It was not a moment of reminiscences or retrospection. Not even a recall. Just a normal telephone call. Two women were chatting away, with the one sitting not far away from me not really mindful whether anybody heard or not. It was her business; not another man’s business.  But you know, people can really make calls, […]

Venerated playwright, Professor Femi Osofisan, once said in one of his books, there is safety in numbers. This is very true of human beings who would always find solace and security with each other but equally more so in subscription business where the subscriber base remains very vital in terms of returns on investment. A good […]

The slash-and-burn agriculture which forms a major plank of shifting cultivation used to announce the coming of a new planting season. As children we didn’t like the clearing part of it but the burning aspect was the big deal. No child my age really loved to stay under a thick bush at the time with a […]

Our elders certainly have a well of wisdom. When they say the young shall grow, they obviously know what they are talking about. That, it is the child whose growing up makes life a continuum and stretches it into eternity. It is the child’s achievement tomorrow that accounts for the future. The young really shall grow. […]

There was the news the other day that MTN Nigeria is partnering the Lagos State Government to redevelop the Obalende under-bridge into a modern transport hub to be known as Y’ELLO Bus Park. Transformation would be the right word for a presently degraded environment to wear new colours and bring a new sheen to that part […]