litany: noun 1 : a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation 2a : a resonant or repetitive chant b : a usually lengthy recitation or enumeration c : a sizable series or set
Photo credit: Vanguard Let’s roll out the drums and celebrate.Oh yes, why shouldn’t we? Our naira is now greater than the dollar.Our oil is now worth two hundred dollars per barrel.We now grow our own food.We export rice to China.Palm produce to Malaysia.Every farm has irrigation.Every able bodied man is employed.The sick and old get…
Photo credit: Premium Times I hear a company has started producing pencils in Nigeria. I hope the company will be gracious enough to also start producing erasers. Ah tor! I remember in those days when I was a gangling lad, whatever homework we were not too sure of was done with pencil. That’s because if…
Photo credit: Medium Some may be shocked that I’m naming my Man of the Year so early. But then, this is the latter part of October and this month happens to be in the very fourth quarter of the year. Kilo tun ku? I’ve never met the guy personally and we might not agree politically,…
Photo credit: CTV News A group of pro-Palestinian protesters disrupted the start of a defence conference in London, Ontario, on Tuesday morning. The Canadian Press reports that they blocked off entrances to the building and locked some doors with bicycle locks. However, the crowd soon dispersed, and London police said one person was arrested. Protest organizers…
Photo credit: BBC Anti-immigration riots broke out in Dublin on Tuesday night, and several people, including a girl, were injured. The Mirror reports that the disorder broke out near Citywest Hotel in Saggart, County Dublin. The violence erupted after the alleged sexual assault of a child, thought to be the girl in question. Objects were…
Photo credit: RTE Six members of an Italian charity which rescues migrants in the Mediterranean Sea have gone on trial in Sicily. RTE reports that they are accused of aiding illegal migration. The case centres around the Mare Jonio, a ship operated by Mediterranea Saving Humans (MHS), which took 27 migrants off a tanker in…
