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It was on a very hot Friday afternoon, the sun was almost roasting my skin out of my body. It was 2pm, I was going to my house from work. I waited patiently for bus to take me home, while I was waiting, I saw a young man between the age range of 30-35years, properly dressed in white shirt stocked into his black plain trouser with a brown belt and brown shoe to complete his systematic arrangement, and i guess he was also waiting for bus, a lot of people were at that spot too.  Soon enough, a long motorbus arrived and people starting moving into the motorbus, but then I was walking gently to the bus, admiring the color combination of this young man’s dressing also considering how dusty, dirty and scattered the environment was, with hoodlum (agbero) hanging here and there waiting for buses to come so they will load the bus and collect their normal 50naira.  Then all of a sudden, a lady shouted, olé olé, thief, thief, catch am, he steal my money, see am, na thief, you steal...

Bayo Oyenuga Most of my friends especially the ones with two kids tell me their wives keep raising the suggestion of one more child.. Guy, raising a child in Nigeria and giving them a comfortable life till they leave University is about N40m.. half of that if you decide to 'manage'. Let that sink in..a child shouldn't just be an emotional decision. What happens in the event of unplanned circumstances? If God has blessed you with two kids of the same sex, thank Him and love those kids. If you must have another one of the opposite sex, consider adopting an older child. That way everybody wins. We do not live in our parents generation where it was easy to raise 6 kids. Most of us went to Govt Secondary schools. Right now with the world being so competitive we need to be deliberate with our kids. Most boarding houses do not have programmes for effective development of children. Apart from school education, they need to develop vocational, language and their sporting tal...

Pele has belittled Lionel Messi as a player who only has “one leg” and “one skill”. The Brazil great is regarded by many observers to the greatest footballer of all time but has seen this status come under scrutiny on account of Messi’s phenomenal exploits for Barcelona over the past decade. Indeed, three-time World Cup winner Pele does not even think Messi is the best Argentinian player in history – telling Folha de Sao Paulo that Diego Maradona was “much better”. “How can you make a comparison between a guy who heads the ball well, shoots with the left, shoots with the right and another who only shoots with one leg, only has one skill and doesn’t head the ball well?” Pele said, comparing his own playing attributes to the five-time Ballon d’Or winner. “How can you compare? To compare with Pele, it has to be someone who shoots well with the left, shoots well with the right, and scores headers. “As far as I’m concerned, Maradona was one of the best players ever. If you ask...