Hard Punch

Aregbesola and the story of unslakeable turtle

Aug 20th, 2010 | By osunmail | Category: Hard Punch

Tortoise is an ever-present character in folklores in this part of the world. In many of these, it is constantly portrayed as a clever being who will always try to outsmart others with its cunning ways but in most cases, it impish nature gets him into problem.
On rare occasion, tortoise has appeared in folklores as [...]



Osogbo flood: The deluge and its many tales

Jul 17th, 2010 | By osunmail | Category: Hard Punch

The pains that the flood of Wednesday, July 7, 2010 will not doubt last long in the memories of many residents of the ancient town of Osogbo and the incident is most likely going to be a timely  warning for the inhabitants of other towns in the state. The day of the lamentable event sauntered-in [...]



Osun: An entity like the supremo

Jun 17th, 2010 | By osunmail | Category: Hard Punch

The life and times of Mother Theresa depicts love and peace. She is undisputedly the most popular Roman Catholic Nun till date and the situation may remain as such for a very long time to come, when one considers the imprint of this Albanian-born religious on the sand of time viz-a-viz the mountainous quantity and [...]



Activism by vulgarism, Nigeria experience

Jun 4th, 2010 | By osunmail | Category: Hard Punch

Nigeria as a nation is down with big problems and the smaller ones are making use of that opportunity to climb on top of her. Nigeria, the golden-aged Anglophone country of West Africa, the self acclaimed giant of Africa but ironically, a cricket of West Africa, whose chirping would not be loud enough to scare [...]



‘A o m’erin joba’

Aug 1st, 2009 | By osunmail | Category: Hard Punch

 

The Action Congress (AC)gubernatorial candidate in Osun State, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola who desperately wants to occupy ‘ABERE”, the seat of power of the state, even without any court pronouncement towards it has again come up with his pranks.
So ridiculously programmed one would say. His recent trick was however figurative, quite symbolic and the Peoples [...]