Cartoon of a man urinating on the Bible. Photo credit: @tylyorbo There’s a story in Yoruba land and it goes thus: The ubiquitous tortoise once had a wife. Unfortunately, tortoise, being the lazy type, it gets rewarded, for everyone of its actions rather handsomely. It so happens that the tortoise’s father in law is a…
Photo credit: Premium Times People who are familiar with our world definitely know that no condition is permanent. This is more so in the so called developing world. By the way, the term ‘developing’ is a polite way of calling countries underdeveloped. Nigeria happens to be one of such. The table has turned for the…
Photo credit: Facebook Nigerians do not recognise talents when they see them. How can they? The hunger that even those that have means of getting their daily bread are facing has made them blind. If those who are working are hungry, what will happen to the many who are jobless? Asko! If gold rust, what…
Photo credit: the Punch As many terrible things are happening in Nigeria so are the simply laughable ones. I did a post not too long ago about bringing equity into our politics. I can remember mentioning practitioners of Traditional African Religion. Have we ever been fair to them in picking our political representatives? Those of…
Photo credit: Vanguard In a bid to set a precedent for “responsible governance” and demonstrate “solidarity” with Liberians, the President of the country, Joseph Boakai, has announced his willingness to slash his salary by 40%. BBC reports that government salaries have been under intense scrutiny recently. The generality of Liberians are complaining about the rising…
Photo credit: NCR online A Catholic Charities’ homeless shelter in Louisiana has had its state funding reduced over the wider Catholic Church’s ministry to migrants. OSV News reports that the vetoing of $1 million in state funds by Governor Jeff Landry has dealt a significant blow on the church’s ability to care for area residents experiencing homelessness, including…
