Photo credit: The New Arab An estimated $50 million ransom paid to free a hostage seized by al Qaeda-linked militants in Mali in late 2025 has helped to fund their advances across West Africa and the group’s global network, UN experts say. https:/ region, /youtu.be/2fjJurzdUuM?si=wW3ie5iiMJn5Fb9P Reuters reports that a new UN report detailing the use of the ransom did…
Photo credit: Reuters Dozens of migrants were detained in Morocco on Saturday as they attempted to cross into the Spanish territory of Ceuta. UPI reports Moroccan officials as saying they intercepted some 111 people near the town of Fnideq, about 2 miles from the border. Local police chartered buses to return them to other parts of the country,…
Photo credit: The Guardian There was a time when the Nigerian politician needed your vote. Those were the good old days. That was when there was accountability. You could see the average politician was doing something worthwhile with your vote in his kitty and your tax in his “care”. The politician was your neighbour. He didn’t…
Charley Boy a.k.a. The Area Fada took the protest to Wuse Market yesterday, and he was brutally dealt with. Of course! He must be. He, apparently doesn’t have the right to peacefully air his views. By the way, who is he? If there’s anybody who is so blind that they have seen nothing good in…
Even though I’m yet to receive the call, I can’t joke with my bible. It’s both a sword and a book. When a person is besieged by the vicissitudes of life, when he is fighting against spiritual cum human forces, when he needs reassurance, then he needs not a physical sword but a spiritual one….
That Mr Mohammed Buhari, the Nigerian President is ill isnot news again. That he’s on medical tourism in the UK is stale news. However, without counting his various sick leaves in the past, this time around, he has spent one hundred days in the UK. All on going for medical treatment. Men like Buhari are…
I was just thinking of the changing world. Yes, vis a vis our environment. Not too long ago, in the days of my youth, one could see a lot of greenery even in urban centers like Lagos. But what do we have now? There used to be a Biney Zoo just across the railway line…
