A Different Viewpoint
7 November 2024
Random Musing
Two days ago, I took my children to school. I parked behind a line of vehicles and opened the door for the boys to step out onto the kerb. As the boys came out of the car, a white girl that had gotten out of a large black truck four vehicles away called my older…
Read More about How They Breed Racism in The ChildrenRandom Musing
Caveats: I am not a good storyteller. Please bear with me. The names and sums/figures used in this true story are masked. His name is Frank. He lived on the same street as Ade’s friend, Eniola. He was at the end of the terrace, which meant that you could often only get a parking…
Read More about Relationships Matter – His Words, Drunk Or Not, Were His Bond.Random Musing
He woke up at 330 am to get ready for another day. By 430 am, he was out of his house in a God-forsaken part of Mowe to navigate his way onto the main road that will take him to his workplace in Apapa. There were few vehicles on that inner road in the wee…
Read More about And They Die SlowlyRandom Musing
It was the wilderness years of childlessness. A colleague who heard our story of losing our first child at 14 months, followed by miscarriages, invited us to a night vigil at his church. Following the service, he told me his Pastor would like to see us, and we obliged. After some prayers, the Pastor began…
Read More about I Am A Christian, But I Use My God-Given BrainRandom Musing
In 2008, I took some time from employment to finish writing up my doctoral thesis. During this period, I was a frequent visitor to a cousin’s office in London. One of those days, there was an ongoing discussion between the company’s staff, who were all Nigerians, about applying for land allocation in the Federal Capital…
Read More about Do Not GloatRandom Musing
I believe that Nigerians need to take more seriously the responsibility for their personal safety and those of others they may be directly and indirectly in charge of. When my parents built the house we live in about 38 years ago, concrete stumps were placed at the entrance of each room. This was done so that…
Read More about Risk and Safety Assessments: Your Personal Responsibility.Random Musing
During her review of my father’s autobiography in March 2017, my sister Bamidele noted the old man’s ability not only to recount events as well as names but to keep records. To those who know my father very well, her observation is not strange to them. For any project my father handles, if you want…
Read More about The Importance of Keeping Personal Diaries and Accurate Records.Random Musing
Thank you for the sacrifices you made, and the moral values imparted to make us who we are today. You bestowed us gifts that all the money in this world cannot buy. You taught us the value of integrity, to know and do what is morally right. You constantly reminded us of contentment being the…
Read More about It Is Your 75th Posthumous BirthdayRandom Musing
As I was responding to numerous comments on my post regarding my family’s love affair with Renault vehicles, something struck me. It became obvious to me that parenting is the strongest way or process through which we pass the right kind of value to our offspring, regardless of our state or status in life. I can…
Read More about Nurturing and Fostering Relationships Are ImportantRandom Musing
I was pruning my digital archives and found this picture of where my life as an employee started. It was 1988. Obafemi Awolowo University, Ife students had an unforgettable altercation with the federal government. As a result, the university was shut down for 3 months. By the time we were allowed to resume studies, our…
Read More about From The Archives – Standard Newspaper JosRandom Musing
God bless my Mama’s soul. Growing up, my mum will question any new material she finds with or on you. Woe betide you if you are unable to explain, rationally, logically and truthfully how you came by the item. I left home at the age of 23, and until I got married at the age of 36,…
Read More about When A Society Loses Its Values…Kunle Ojeleye
Yesterday, I made a promise to someone on Facebook to provide a selected bibliography on the Nigerian Civil War of 1967-70. Since then, I have had other private requests for a copy, as a result of which I took the decision to make it available publicly. As with any historical event, there are countless books,…
Read More about The Nigerian Civil War of 1967-70: My Selected BibliographyRandom Musing
(Vulcanizer is the Nigerian name for the man that is ‘equipped’ to replace the wheel on a vehicle) My driving lessons, from a very young age, began with watching my father look after his vehicle. This was followed with being partaker in washing the inside and outside of the vehicle, topping up the radiator, checking…
Read More about You and Your Vulcanizer Could Be Your KillerRandom Musing
Go On With One Nigeria General Yakubu Gowon was the Commander-in-Chief and Head of the Armed Forces during the Nigerian civil war of 1967-1970. So, responsibility for the acts and inactions during the civil war naturally lies fully at his doorstep, not excluding the so-called ‘starvation policy’, the dropping of bombs on civilian targets by…
Read More about Happy 80th Birthday – General Dr Yakubu GowonRandom Musing
I was born into and grew up in The Apostolic Church (TAC). Whilst I have been to and attended a number of other denominations in my few years, I am yet to come across any like the TAC that bombarded my life from its infancy to adulthood with praying for the nation and the leaders…
Read More about Now Is The Time For ActionRandom Musing
I have decided to write this short, reflective travel blog or article against the background of 3 key Nigerian issues which were highlighted recently by write-ups from Okey Ndibe, Pius Adesanmi and Simon Kolawole. These include: the state of Nigerian airports, the unprofessional and sometimes utterly unfriendly attitude of Nigerian service providers, and the insecurity…
Read More about Yeah Mon: Jamaica – Small Island, Friendly People, Great Place