I learn Edo politics is now so low that one Kabaka was saying on the campaign ground that people shouldn’t vote for Obaseki because he’s childless. Haba! I believe Kabaka must have been tombo drunk before he could utter such a petty statement. But then, I wouldn’t blame him. I would rather blame the people…
Hundreds of Ugandans demonstrated outside the Turkish Embassy on Friday to demand the extradition of a dissident whose online activities are seen by local authorities as anti-government propaganda. AP reports that the dissident, Fred Lumbuye, has lived for years in Turkey, but his legal status there is unclear. His posts about Ugandan politics are viewed by…
Photo credit: Washington Post West African laboratory scientists called on governments Friday to strengthen capacity to detect disease outbreaks to avoid another major outbreak, saying health systems across the region are becoming weaker. The Associated Press reports that the scientists issued their warning in Togo’s capital, Lome, where they have gathered this week to discuss the region’s…
Photo credit: Brexit for Barnham? A tiny village on the Norfolk border is considering an independence referendum in protest at government plans to house 1,250 asylum seekers at a military base on its doorstep. Eastern Daily Press reports that villagers in Barnham are weighing up whether to follow in the footsteps of Piddington, the Oxfordshire…
An English adage says, ‘a fool and his money are soon parted’. In the Holy Bible too, in Proverbs 21: 20 reads that, ‘The wise store up choice food and olive oil but fools gulp theirs down’. The ever wise Yoruba too have many sayings about not just working but saving for the rainy day….
I just thought I should tender a public apology for my hoping for what I believe is a good government in Nigeria. I really wouldn’t know what came over me to have forgotten a golden maxim. ”A people deserves its leadership”. When a dancer meets a drummer even death may find it difficult to separate…
I just finished watching the Queen of England’s funeral and I’m so much disappointed. In the first instance, how can a whole Head of the Commonwealth die and be buried, by African or Nigerian standards, like a commoner? By the way, in Yorubaland, who has ever seen a king being buried in the full glare…
