House of chiefs should be the next (6), by Eric Teniola
This week, we continue the series on why the House of Chiefs should be considered by the National Assembly. He was labour officer, Federal Ministry of Labour, Lagos, 1962–1963; lecturer, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 1963–1965; assistant professor of political science, California, 1969–1971; associate professor of African Studies, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 1972–1974; dean […]
Generation X (3)
The dream of parents back then was that their offspring have a better life than they did and education and a disciplined upbringing were an integral part of that. Parents back then were the generation of baby boomers and they gave birth to us. They had many struggles, life wasn’t easy but they lived as members of a community and took their place gladly.
All hail the ‘progressives’ (I)
These are truly interesting times interesting democratic times, I should say. And, such that one actually wonders what exactly to be analytical about: ‘democracy in action’ or the ridiculous actions of politicians in democracy. ACN’s Akande said that the South-West did not vote PDP.
Should I go there?
The frog is very short of tail; it is unlike the ram or the cow. It cannot flaunt the tail like the well-endowed horse. So, when it comes to talk about tail, the Yoruba say: Opolo ni e fo o. Frog says don’t even go there.
*Broad Street, Lagos – the UNA Church
Whoever, by the way, was Tinubu? It is a question that was generally shrugged off, or totally unasked,
for decades. The name was not given any prominent attention in the history of Lagos as the colonialists were the authors when it was still featured in the curriculum of primary schools.
Attention Odegbami- St. Gregs, a centre of Excellence
I met Reverend Edmund Akpala last week in Lagos and my mind flashed back to when I met Justin Rewane in Warri two years ago.
