When I look at life, I just can’t help laughing and giving praises to the Most High! All our thanks should go to Him!! I can’t but remember a Yoruba story, possibly from the Odu Ifa Corpus. It says so many people prepare evil machinations against the mountain. The mountain doesn’t eat neither does it…
The way we’re going, there’s no doubting the fact that Nigeria might soon get an award. And it will come from no less a body than the publishers of the prestigious Guinness Book of records. The award, of course, would be for the newsworthiest country in the world! You see, it’s like news was created…
affront: verb 1a: to insult, especially to the face, by behaviour or language b: to cause offence to 2a: to face in defiance: confront b: obsolete: to appear directly before affront: noun 1: a deliberate offence 2: obsolete: a hostile encounter Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Photo credit: NPR President Donald Trump has said he doesn’t want Somali immigrants in the US. The AP reports that he said the residents of the war-ravaged country are too reliant on the US social security safety net and add little to the United States. in the United states. Trump’s description of the immigrant community…
Egypt on Tuesday inaugurated the 24th Meeting of the Parties to the Barcelona Convention (COP24) in Cairo, convening ministers and representatives from 21 Mediterranean countries, regional and international organizations to advance efforts to protect the Mediterranean Sea from pollution. Daily News reports that the Local Development Minister and acting Environmental Minister Manal Awad said hosting COP24 reflects “deep…
Photo credit: Times of Israel Eman Hassan Lawwa was dressed in traditional Palestinian prints, and Hikmat Lawwa wore a suit as they walked hand-in-hand past the crumbled buildings of southern Gaza in a line of other couples dressed similarly. The 27-year-old Palestinians were among 54 couples to get married on Tuesday in a mass wedding in…
Photo credit; Authority Newspaper While not necessarily supporting the disobedience of orders in a democracy, I find it bizarre that governments in Nigeria are busy giving people concerned a bizarre Christmas present. They have chosen to demolish houses which lack approval from the authorities. But then, I don’t agree that a house will just appear…
