By Bunmi Sofola Bolaji is a cherished friend I’ve known for years and he loves a good gossip.  Most of all, he’s learnt to laugh at himself from time to time no matter at what cost.  It’s always a pleasure to listen to him on the few occasions he finds the time to phone.  When he […]

By Bunmi Sofola A Reader wrote: I have followed your columns way back from your Punch days when I was in the university. Most of the times, your articles are so down-to-earth they speak to me – as if you are writing about me. In one of the editions of Sunday Vanguard a few months […]

By Bunmi Sofola There is currently a subliminal build-up to Christmas.  Wherever you turn, discreet Christmas carols blaring from the stereos of the various record shops assault your ears.  Could it be Christmas already?  Well, this is November and Christmas is only a few weeks away.  The cable network is awash with weepy Christmas films […]

By Bunmi Sofola The biggest problem with resolutions is that they’re so negative,” observed Rikiat, a 43 year-old legal practitioners.  “I will watch less TV” or “I will stop eating junk food” or “I work fewer hours.”  While the root of these desires is perfectly worthy, the phrasing is all wrong.  Telling yourself not to […]

Now that the season of giving is with us, if you sniff hard enough, you can actually smell the New Year!  The shops are bursting with gifts, despite almost abject poverty, despite the thinness of foreign exchange on the ground.  And the kids are back from school, their expectant, almost accusing looks, tugging at your […]