I grew up in an age when all those things taken for granted by the youth of today were relatively new inventions. Take the radio for instance, it first came as a box which would always talk from five a.m. till twelve midnight if my memory serves me right. Trust the Yoruba for their beauty…
Photo credit: Premium Times Watching the question and answer session yesterday, I was left with little doubt that Nigeria is, definitely, not out of the woods yet! How many times did our president pretend not to hear the questions? Even when he supposedly heard, what was the quality of his response? Thank God for Osibajo,…
It’s no fluke that the lack luster government of Buhari, an infantry general who can not neutralize the criminal Boko Haram., will come to an end on May 29, 2023. As if that isn’t enough, Nigeria’s instability will be a case study for economists, political scientists, sociologists, etc. That’s because with so many resources, manpower,…
Photo credit: the Guardian Uganda’s presidential election was plagued by widespread delays on Thursday. The Canadian Press reports that there was also a days-long internet shutdown that has been criticized as an anti-democratic tactic in a country where the president has held office since 1986. Some polling stations remained closed for up to four hours…
Photo credit; Global News As a major snowstorm caused travel chaos, serious weather alerts, highway closures and school cancellations, some working for Ontario’s Ministry of YTransportation were told to head into the office. Global News reports that around 9.30 am on Thursday with more than tens of centimetres already on the ground, a manager withbin the civil service emailed their employees…
Photo credit: Euro News Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said he presented her Nobel Peace Prize to S President Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday even as he has questioned her credibility to take over her country after the US ousted President Nicolas Maduro. CBC reports that the Nobel Institute has said Machado…
In a statement by the presidency, the Buhari government claims it has done better for Nigeria than he met it. Oh well, the announcement makes me remember an African proverb about the lizard which falls from a wall. Since nobody has congratulated it, Mr Lizard goes on to congratulate itself. Now, Mr Buhari should congratulate…
