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Why put sand sand in Kamala Harris garri and deny her the opportunity of becoming the first woman president of the United States? She’s not even been given the chance to spread her wings yet. President Trump is yet to formally concede to President-elect Joe Biden as winner of the last elections. Besides, 2024 is still far away. Wow. Just one single statement and you…
Saying hope is not a strategy has become somewhat commonplace. Some ‘experts’ now throw it about like a mantra anyone seeking success should not wear. In our ‘pursuit-of-material- success-saturated-world’ the idea of waiting patiently in hope is treated with disdain and held in contempt. Unfortunately, because some of the people who throw around the idea that hope is not a strategy often dissociate it from…
After qualifying as a lawyer in the United Kingdom in 1966, Justice Aloma Mukhtar returned to Nigeria where she was warmly received by her parents and well-wishers. She is flanked by her parents, Mr. and Mrs Mukhtar in the above photo, which was taken after she stepped out of the ship that brought her home from the United Kingdom. Justice Mukhtar is the first female…
Can you identify in this group photo the first civilian Governor of Lagos State Alhaji Lateef Jakande, his Deputy Chief Jafojo amidst members of the State Council of Chiefs? What is remarkable about the photo? Can you make out what’s printed on the ground and guess where the photo was taken?
It demonstrates leadership as leading Nigerian comedians, announcing their resolve to be ‘part of the solution,’ publicly admit they ‘have contributed to this ’ Its focused – just the message in black and white – nothing more Its bullseye because it introduces the link between entertainment and shaping of thoughts and actions into the discourse Its timing is perspicacious! (come off it!) Its composition is…
It looks like a one-off intervention It doesn’t state clearly that it is a challenge (in the tradition of challenges entertainers sometimes give members of the public) It is not funny!
Because there is a limitation on the available space Because adequate arrangements for the essentials have already been made by those making the evacuation Because the matter was not one that was open for debate seeing the evacuators had already determined how the process would go Because it is unprofitable to concentrate solely on profitable possessions Because it is fitting and appropriate that everyone be…
Part of the destiny of the clothes we wear is to get dirty. When clothes get dirty, we take them for laundry. After washing them we put them out in the sun to dry. Some people use pegs to fasten their cloches on the line, others don’t bother, it seems. Some people look up in the sky for the sun to know where they’d place…
By acknowledging and admitting their wrong, especially the measure of their wrong By avoiding the temptation to guilt-trip the other party (directly or indirectly) By not ‘forcing’ reconciliation but letting it come naturally By providing tangible evidence and proofs that they regret their past actions and have committed to doing things differently By persevering and unrelenting in the new course of action
I like traveling in my mind. I like exploring times and climes. I particularly like knowing how generations paid debts they owed earlier generations. I like knowing why some fellows become villain and others become heroes. When I traveled to Kpangulu, a village not far from where I used to live, I did not know I would meet the devastation caused by hate. Kpangulu used…