Photo credit: CBC A large crowd of demonstrators shut down a swath of the downtown core Sunday in solidarity with protesters in Iran, who are fighting against the country’s financial collapse and the regime that led to it. CBC reports that nationwide protests in Iran started December 28 in response to soaring prices. It then turned…
Thoughts of Makoko can’t but fill me with nostalgia. We used to live at Tapa/Abeokuta street in Ebute Meta East. Nearby was Oko Baba, a sawmill settlement that adjoined Makoko. I was then living with my aunt who was a Celestial Church of Christ Makoko member. One thing I noticed even then was the almost annual fire break…
Photo credit: Reuters Parts of Ukraine and Moldova, including the neighbouring countries’ capitals, were plunged into blackouts Saturday caused by a malfunction of high-voltage power lines, officials said. However, power was restored later in the day. The Korea Herald reports that officials did not directly link the accident to war damage, although Ukraine’s power grid has suffered…
Photo credit: Toronto Star Toronto’s cold snap continues with bitter temperatures overnight Saturday into Sunday prompting an extended warning from Environment Canada. Toronto Star reports that Sunday was expected to begin with a low of -18 C, feeling like nearly -25 with wind chill, the weather agency said in a yellow warning for the city. Afternoon temperatures were expected to feel…
Photo credit: Thr Independent A landslide last week collapsed several mines at a major coltan mining site in eastern Congo, leaving at least 200 people dead, rebel authorities said Saturday. The Korea Herald reports that the collapse took [lace Wednesday at the Kubaya mines, which are controlled by the M23 rebels, Lumumba Kambere Muyosa, the spokesperson…
Photo credit: Premium Times I understand a committee set up by the APC is now looking into restructuring in order to support it. Oh well, I tend to think it’s a ruse. In the first instance, the President in many of his remarks has shown that restructuring would be the last thing he’s going to…
Photo credit: instagram I used to believe that Nigeria was better as one country. Not even the issue of insecurity could persuade me. Neither could the lopsided nature of appointments by the Buhari regime nor the mediocrity inherently displayed by key practitioners in the political class convince me that Nigeria should split. But I must…
