Tag: By Femi Adesina

10 Years Without Dimgba Igwe, By Femi Adesina

ADEOLA YUSUF

“He didn’t make it.” That was what Pastor Dickson Anyanwu quietly whispered to me as he came out of the Accident and Emergency ward of Lagos State University Teaching Hospital that Saturday morning of September 6, 2014. My head simply vanished! Have you had that feeling before, when on hearing some heart-rending news, and it feels like your head has taken leave, and disappeared from your neck? Horrible feeling. Horrendous. Awful. Accompanied by a sinking sensation in the pit of your stomach. That was how I felt when Anyanwu, one…

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The Final Gallop Home, By Femi Adesina

ADEOLA YUSUF

In about 44 days, we’ll be home. Who are the ‘we?’ Those of us who serve with President Muhammadu Buhari, whose second term expires on May 29, this year. Some people pray with you, wish you happy and safe landing.. Others, low people, despicable, count the remaining days with glee.   There’s a saying in Yoruba language that the horse does not spurn the final gallop home. True. Home is that place you go to rest, after the labour and toil of the day. It is that place you find…

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