We need superhumans for certain professions. Superhuman in the sense of unimpeachable integrity and unflinching incorruptibility. There are professions with power (literally) of life and death. Take a Judge if the judge is very corrupt, has no integrity, he’s like…
I was recently engrossed in a heated argument. The crux of the argument was the possibility or feasibility of two people of the opposite sex being mere “platonic friends”. Plato was a Greek philosopher in the days past. Platonic love…
The older I grow, the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom. — H.L. Mencken It is often said that ‘age is a matter of the mind: if you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter’. The mind, the…
A recent post on this blog. Selfies – the new epidemic is the trigger for this post. In a comment to the above post, I said Fast forward to today, I have only uploaded one picture of myself online. Same…
Deolaonline.com is proud to introduce to our highly esteemed readers, a new concept on its platform. We are welcoming Oludare Onakoya aka Dharay, he is a gifted story teller and novelist with a number of publications to his credit. His…
PAY YOURSELF FIRST. For many people in Nigeria,the economic climate is tough. Turbulent. (Financial) Resources are lean, while the obligatory financial rodents attacking those meagre resources are legion. There is this saying that the smartest way to keep (conserve) money is to invest…
There is the story of the girl that sells milk. As she moved along, with a bucket filled with milk delicately balanced on her head, she daydreamed about what she would do with the money realized from the day’s sales.…
The unending hurdles thrown in the path of the de facto (only serious) opposition candidate to President Goodluck Jonathan in the coming election in Nigeria, reminds one of an old fable. General Buhari, the main contender, has so far…
It is fashionable in our community for young adults to consume alcohol mixed with energy drinks especially when in company of friends or in company of girls they intend having a good time with. You see such guys buying bottles…
“How come you’re still here?” I asked Maya as I entered the apartment that evening. “No tuesday-tuesday medicine today?” “Nope” she replied with a forlorn expression. “Damen has gone home to see his mum”. In the seven months since they’d…
