By Lateef Adewole My last week’s article about our 61st independence anniversary was followed with mixed reactions. Many felt I was too harsh and undiplomatic. They expected that even if things are that bad, I should have been more “positive” in the opinion piece. I understood. In like manner, many …
Read More »One Day, Many Killings and Kidnapping
By Lateef Adewole Where it concerns my country, Nigeria, I wish I could simply say: “one day one killing” or “one day one kidnapping”. That would have been relatively comforting in the sense that, we would have been talking about just “365 killings or 365 kidnappings” throughout a whole year, …
Read More »Kwara NUJ Election: No Victor. No Vanquish
By Ishola Gbenga “Mr DG” Stepping into Radio Kwara premises on Tuesday afternoon of 2nd June 2021, I discovered that my name got changed instantly and my nomenclature became “Mr DG”. Before I could mince a word, at least to make further enquiries of what that means, my brother, The …
Read More »Father: The One Who Bears The Burden But Less Appreciated
By Lateef Adewole In the past one week, since Father’s Day was celebrated on Sunday, 20th of June, it seems like men “don vex”. The amount of posts and picture messages that flooded the internet and social media platforms was unprecedented. It was as if men held a meeting, where …
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