British lawmakers give initial support to assisted dying bill!
Photo credit: Reuters Britain’s parliament backed a new bill to allow assisted dying on Friday, kicking off months of wrangling over a possible legal change that has sparked a national conversation about dignity in death and end-of-life. Reuters reports that in an initial approval of the bill, 330 lawmakers voted in favour with 275 against…
Feds to help Toronto in buying new buses!
Photo credit: ReNew Canada The federal government of Canada has announced plans to assist Toronto with hundreds of millions of dollars to buy new subway trains for its aging fleet. BurlintonToday reports that Ontario and the City of Toronto each committed $758 million a year ago so the Toronto Transit Corporation could buy 55 new trains…
Rebels take control of parts of Aleppo!
Photo credit: VOA Rebel forces in Syria have taken control of several neighbourhoods of the country’s largest city, Aleppo. BBC reports that as of Friday morning, rebels controlled more than half of the city. The move is the biggest offensive against the Syrian government in years and the first time rebels fighting the forces of…
Buhari – Saki! – Adewale Sobowale
Photo credit: Premium Times It’s getting apparent more and more, everyday, that Nigeria doesn’t have a head. It’s not clear if it does even have a tail. The reason is not far fetched. The goings on in that country could be termed to be the Hobbesian state of nature. How can there be a head…
Inside Nigeria! – Adewale Sobowale
Photo credit: Daily Post Nigeria claims to be a democratic country. Note my word, ‘claims’. Isn’t it in Nigeria that we have prisoners, even despite court orders setting them free? We have people like Sambo Dasuki, Ibrahim Zakzaky, Omoyele Sowore, and others currently languishing in various detention rooms across the nation. The silly department in…
The Tethered Hen! – Adewale Sobowale
Photo credit: Tatler I belong to a Facebook group that had a party last year. The party was successful in various ways, so the group decided to hold another one in December. Well, people should celebrate! But one thing that makes me silly is that some of their acquaintances were talking of gatecrashing. I used…