Photo credit: Premium Times There are many chieftaincy titles in Yorubaland. There is the Oba at the head. He’s ably supported by the otun, osi, balogun and the iya l’oja amongst others. There was a story of a rich person who was desperate to bag a chieftaincy title. When the oba told him that titles…
Photo credit: the Punch ‘To call these thieves Robin Hood is a blatant misnomer. While Robin Hood was robbing the rich to give the poor, these people are robbing our commonwealth and giving those people who don’t have shame the crumbs. I say people without shame because we lack courage in our country. So, if…
Photo credit: ABC News According to a Harris campaign official, Vice President Kamala Harris will not join former President Trump on Fox News’ debate stage on September 4. ABC News reports that the official said Harris’s agreement to a future debate with the former President depends on his showing up at the September 10 debate…
Photo credit: Malaysia Today The bodies of thirty-four Rohingya refugees who had fled war-torn Myanmar only to drown when their boat sank in a river while crossing to Bangladesh have been recovered by Bangladeshi officials. The Irrawaddy reports that 5he group had fled their villages in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, and their over-crowded small craft sank in…
Photo credit: OCHA The United States has announced that it will provide the Democratic Republic of Congo with $414 million in humanitarian aid. Over 25 million people, almost a quarter of the population, require such aid. Jeffrey Prescott, US Ambassador to the United Nations Agency for Food and Agriculture, revealed that a significant amount of money…
Photo credit: the Leadership According to the Nigeria Customs Services, the Apapa Port in Nigeria generated 1.2 trillion naira in revenue between January and July. The Cable reports that the Comptroller of Customs, Babatunde Olomu, said the command collected 201.8 billion naira in July. He also said the revenue collected for seven months is higher than the total…
Photo credit: VOA News The first time I had a lasting attachment with someone who had been in Britain was in primary school. The guy had a Nigerian father and a British mother. Prior to that, I had been used to seeing and thinking God was a white Being. The temple in our local church…
