanjo’s biography (I won’t disclose the endearing words it contained). It was brought to my place by the man himself on Monday afternoon. I didn’t know when or how, but I knew I would get it soon because he had promised. He has always kept […]