By Bola BOLAWOLE We have been told that as we approach the end-time, there is nothing we shall not see or hear! All things become possible. Yinka Aiyefele told us in one of his songs that Ifa now shouts Alleluia (Ifa n ke alleluya). Now, in the ensuing melee over the appointment of a new […]
By Bola BOLAWOLE COMRADE (DR.) Segun Osoba – remember him? He celebrated his 90th birthday last week Thursday at his country home of Ijebu-Ode, Ogun state. Family, friends, comrades and students of the Marxist ideologue gathered to give him 90 hearty cheers. Comrade, as we fondly called him, was a Senior Lecturer in the Department [&hel...
By Bola BOLAWOLE HOW MANY people know the difference between another year and a new year? When, on the eve of a new year we shout: “Happy New Year!”, how many have an understanding whether the new year they are ushering in will be just “another” year or they actually want it to be a […]
By Bola BOLAWOLE “And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel? And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father’s house…” 1 Kings 18: 17 – 18). THERE ARE occasions when a writer sets out to write one thing […]
Bola BOLAWOLE “Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God” – Matthew 5:9. DOGS EATING dogs and birds gnawing at each other’s innards is one way to describe the war of words between the Minister of Aviation, Festus Keyamo, and the Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Competition and Consumer […]
By Bola BOLAWOLE Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself. Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit (Proverbs 26: 4 – 5). ONCE AGAIN, the media is agog with allegations of assault on freedom of speech. In this age of […]
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE HOW DO you dance to the admiration of all Nigerians? Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey said it all in his song/story on “Ketekete” (horse) and its owner: There is nothing you can do to please the entire universe. No matter your efforts and regardless of the success achieved, some will still deride you […]
By Bola BOLAWOLEYOU MUST have followed the Kemi Badenoch controversy: the wily Nigerian politicians’ penchant to ride on people’s back suffered a ghastly diplomatic accident! Thinking they could use her to shine and claim undeserved credit, Mrs. Kemi Badenoch, the newly-elected British Leader of Opposition/Shadow Prime Minister, Britain’s budd...
By Bola BOLAWOLE I WAS taken aback by the flurry of rejoinders to last week’s former Osun State Governor Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola’s “love letter” to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Believe me, it was far beyond my expectations, even though an eye-opener in its own right. Virtually none of the respondents saw the point I was […]
By Bola BOLAWOLE A NEW terrorist organization called Lakurawa has entered the Nigerian space! It operates in the North-west, particularly in the old Sokoto state made up of Sokoto, Kebbi, and Zamfara states. In the North-east we have Boko Haram. In North-central and the Middle Belt, we have the murderous Fulani herdsmen while bandits are [&hel...
