Photo credit; the Guardian The University of Toronto environment school says it will financially dissociate from fossil fuel companies. The Guardian reports that the institution has committed to stop taking funds from the sector for research, sponsorships, scholarships or infrastructure such as buildings. It is also going to stop collaborating with te industry on events and school initiatives, cease…
Yeah, if people will choose to remember there will always be a tomorrow, our world might be a bed of roses. But then, there’s no gainsaying the fact that man is the most gifted of all animals. However, he conveniently chooses to forget the gifts when it suits him. There was once a man who…
Photo credit: the Telegraph Hell is surely beckoning. And, to ease the journey of people who have been condemned, a state in South Western Nigeria is bent on constructing an airport. The airport could have been described as an elephant project but people going to hell are already patronizing it, even while at its teething…
Photo credit: Wikipedia About one of the first things I grew up to know in the Yoruba culture is the egungun cult. Near our home at Itire, there used to live a family – an extended family – if you like, who lived a true Yoruba lifestyle though tinted with some Islamic practices. Islamic practices…
Photo credit: Africa News Watch A nation is concluding its national elections today. The activities in the country can’t but remind me of Nigerian elections. Even before a particular election ends, career politicians are already planning for the next elections. In the elections that are being concluded in Nigeria, meanwhile, a lot of resources would…
Photo credit: DW What further example do you have of a nation dying than that killing protesters while they were holding the national flag and singing the national anthem? In those days we used to believe once we sang the anthem or held the flag we were immune from all brutally from Nigerian forces. But…
Photo credit: Ron fanfair This week, Hortense Anglin was the oldest graduate to make her way across the platform at York University’s Fall Convocation ceremony. CTV News reports that she graduated with an honours degree in Religious Studies at age eighty-seven. She said, “Each person took the time to greet me and to congratulate me…
