So, I had an appointment yesterday. And, as usual with me, I Googled the address some two days ago. The app directed me on an arodan (a never ending) trip. The arodan trip is a journey you send a little child who is disturbing you. The child is sent to go get a mysterious object…
Photo credit: Toronto Sun In Sweden, poor behaviour can get non-citizens deported from the country altogether. The Toronto Sun reports that on Monday, the country’s parliament passed a law that allows authorities to revoke residency permits based on what they deem to be bad behaviour. While the law doesn’t specifically state which behaviour would be considered unacceptable,…
Photo credit: The Globe and Mail The FIFA World Cup is not just a Soccer tournament. It is the greatest sporting spectacle on earth – a four-year wait compressed into 399 days of drama, glory, heartbreak, and moments so extraordinary they pass into human memory forever. No club match, no continental championship, no other event in sport comes close…
Photo credit: the Times More than 700 people crossed the English Channel in small boats bound for the UK on Monday, the latest figures have revealed. DPA International reports that there were 710 people thought to be migrants who arrived in the UK on Monday, the highest number on a single day so far this year. There…
Most of us grew up in relatively more peaceful and crimeless times than we are experiencing now. The social utilities were also much more effective. In actual fact, I can vividly recall that if there was need for the ECN, as the electricity supply monopoly was then called, to cease the supply of power for…
Photo credit: the Borgen project Migration is the heartbeat of human history. From early nomadic movements that populated continents, to the Silk Road networks that connected civilizations, to the maritime expansions of the Renaissance, human mobility has been the primary engine through which ideas, technologies, and cultures have spread. Cities such as Lagos, Cairo, London, and New York did not…
How can I celebrate the Salah without Kola Adewuyi? I got to know him in 1984 when I was posted to Saint Stephen’s Commercial High School, Ado Odo, in Ogun State. When I got to the city, I easily made friends. Ade, as I used to call him, was my closest paddy. He was a…
