By Bola Bolawole

As I cruised along the Alfred Rewane Road, Ikoyi last week, I tuned the radio and the evergreen song of Dr. Victor Olaiya, one of Nigeria’s legendary highlife musicians, came on air. The lyrics of the song goes thus: “Ilu le o/Ko s’owo l’ode/Okunrin n k’igbe/Obirin n k’igbe/ Kaluku l’o n k’igbe owo.” Translated, it means: “Things are hard/There is no money anywhere/ Males are crying/Females are crying/Everyone is crying for money.” The theme is that of economic hardship, inflation, high cost of living, and the daily struggle of everyone in search of money or survival.

By Bolanle Bolawole

Sometime this year, I was alerted to the presence of an owl perching on the PHCN line overlooking my apartment. And so what, I asked! The response I got shocked me: Don’t you know that owls are evil birds? I quickly jumped out of bed! I really never knew anything about owls. I went to my window and saw it. I began to “bind and cast.” I followed this up by picking up a stone and going after it. It flew away before I could reach it. Days later, the owl appeared again. I went after it again with prayer and action. Again, it flew away before I could reach it. Every night afterwards I checked the PHCN line before going to bed and whenever I woke up in the night. There was no sight of it. Still, I prayed.

By Bolanle Bolawole

Scripture says from the mouth of two or three witnesses the truth of a matter is established (Deuteronomy 19: 15; Matthew 18: 16; 2Corinthians 13: 1). So, today I bring another testimony to the so-called 1951 cross-carpeting saga in the Western Region House of Assembly. Taken from Wikipedia, it contains more details than what was published here last week. It reads:

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