Photo credit: Readers Digest I just finished watching the Queen of England’s funeral and I’m so much disappointed. In the first instance, how can a whole Head of the Commonwealth die and be buried, by African or Nigerian standards, like a commoner? By the way, in Yorubaland, who has ever seen a king being buried…
Photo credit: Facebook I just thought I should tender a public apology for my hoping for what I believe is a good government in Nigeria. I really wouldn’t know what came over me to have forgotten a golden maxim. ‘A people deserves its leadership’. When a dancer meets a drummer even death may find it…
Photo credit: Alamy An English adage says, ‘a fool and his money are soon parted’. In the Holy Bible too, in Proverbs 21: 20 reads that, ‘The wise store up choice food and olive oil but fools gulp theirs down’. The ever wise Yoruba too have many sayings about not just working but saving for…
Photo credit: Top African News The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has condemned the misuse of its aid by military entities in Sudan. Sudan Tribune reports that the Governor of Darfur, Mini Arko Minawi, and activists shared photos and videos earlier this month showing the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) using UNHCR-branded tarpaulins for military…
Photo credit: the National Most migrant workers in New South Wales (NSW), an Australian state, are working in deplorable conditions. The North West Star reports that migrant women, in a bid to escape exploitative work conditions, are delivering babies prematurely. They are then slapped with hefty medical bills. Their male counterparts are not treated better;…
Photo credit: AP News Islamic militants on Tuesday attacked a military training camp and other locations in Bamako, Mali’s capital. Fox News reports that the attack sparked a deadly gunbattle and the temporary closure of a nearby airport. Troops were then able to subdue the assailants, according to officials. However, no details of casualties were…
There was a famous politician in pre-independent Nigeria whom the people trusted so much that even if he had committed the most grievous crimes, they were satisfied with his actions. The Ibadan-based politician once bought a limo; there were grumblings by the opposition. What did our politician do? He allowed the people to have their…
