Ibukun's Blog

OYiNLOLA and the story of ETUU OBEJE... Yesterday, at the Yoruba Leaders Meeting held at the Political Capital of Yorubas Ibadan Mesi Ogo, one man did not disappont me with his oratory prowess. Guess Who? Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola. Four people had spoken before him, and all spoke in English but when it came to his turn....he said, "Egbo a le ma se ipade yoruba peru ede geese o, Yoruba ni emi oso, nitori awon oro kan wa ti nko le so ni oyinbo...mo fe itan Etuu Obeje,ati wa so yun l'eebo..?" lol. MEANING: "Hear me,we cannot be in Yoruba meeting and be speaking English, I want to tell you a story about (an amimal call) 'Etuu Obeje', how do I say that in English?" Oyinlola told the story of Obasanjo and PDP in a very unique way... Hear him (in the best way I can put it)... Once upon a time in animal kingdom(PDP), some gullible animals met in secret to hatch a plan on how to kill Etuu Obeje (OBJ). They complained too much about his beaut...

Tearfully recounting a young life as yet spent forced to forage for food from garbage and to sleep outside on cardboard mats, 12-year-old Glyzelle Palomar had a simple but profound question for Pope Francis. "Why did God let this happen to us?" the young Filipino asked, covering her face with her hands as she sobbed. Speaking on a stage in front of some 30,000 young people as part of a meeting between Francis and Filipino youth Sunday, Palomar's intense query visibly affected the pontiff. Putting aside a text he had prepared for the occasion in order to respond directly to the young woman, Francis answered her with a 40-minute reflection on the nature of suffering, love, and service. "The nucleus of your question almost doesn't have a reply," the pontiff said at first, pain clearly etched on his face as he mentioned that he had seen her tears. "Only when we too can cry about the things that you said are we able to come close...