With COVID 19, it has become apparent that even though we live in the same world, there are different strokes for different folks. I’m saying so because while the affluent do care about their lives, the poor, even if they do care, are forced by their endemic situation to go look for means of sustaining…
The Employment Relations Authority has fined a company, Rural Practice and its owner, Reza Abdul-Jabbar, a total of $215,0000 for exploiting migrant farmers. RNZ reports that the farmer, who is a well-known imam, and his company have been found guilty of exploiting three migrant workers from Indonesia who worked for the company on its Invercargill…
A Dubai-based company, Blue Carbon, has been taking over large swaths of land in Africa. This has caused some uproar about the risks to the locals’ livelihoods. ABC News reports that in 2023, the Liberian government agreed to sell about 10% of its land to the company. The land could have been logged and used…
When I look at the case of Nigeria, I can’t but laugh! I will always laugh at the failure to do the most obvious of things. For instance, how come Nigeria can’t feed its teeming population? How come there’s so much hunger in the land? I am old enough to know that we have a…
We used to have some games when I was a kid. You see, I grew up in what you could call a semi traditional environment. Semi traditional because even though we were living in the city, we were taught the mores and values of traditional life. Also, our grand parents were living with us or…
I’ve always advocated for a social welfare system for the Nigerian people. However, some people have persisted in countering it for several reasons. Some will say Nigeria doesn’t have a good database. That has been interesting to me simply because Nigeria does have at least four ways in which a willing administration could get data…
I was furious that a popular actress held a party, somewhere in Lagos, to celebrate her husband’s birthday while there was a lockdown because of coronavirus19. The government subsequently arrested the couple and they were prosecuted. I have since learnt that some of the other attendees at the party have had charges against them withdrawn….
