Succession dispute is now a recurring decimal in our universities; the choice of vice-chancellors has become battle royal that has turned the Ivory Tower, a supposed citadel of learning and training ground of the leaders of tomorrow, into battle fields where all manners of weapons are deployed. Shenanigans unbecoming of trained minds and outlandish behaviour which many would have thought were the exclusive preserves of politicians now rear their ugly heads amongst our academicians. Why has the choice of vice-chancellors become real war, rendering the universities asunder and turning eggheads into gladiators of the type that make political thugs green…

To the pristine Egba forest near Ogunmakin this wet and soggy morning for what was billed as an international press briefing by the newly self-ennobled sovereign of Kelenusonu Republic, Lambert Adebiwonnu Adesokan, Elegiri 1. In Yoruba linguistic parlance, Kelenusonu means shut up or mind your language. In the general atmosphere of fear and trembling that followed the Igboho uprising, the ancient combatant had retreated to this idyllic haven of his great grandmother and carved out a piece of the land which he promptly named Kelenusonu with himself designated as Sarkin Tulasi. There, he proceeded to hold court among swinging monkeys…

Last Thursday, when the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) reportedly slumped at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, the story of the late enfant terrible of Oyo State politics, Busari Adelakun, sidled into my memory. Media reports said that Bawa slumped at an occasion commemorating the National Identity Day. Same last week, Nigeria was back to her English class session. Occasionally, some fortuitous occurrences force this country, a product of Mrs. Flora Shaw’s taxonomic ingenuity, to go learn some basic language meanings. This time, Nigeria had to contend with the difference or differences between “slump” and “somersault.” Questions…

Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us ~ Luke 1:78. Introduction: We are in a peculiarly messy time in the history of the world right now. Things that should not be heard of are becoming daily occurrences, with many fellow citizens of the earth increasingly losing their humanity and gaining notoriety and ascendancy. Just think of the global terrorists, the godless humanists, the unashamed political usurpers, the kidnappers, the heartless armed robbers, the dupes, the hypocrites, the fake prophets and the fake “everything”, etc. The list of our present day absurdities…