Onion Gold! – Adewale Sobowale
Photo credit: Leadership When we talk, they can’t but call us wailers. But I think being called a wailer as far as Mr Buhari’s despotic government is concerned could be regarded as a compliment. The news in Nigeria now is about onion. Onion is now so scarce that it could be regarded much more than…
Some areas of Ontario will see up to 20 cm of snow!
Photo credit: insauga Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning for several communities, with up to 20 cm. Nsuaga reports that the forecast predicts that some areas of Ontario could see snowfall rates reaching 2 to 4 cm per hour, causing rapidly changing and potentially dangerous driving conditions. The snowfall warning impacts the following areas in…
543,000 travellers crossed Singapore-Malaysia checkpoints in single-day record!
Photo credit: FMT The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority said on Monday that over 543,000 travellers crossed the Singapore-Malaysian land border on September 6. CNA reports that the single-day record was logged during the September school holidays from August 30 to September 8. During the period, over five million travelers crossed the Woodlands and Tuas checkpoints,…
Zimbabwe’s new programme gives refugees chance to dream again!
Photo credit: Newsday Zimbabwe The Zimbabwean government, in collaboration with UNICEF Zimbabwe and The Boost Fellowship Trust, have officially launched The FairChance Program. NewsDay reports that launched last Thursday, the initiative aims to empower the youth of Tongogara Refugee Camp by providing critical skills, knowledge, and opportunities to help refugee youth integrate socially and economically while…
Teeny-Weeny – Adewale Sobowale
I couldn’t be happier last Sunday. It started as a WhatsApp chat, and it read:‘Good morning to you and the entire household. God bless you, my dear brother.’The person was not on my WhatsApp list, and the profile picture was womanish. So, I replied: ‘Good morning sis. May I meet you?’‘I remain Aderemi Agoro, the…
‘Beasts of No Nation’ – Adewale Sobowale
Photo credit: AATF That our president, his excellency, Mr Goodluck Jonathan is making his intention known today is not news. It is not news because he has the right so to do. Politically, the conditions are also right. The two hundred girls who were seized by the dreaded boko haram have been married off to…