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…
Photo credit: The nation I love Yoruba, this song keeps ringing in my ears: Jagunjagun lo nbo;Olori ogunko gbodo k’ehin ogun;jagunjagun lo nbo! A warrior is coming along;A generalissimodaren’t stay behindA warrior is coming! It’s even good that the field marshal is a drummer. He would sound the bata-fuji war drums. The troops won’t lack…
Come to think of it, isn’t emilokan an insult? He’s apparently not thinking of the general good of all Nigerians. Neither is he thinking of how best to rule the country. All he wants is to satisfy his selfish interest. And, of course, to boost his CV. I don’t think we need people who’ll be…
Photo credit: TV Insider There’re some places or incidents that will never cease to confound me. The first one is death. The mere fact that the ultimate reaper doesn’t care if you were sick or not, once it’s your appointed time to leave this side of the earth, you don’t have a choice. The second…
