A couple of weeks ago, I was gisting with some of my brothers back home in Nigeria. One thing struck me in our conversation, they were quite comfortable with the situation in Nigeria. According to them, Mr Tinubu needs to be given time to do his restructuring of the Nigerian economy. They gave the example…
Photo credit: BBC The number of reports of anti-Muslim hate and prejudice in London in the first half of the year has surpassed the total annual count for 2024, an organization monitoring the issue has said. DPA reports that anti-Muslim hate-monitoring organization Tell Mama branded the statistics it collated “alarming,” showing a sixfold increase in the…
I think at this point in time, we should spare our nations some positive thoughts. Note that I used the word, nations! Why is it that it’s within the so-called developing nations that we don’t have peace. Neither do we have any relative progress? I know some of the story of Nigeria, in particular. The…
Even to the most unfeeling person, Nigerians will know the noose of dictatorship is being tightened with the barring of Nobel laureate, professor Wole Soyinka and the activist Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana from giving their contributions at a symposium. The police simply sealed off the venue, 46, Ibijoke Street, Oluyole Bus Stop, Oregun…
Photo credit: RTE President Cyril Ramaphosa called regional leaders for joint efforts to tackle migration to South Africa after a backlash against foreign nationals that has led thousands to flee. RTE reports that weeks after protests by populist groups demanding undocumented foreign nationals go home by 30 June led more than 176,000 to leave in recent weeks, according…
Australian beef is on Canadian supermarket shelves at much lower prices than for Canadian beef.. CBC News reports that some producers are concerned about their products being undercut, and some consumers are just happy to have an affordable option. Tyler Fulton, president of Canadian Cattle Association, said the Australian option has been around for years. “Recently…
Two students were killed in a shooting at high school in the southern Philippines on Tuesday, one of them the gunman, before the situation was put under control, officials said, in the second such incident in the country in less than two months. The Telegraph online reports that the shooting took place at a school attached…
