Sometime ago, I used to be a housemaster. By the way, that was the job I enjoyed most. I simply love the youth! While there, more often than not, I had to counsel some boy who had been given a nickname that the more he showed a dislike for the nickname,, the more it would…
There is a saying among the Yoruba that we are all thieves, it’s only those caught that are officially called so. I don’t know much about corruption in the First Republic. However, during the Gowonic era, I heard of the “If you Tarka me…” and the Iyabo Olorunkoya cases. In the Obasanjo era, I heard…
Photo credit: AL-Monitor Demonstrations were held in several Canadian cities on Saturday to voice support for the Iranian people as a popular uprising sweeping across \iran neared the two-week mark. City News reports that protesters in Toronto and Montreal demanded the fall of the Islamic regime and the return of Reza Pahlavi, the son of the…
Photo credit: Amnesty International Sudan’s war reached its 1,000th day on Friday with a reminder of the civilian cost of the conflict between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group. The Nrw Arab reports that the war has raged since April 2023, when the RSF seized parts of the capital, Khatoum,…
Photo credit: the Jerusalem post A dentist from east Jerusalem was arrested on Thursday for media posts praising Hamas and inciting violence, Israel Police announced. The Jerusalem Post reports that police began their investigation after the suspect made a post on social media featuring the slogan “This is jihad – victory or martyrdom.” Over the…
In my innocence, I used to think grey hair and baldness went with riches and wisdom. Not until I started having both did I realize my belief was nothing but a ruse. The grey hair started with an obscure strand. But it is all over me now, even in the unlikeliest of places. What’s more,…
I.The sounds of bells,downstairs maternal grandparents parlor,still leaves me awaken from my deep sleeps that is never lost. I feel at home more, whenever I am not at home.II.The rubbers plantation lining the road to hometown, made me remembers how laughter was best in the mouth of little children and how happiness, sat best on…
