Fellow Nigerians, for some months now, the issue of the 2015 presidential election has become the cynosure of all eyes. Hence, it is not a shocker that it has consistently made the headlines in every of our national newspapers. Wherever two or more people are now gathered in the name of Nigeria, know that, right […]
DEAR C.JAS
*Written by Omoya Yinka Simult* This night, I forsake the warmth of my bed And come out naked to pay due homage To Mother Nature, the one whose beauty Is embodied in your seraphic self. This cold breeze that blows over my smooth skin, Cuddling me, soothes my weary soul like balm. The skies spread […]
BARRISTER, THIS IS NIGERIA
You are presently watching the President of your country speak live on AIT. His party, the leading party, is holding a zonal rally in Tafawa Balewa Square in Lagos. Other top brass of the party have spoken. It is the turn of the President to speak. The most powerful masquerade dances last, they say. The […]
THE CONCEPTS OF ADVANCED DOUBLESPEAKING
Against all pleadings and caution, I have set out to make this writing. The first time I informed a friend, who happens to be a veteran in the art of advanced doublespeaking too, that I would be writing on this topic, he contradicted the idea strongly and made all possible efforts to dissuade me. His […]
NOW THAT YOU CAN, MAKE US PROUD
FOREWORD This was a speech I delivered in January during the inauguration of an NGO named Youth Renewal Foundation (YOREFOUND), an NGO whose primary objective is making the best of every Nigerian youth. Fortuitously, I found the hard copy while rummaging about in my room recently. I am afraid I may have a stubborn boil […]
SOYINKA’S OPINION OF BUHARI AND HIS PRESIDENTIAL DREAM
George Orwell said, “The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.” The problem with Nigeria is not always her innumerable challenges, rather it is the unwillingness of the citizens and leaders to learn from the past and apply its countless experiences in surmounting whatever mountains […]
TO THE UNBORN SON
My son I have taught you things quite many I have shown you the pot that brews wisdom And the kettle that boils folly I have taken you to the fountain of life And the spring of death I have described to you the path of wealth And the highway of penury I have guided […]
WHAT EVERY MAN DESERVES
It is a popular cliché that with great power comes great responsibility. Since freedom is a form of power given to an entity (individual or nation), then it can be surmised that with great freedom comes great responsibility as well. Mahatma Gandhi understood this concept, when in the barely late 1940s, in a quest to […]