London’s “tent city”
Photo credit: Daily Mail One of the most famous shopping thoroughfares in the UK, where top retailers are based, Tottenham Court Road in London has been transformed into a shanty town. The Daily Mail reports that long lines of tents have sprung up housing homeless migrants. A ramshackle “village” of tents clustered along the central London street close…
Over 200 Kenyans fighting for Russia!
Photo credit: Streamline Kenya has officially acknowledged that over two hundred of its citizens are currently fighting alongside Russian military forces in the conflict against Ukraine. Yeni Safak reports that active recruitment networks continue to target Kenyan nationals for enlistment. The Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi confirmed the development on Wednesday. He noted that some recruits previously…
No more “vernacular” by Adewale Sobowale
Photo credit: Premium Times Nigeria’s Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, on Wednesday announced the cancellation of the teaching of Indigenous languages, otherwise known as mother tongue languages, as the medium of instruction in Nigerian primary schools. The minister, a medical doctor, announced the unprogressive move at the 2025 Language in Education International Conference organized by the…
Ogun and Adire! – Adewale Sobowale
That the Ogun State government has deemed it fit to officially recognize ADIRE, a traditional batik that has been made popular by the Egbas is great. However, I don’t see anything new in that. When Chief Olusegun Obasanjo was President, he hardly wore anything apart from ADIRE. Osoba and Amosun too tried to project the…
Settlers arrested after West Bank clashes!
Photo credit:Thisnis Beirut Israel’s police and military said that security forces arrested several Israeli settlers after violent clashes near the occupied West Bank city of Tulkarem, during which Palestinians were injured and property was destroyed. The Japan Times reports the military as saying it dispatched troops after “masked Israeli civilians attacked Palestinians and set fire to property…