Photo credit: Daily Trust The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has given $9 million in aid to refugees, internally displaced persons (IDPs), and stateless individuals in its member states. Nigeria was given $1 million to assist terrorism victims in north-eastern parts of the country. Musa Nuhu, the ECOWAS Permanent Representative Committee chair, explained this…
Photo credit: Daily Post I’m sitting here and remembering how Mr Dalung, Nigerian sports minister and Mrs Yetunde Onanuga travelled to watch Anthony Joshua’s demolition of Takam in the tenth round. They did not fail to relay a message of how the government and people of Nigeria were proud of AJ. When the heavyweight boxer…
Photo credit: the Cable Igboro o r’erinSo, so tightFail to solve withinLook for help abroad! Just as maluJourneys abroadOnly to returnAs corn beef! Fail we to see futilityOf forced unityWe’re goaded onWith machine gun! Forced to signUnrepresentative constitutionThat’s our problemSpit out like phlegm! From PDPPapa Deceive PikinTo APCA banned drug! Need we new worthFrom new…
Photo credit: ECOWAS The Economic Commission of West African States (ECOWAS) and the United Nations Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) have started the process of proffering finding solutions to issues of protection of refugees, stateless, displaced persons and asylum seekers in the sub-region. This Day reports that this cheering news was disclosed during the opening of…
Photo credit: VOA For the first time in 30 years, the ruling party in South Africa, African National Congress, is set to fall short of a majority of the votes cast after national elections. This marks the biggest political shift in the country. The party which of the respected Nelson Mandela had 41.04 % of…
Photo credit: Chorister I utterly fail to understand the problem of my people. So, Nigeria’s return to the old national anthem is now a hard nut to crack for us. We have failed to see the inherent values in the change. The legislators saw them, that’s why the bill was passed in arguably a record…
