LOUD WHISPERS: A Time To Mourn (For Nike Disu)
To everything there is a season There is no wisdom here today Please leave now I have no words of encouragement I am in dire need myself If you are here for words to inspire I am sorry there is no desire Should you choose to stay I thank you I wish I could sing […]
Kenya’s Former First Lady Lucy Kibaki Dies In London
Kenya’s controversial former first lady, Lucy Kibaki, has died in a London hospital of an undisclosed illness. She gained notoriety for slapping a cameraman in 2005 when she stormed the offices of a private media group in anger at the way a story about her had been reported. In a tribute to Mrs Kibaki, President […]
TRIBUTE: ‘I Just Wanted To Hear Your Voice’
Moremi Ajasoro. Afi ikoko ide pon omi lodo. Afi Kankan fadaka soge lawujo egbe. Moremi ti ewure ile mi o gbodo pa. Moremi obirin ogun. That is the cognomen I made up for Mrs Funmi Olayinka, the Moremi of Ekiti. She loved it when I recited it to her, especially if it was over the […]
‘I Just Wanted To Hear Your Voice’
In Memory of Funmilayo Adunni Olayinka I first met Mrs Funmi Olayinka in February 2007. My husband waded into the so-called murky waters of politics in 2005 as a Gubernatorial Candidate for the then AD, later Action Congress in Ekiti State. As we embarked on our political journey, I was particularly interested in the role […]
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Iyanuoluwa Isinkaye: 