Titipetral

Let me do a little bit of   ‘famzing’   (A Nigerian slang coined from the English word ‘familiar’, which depicts when a normal citizen is trying to act familiar to a celebrity), with the present Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly,   Rt. Hon. Prince Adekunbi Suraj (PAS),   a man I had known since way back   2006. I was an undergraduate and the incumbent Assistant General Secretary of the National Association of Agricultural Students   (NAAS)   Olabisi Onabanjo University chapter as at that time. School unionism which I was actively involved in brought me to limelight amongst my fellow students and I somehow became a force to reckon with in grass root communal politics in   Ayetoro   town where my Campus was located. Somehow this very industrious, yet ambitious and honest indigene of the town in person of   PAS   who sat atop his late father's oil business,   Al-Rahman Oil and Gas ( polygamous family business whi...

It's Val again, a time when lovers the world over somewhat rekindle the love they share.  These are complete strangers, who came about each other at a certain phase of their lives and chose to pledge allegiance to making themselves happy. It's a beautiful thing to see lovers who strive to make their relationship better, but how often do they aim at having a cordial relationship with their blood relations, siblings especially. Val's day should not all just be about the celebration of love, I have decided to use the opportunity of the day to lay emphasis on the need to love our siblings. Evidently, one is not given the luxury of choosing one's brother or sister. You just grew up to find another 'human' usually with contrasting traits, being referred to as your sibling(s). Siblings are offsprings from the same parent. This makes them blood relations. While neighbours simply 'live' next to one another and may not necessarily 'be rela...