The past few months have seen a lot of significant events occur globally – the Yemeni crisis, the reiteration that black lives matter and the continued spread of Ms ‘Rona. Now whilst most countries are focusing their efforts on managing the latter two, the United States was still able to find time to insist on […]
MADE IN JAI-NA
The last post discussed one of the ways that the transatlantic slave trade has evolved and this post addresses another evolution. You see the powers that be are not content with stripping us of our human capital; no, no, no, no, no. They are also selling the continent to this one country in East Asia […]
THE NEW (TRANSATLANTIC) TRADE
Once upon a time, a group of uninvited visitors travelled across the Atlantic Ocean to check out a place that some of their friends had stumbled upon. When they got there, they met the locals and traded their commodities for local goods and citizens. Soon enough, more of these visitors came over and proceeded to […]
DEAR SNOWFLAKES
‘This current generation is thin-skinned’ ‘They expect to be spoon-fed everything’ ‘They are entitled and want everything to be done for them” ‘They are such snowflakes’ These are popular comments made about millenials (those born between the early 1980s and early 2000s a.k.a Generation Y) by the baby boomers (those born between the early 1940s […]
THE WOMAN’S TALE
If you would have asked my mother how old I would be when I got married, she would have said ‘25’. Well, I’m over 25 and still unmarried so……..‘sorry mummy’. While my mother has taken a break from inquiring as to when I would get married, some nosey aunties are still watching my biological clock […]
HOW DID WE GET HERE?
Growing up, my mum regularly talked about the good old days. Days when people could move about freely without fear of getting kidnapped; when travelling and spending money abroad was cheap and when 1 naira was almost worth as much as 1 US dollar. As my mum regaled me with these tales, I couldn’t help […]
THE TRAGEDY OF THE COMMONS
The problem of corruption is such a broad topic that I’ve decided to continue the thread by discussing the uncomfortable position that government officials have placed their citizens in. It’s disheartening to see the unsafe state of roads, poorly maintained government schools and fluctuating power supply due to a lack of funds. However, even if […]
P.S BUDGET FOR CORRUPTION
Imagine a Nigeria without corruption. A Nigeria where civil servants are paid their just dues on time, where infrastructures are maintained, where federal universities are adequately funded or where LASTMA officials stop asking the popular question, ‘Anything for your boys?’ Now that we are done laughing, let’s get back to reality and the inconvenience of […]
LET’S TALK ABOUT BLACK TAX
As young children, most of us were impatient to become adults and start living full independent lives. We could not wait to go out without seeking permission, get jobs, make our own money and spend it as we wanted to. However, the harsh reality of ‘adulting’ has introduced us to rents, bills, feeding costs, transport […]