If you want to live long Master the art of counting one to ten whenever someone upsets you If you are still not calm after ten Count to twenty If you want to live long Know where witches and wizards live They don’t live in your village It is not your stepmother or mother-in-law  I […]

In every democracy, there is usually an Election Management Board (EMB) which serves as the electoral umpire to determine the winner of an electoral game. Nigeria’s EMB is the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) whose name has challenged severally over the years. At a point, it was known as the Federal Electoral Commission (FEDECO). It was […]

Genesis 1 vs. 27 (KJV): “ So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them”. We all know that the Almighty God created the first man and woman. He created them and provided for them, food in the form of vegetables and animals. […]

“Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori (Latin): Translation: “It is sweet and honourable to die for your country” – Horace, 65-8 B.C. “They wrote in the old days that it is sweet and fitting to die for one’s country. But in the modern day, there is nothing sweet nor fitting in your dying. You […]

Long before she faces opponents at the ballot box, she is expected to manage perception at home, in public, and in between

The political troubles now trailing Lagos lawmaker and Nollywood actor, Desmond Elliot, may appear on the surface like a local Surulere power tussle. But beneath the noise is a deeper revelation about the way President Bola Tinubu has managed his political empire for decades, particularly in Lagos, where his authority has rested on a careful balance […]

A close friend told me a story last week that was very touching. It was about someone he had helped decades ago but who never lost touch. Every Christmas, every New Year and every birthday, he would send prayerful messages followed by calls. Then, last Easter, he made a request for a physical meeting. My […]

Bombs tormented Henry Onyemanze Nwosu all through the Civil War years while his family sought refuge in Biafra. As hostilities ceased in 1970, they relocated to Lagos to begin a new life. When the footballer started his career, Aguda Bombers was an attraction. By 1972, Nwosu was playing for Aguda Bombers, a youth team. That was how […]

Arsenal had amassed more points than any other club in England over the last three seasons, yet they were still branded losers and bottlers. In a world of fickle metrics, success is measured in the harshest, most linear way possible. And  winners take all. Clubs pumped up on financial steroids can despite 115 overdue  charges, spend  stupendously […]

This week, I am doing what I may have done only once before since I started keeping a newspaper column in February of 1978.  I am giving up my space for an article written by respected Chairman of Stationery Stores FC, Adetilewa Adebajo.  As the 2025/2026 football season comes to an end, his article that […]