By Maclawrence Famuyiwa It is quite common for old people to be labeled witches and wizards when they start confessing to have done some things which in reality, they never did. Such mendacious confessions had led to the brutal termination of lives of many of them. They often do these by arrogating to themselves culpabilities […]
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Going by suggestions by the Attorney General of the Federation and feelers from the Department of State Services, the Federal Government may have decided to file charges of terrorism and treasonable felony against some aides of Sunday Adeniyi Adeyemo a.k.a. Sunday Igboho, rather than release them on bail as ordered by a Federal High Court […]
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By Martins Oloja It is a time to reflect on this thing called ‘character’’. John McCain, a significant Senator from Arizona, United States (1936-2018) wrote a book on character and the title is ‘Character is Destiny’ (2005). That title isn’t original to him. He borrowed some brilliance from a quote attributed to the Greek philosopher, […]
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Traffic on Oshodi Apapa Expressway. Credit: Jesutomi Akomolafe The intractable and hydra-headed Apapa traffic gridlock, which has defied all solutions so far applied, is undoubtedly a depiction of gross inadequacy of the ports in the city, in comparison to the huge volumes of businesses that rely on them across the country. There are of course […]
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By Steve Otaloro The global airline industry was valued at only 359.3 billion U.S. dollars in 2020 due to the corona virus outbreak and it was estimated to reach 471.8 billion U.S. dollars this year 2021. The industry includes passenger transportation on scheduled and nonscheduled routes, both domestically and internationally, as well as cargo transporting. […]
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Tunde Odesola With a tongue roughly twice the length of its body, and a brocade of dubious colours for skin, the chameleon is the ultimate invisible animal predator. Without premonition, small creatures like worms and insects searching for daily bread disappear suddenly into the Bermuda Triangle in the belly of the dodgy chameleon via a […]
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Cannabis | Image: WSVN The philosophical saying in some cultures that whatever that is sweet is also bitter seems to capture the hardline positions taken by those agitating for the legitimisation of cannabis cultivation and use in the country and those against the campaign. While the protagonists of the idea are looking at the economic […]
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By Femi Adesina Many were the prayers and goodwill messages that sped our feet to Owerri, capital of Imo State, the Eastern Heartland, on September 9, 2021. Why were the people so effusive in prayers? We were considered as going into unsafe territory, where anything could happen, as President Muhammadu Buhari and his team visited […]
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Last week’s historic adoption of ‘bitcoin’ by El Salvador as a legal tender presents a new analytical trend on the entire concept of money. The mistrust that clouded the courageous roll-out as well as the widespread dip of the cryptocurrency market points to the increasing role of external variables in determining the value of money. […]
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By Tunde Odesola Lacking the speed of the cheetah, the strength of the bull and the ferocity of the tiger, the chameleon, with its camouflage of many colours, tip-toes daily in cautious slow-motion, living on the wisdom of adaptive wits. Appearing unconcerned, unpurposed and uninterested, the chief of stealth and the lord of disguise, the […]
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