Photo credit: the Punch I was just thinking of the changing world. Yes, vis a vis our environment. Not too long ago, in the days of my youth, one could see a lot of greenery even in urban centers like Lagos. But what do we have now? There used to be a Biney Zoo just…
Photo credit: RFI The World Health Organization has declared mpox a global public health emergency. To that effect, an emergency committee met on Wednesday to advise WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on whether the disease outbreak constitutes a “public health emergency of international concern. WHO has reported 208 fatalities and over 99,000 mpox cases across 116 nations…
Photo credit: NBC News The effects of violence are still visible outside a hotel housing asylum seekers in Rotherham, even after days after the riots. Gulf Today reports that many residents are still in shock and worried about immigration. Clive Wingate who lives near the Holiday Inn Express said, “it was terrifying. When they were lighting the bins…
Photo credit: channels TV Sixteen undocumented Mozambican women found guilty of entering South African illegally have been ordered to be deported to their country. IOL reports that the accused were charged before the Barberton Magistrate’s Court where they were accused of contravening the Immigration Act. A total of 41 suspects comprising two taxi drivers, a light…
Photo credit: Getty Images The Catholic diocesan of Nnewi was recently reported to have declared that investigation of donors’ sources of funds isn’t the business of churches. I applaud his brilliant submission. Really, wetin concern agbero with overload? The donors came to offer their donations without being forced, c’est finis! Since money realised from vices…
Photo credit: Facebook There’re so many melodious songs in Christendom. But my favorite is, ‘Count your blessings, take them one by one’. That’s for obvious reasons. Amidst the sorrows of this transient world, if one should keep thinking about their losses, one cannot help being further depressed. I’m not necessarily talking to only Christians. Or…
There’re gentlemen and there’re gentlemen! There’s one who labels himself a gentleman but his behavior doesn’t portray him as such. He was governor in a southwestern state of Nigeria. He owed civil servants salaries. He created enmity in the educational sector. His so-called opon imo (computer), if faithfully prosecuted could have been useful in these…
