Justin Welby, head, Church of England resigns!
Photo credit: Pittsburgh Post Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, head of the Church of England and spiritual leader of the global Anglican Communion, resigned on Tuesday after an investigation found that he failed to tell police about serial physical and sexual abuse by a volunteer at Christian summer camps as soon as we became aware…
Visits to Toronto food banks reach 3.49 million!
Photo credit: CTV News, Toronto Daily Bread Food Bank and North York Harvest Food Bank report more than one in ten Torontonians rely on food banks. Daily Bread Food Bank reports this as a 36% increase in unique clients year-over-year. Both food banks have released the annual Who’s Hungry report, which profiles poverty and food…
Every Nigerian is a debtor!
Photo credit: the tribune The debt owed by every Nigerian, on average, stands at 619,501 naira. Sahara Reporters says that according to data published by the Debt Management Office, Nigeria’s public debt stood at 134,297 trillion naira in the second quarter of 2024 (June) I wonder if the debt is just for Nigerians living in Nigeria…
Ogun and Adire! – Adewale Sobowale
Photo credit: Rock City FM That the Ogun State government has deemed it fit to officially recognize ADIRE, a traditional batik that has been made popular by the Egbas is great. However, I don’t see anything new in that. When Chief Olusegun Obasanjo was President, he hardly wore anything apart from ADIRE. Osoba and Amosun…
Yahoo Is Outdated! – Adewale Sobowale
Photo credit: iStock I recently came in contact with some Nigerian youths who are doing quite well for themselves in information technology. The fees for their services are not chicken feed. Some of them even have domiciliary accounts with various Nigerian banks for foreign transactions. Of course, there’s no way their impacts wouldn’t be felt,…
