Panama records fewer migrant crossings!
Photo credit: Reuters Migrant crossings through the dangerous Darien Gap that connects Panama to Colombia are down by over a third in the year’s first nine monts, according to a Panamanian border official. Alexis de Gracia, head of the National Border Service’s eastern brigade ascribed the decrease to heightened security measures by the new government….
Once Upon a Nigeria! by Adewale Sobowale
Photo credit: carbon brief The United States has announced its intention to back 2 permanent seats for African nations on the United Nations Security Council. Russia too has backed an African country to be a permanent member of the Security Council. However, the African countries will just be toothless bulldogs because they won’t have veto…
Child marriage divides a nation!
Photo credit: change.org Although underage marriage is illegal in South Sudan, is’s so commonplace that it hardly attracts significant attention. The Guardian reports that the case of 14-year-old Athiak Dau Riak is an exception. Her case has gone viral, polarizing her family and the country. Two men, Marial Garang Jil and Chol Marol Deng, two…
Of Political Parties and Criminals! – Adewale Sobowale
Photo credit: x.com A certain Nigerian ‘big boy’ was recently arrested for kidnapping. In the first instance, although he allegedly confessed, that can only be used as evidence in a properly constituted court of law. It is for the courts to determine whether he is guilty or not. Second, people have been fast to link…
Buhari vs Buhari! – Adewale Sobowale
I just thought we should compare the military government of Mr Buhari to his executive presidency. It’s true the Shagari administration which Buhari toppled really made a mess of the economy. But was the Buhari administration well positioned to bail out the Nigerian people? Well, the military used its usual force of repression to cow…
Ao M’erin Joba! – Adewale Sobowale
Photo credit: UNDP There’s this fable about an elephant who had been terrorizing a community. The people then decided to make him the King so that he might probably stop giving the community hassles. But then, the community was wise enough to have sunken a ditch below the enthronement platform. The people were singing, Ao…