By Babatunde Jose October 1, 1960 was our year of ‘Great Expectation”. We had everything going for us as a nation and the future had great...
By Babatunde Jose When thou lookest at them, their exteriors please thee; and when they speak, thou listenest to their words. They are as (worthless as hollow) pieces...
By Babatunde Jose Nowadays, any responsible person could be easily offended by the increasing atrocities in the world. This is particularly true for Africans as the...
By Babatunde Jose All world religions preach charity as an essential ingredient for salvation. Charity has always been seen as a way of bringing social justice...
By Babatunde Jose Late Abibu Oluwa, the bard, said in one of his all-time epic admonitions addressed to late Aderibigbe Olaseinde: The absence of elders herald...
By Babatunde Jose “O Prophet! Truly We have sent thee as a Witness, a Bearer of Glad Tidings, and a Warner, And as one who invites...
By Babatunde Jose “O ye who believe! Obey Allah, and obey the Apostle, and those charged with authority among you. If ye differ in anything among...
By Babatunde Jose Then the Blast overtook them with justice, and We made them as rubbish of dead leaves (floating on the stream of Time)! So away...
By Babatunde Jose Political sophomores were in the First Republic, learning the art of bribery and election rigging. They graduated in the Military Government of Yakubu...
By Babatunde Jose “Honoré de Balzac may after all be right when he had said that behind every great fortune for which one is at a...