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Suddenly, Tolulope Arotile flew away. Taking an early flight to join the One to whom she had devoted her last hours in prayers and fasting. The One who her mother had taught her to take all matters, small or big. Whether matters of her expected deployment after successfully completing her exams. Or matters of the heart about her fiancé. Or matters of her bosses and…
Recently, we published a post and asked readers if they knew what artist inspired the C D Wow television series. My neighbour came visiting and said he knew the identity of the artist. He said he was persuaded Celine Dion was the artist. C is for Celine while D is for Dion, he said. Besides, who else but Celine Dion is the artist reported…
What if Naira is the big elephant in the room in Nigeria’s spread of Covid-19. Should we not give the matter deeper consideration seeing that community transmission is the new order of spread of the virus? Is there a more ubiquitous instrument moving around our communities as our local currency, the Naira? From urban areas to rural areas across Nigeria, what physical, tangible item, moves…
We are still in the age of Disruption We remain creatures of habit; we easily settle into routines even after radical disruptions of existing routines Routines mean predictability, and taking certain things for granted – those are the indicators prowlers seek for their harvest We expect it would happen again, that factor called self-fulfilling prophecy Those involved have time, they can afford to be patient…
I hear that the Puff Puff Promoters League are insisting on Spherical Dough Food, SDF, as the new name for the delicious snack. Previous attempts to push through the name change did not succeed. While many consumers agreed the new name was a mouthful, much more than Puff Puff, there were those who would just not be moved. Seeing the wave of brands reviews going…
We need another conversation about our inescapable vulnerabilities Yet another validation of that piercing line from the sages, which says, ‘Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.’ Unfortunately, the sages forgot to tell us how finite, limited and mortal man can keep eternal vigilance Obtaining by false pretense is becoming more audacious Greed is mutating We need to place hype and trends in perspectives; and…
Those who say there was opportunity in the momentum provided by Black Lives Matter for Kanye West, to launch his bid for the White House as President of the United States, premise their argument on the fact that the momentum was undeniable. The cry of Black Lives Matter resonated with many people. It was such a strong cry that it displaced the overbearing, intrusive and…
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I think so. For stories connect far more than statistics alarm. Stories kindle, arouse, stir feelings in us in ways that no statistics can. Stories animate us, shake us or even numb us in ways that no statistics can. Covid-19’s biggest badge of honour is its disruption of connected life as we once knew it. Does statistics come any where close when we contemplate how…
Kogururu became president of Kobabandy, when the last of his seven daughters turned 20. The eldest daughter was 32. The rest of the ladies were 30, 28, 26, 24, 22, in that order. They were all beautiful and very smart ladies, and their father knew too well that they were his best assets. Kogururu was going to put his best assets to use unlike his…