‘Justice is the first condition of humanity’. – Wole Soyinka ‘No agreement’ – Fela Kuti. I believe that album is one of the many that describes the very essence of Fela Kuti, who himself was a lifelong victim of man’s inhumanity to fellow human beings. The Abacha junta sentenced Beeko Ransome-Kuti for faxing Obasanjo’s travails…
Photo credit: UNHCR The revenue department has decided to cut power and water supply to Rohingya refugees in Jammu. The Telegraph online sports that this has caused a row, with a minister from the Omar Abdullah government opposing the move. The department has identified 409 refugee families in Jammu who will lose power and water supply….
Photo credit: Global News A negotiator for the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (OUPW) says Canada Post’s latest offer to end the ongoing strike shows the carrier is moving in the “opposite direction.” CTV News reports that CPUW negotiator Jim Gallant said, in a televised interview on Friday, that the union received a low offer from…
Photo credit: Meteor Nigeria The Nigeria Immigration Service has prevented 14 internationally flagged persons of interest from entering the country. The Nation reports that this marks a significant step in Nigeria’s battle against terrorism and cross-border crime. The Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, announced it over the weekend. While speaking at the unveiling of…
Photo credit: iStock The title of this post is an understatement. This is because there were so many nights of note in my life as a house master. Of course, the night,as well as the days, are fully detailed in my forthcoming memoirs, ‘When Boys Were Boys’! Like I said earlier, I was the house…
