‘The man dies in him who keeps silent in the face of tyranny.’ – Prof ‘Wole Soyinka The quote by the Prof can not be overemphasized in a country like Nigeria. The tragedy is that they are refusing to be silent these days. Indeed, some of them are muttering arrant nonsense just for the sake…
I just can’t help thinking about the thoughtfulness of the powers that be in my country of birth. Why? At every level, they’re building bridges where there used to be none. I’d been occupied with other things before a friend posted a link on my WhatsApp page. The link is of the Eleyi of Ogun…
Photo credit: Toronto Star President Donald Trump has rescinded an invitation to Prime Minister Mark Carney to join the new “Board of Peace,” – marking the latest upheaval in the relationship between Canada and the US as a critical trade agreement set to be reviewed. Trump did not give details about why he was withdrawing Carney’s invitation…
Photo credit; Aljazeera US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents have detained a 5-year-old boy. AA reports that the boy was taken from his home in the state of Minnesota on Thursday .https://youtu.be/RodeOnpH_cc?si=UNFySbztKk-_Qeo- The child was taken by ICE agents from the driveway of his suburban Minnesota home on Tuesday after returning from preschool and was…
Photo credit: Street Journal Vice President Kashim Abubakar has announced that Nigeria no longer views food security through a narrow agricultural lens, but as a fundamental macroeconomic, security and governance issue. Leadership reports that he said the government had begun a multi-dimensional agricultura drive designed to insulate the nation from global shocks while restoring the…
Anytime I look at the situation in Nigeria in relation to Nigerians ourselves, I can’t help but laugh.See most of us now, we’re regretting installing this government. But if we had just accepted our faults and hidden our tails between our legs like poor rain drenched dogs, nobody would have raised eyebrows. But trust the…
I understands soldiers are being unpatriotically used to guard herders and their animals to farms in Ogun state. Of course, when they get to the farms, the labors of farmers go to waste because the animals have a field day munching what their owners didn’t work for. In several cases, farmers are beaten and subjected…
