Photo credit: The Jakarta Post A boat carrying 37 undocumented migrants believed to be from Indonesia sank off Pangkor island on Malaysia’s west coast, leaving 14 people still missing, maritime authorities said. Gulf News reports that the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) in Perak said it was alerted early Monday by a local fisherman who found the…
Photo credit: ABC News Indigenous Amazon organizations from across the Amazon and Latin America sent a letter Monday to the United Nations warning that organized crime is driving violence and accelerating environmental destruction in rainforest communities. However, they urged governments to avoid heavily militarized responses in Indigenous territories. The Associated Press reports that the document was signed by…
The people governing us are great. In fact, their greatness is fantastic. However, Nigerians are a hard nut to crack. Whatever their rulers do to mitigate some suffering, it is viewed with suspicion. In fact, rulership is a thankless job. The removal of subsidy on premium motor spirit (PMS) is a case study. I do…
Ah!Obinrin bi okunrin! I grew up to know her as a woman with lots of milk of human kindness. She’s kind to a fault! Kind but firm!! When I was in elementary school, I used to go and spend all vacations with my grandparents in Ebute Meta. There, I was always met with joy. But…
I read it somewhere yesterday morning that the ruling general in Nigeria would be addressing the nation yesterday. In my nationalistic enthusiasm, I didn’t bother to cross check from other sources. Some may question my claims to being nationalistic. I don’t have any excuse for being a patriot. Indeed, it’s those who believe you can…
Some of the most pained in the present situation the globe has found itself in are certainly side chicks. Most of them are so used to their ATMs or Mugus, as their scatterbrained spenders are called in Nigerianese. Only pastors who minister only unto themselves wouldn’t have seen the various viral videos of ladies speaking…
Photo credit: France 24 The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria is against Nigeria’s importation of Madagascar’s COVID 19 herbal drug. Well, there’s a Yoruba saying which is k’okunrin r’ejo, k’okunrin pa, ani k’ejo sa ti ku, which means the end will always justify the means. In other words, we all want this deadly virus to be…
