by Bayo Adeyinka | Nov 29, 2024 | General
Over 20 years ago, I was a driver salesman. I sat for an interview with hundreds of candidates. The interview was handled by a foremost fast-moving consumer goods company. Initially, we thought we would be employed by the company. It was when the final eight...
by Bayo Adeyinka | Nov 8, 2024 | General
Sometime in November 2019, I saw some wild pictures and videos of a certain “Ilorin Hangout” that went viral on social media. In the name of hanging out, people were hanging their future, so to speak. In one of those videos, guys were popping balloons directly...
by Bayo Adeyinka | Oct 25, 2024 | General
My first love was music. Growing up in the early 80s, I was heavily influenced by Dizzy K. Falola. To me then, he was a god—the god of music. His Baby Kilode song boomed everywhere then. I recall watching the Michael Jackson wannabe on TSOS (Television Service...
by Bayo Adeyinka | Oct 4, 2024 | General
Many years ago, I rubbed minds with a budding entrepreneur who wanted some investment advice. This entrepreneur was trying to decide between investing one million naira in a transportation business (with a projected monthly return of about 100,000 naira to 120,000...
by Bayo Adeyinka | Sep 13, 2024 | General
“Oga, don’t you know what we used to call you? We called you Oloro”, she said. “Oloro” is a moniker for someone perceived as tough, terrible or wicked. I thought I didn’t hear well. This lady had worked with me in two different...
by Bayo Adeyinka | Sep 6, 2024 | General
I’ve always wondered why Jesus gave him that exceptional accolade. Of all men ever born by women, he is the greatest. Why would the greatest person who ever lived call him the greatest person who was ever born? Really? He never performed a single miracle....
