Photo credit: Businessday It’s no longer news that Mr Keir Starmer has resigned his position as Prime Minister of Britain. I pity the practice in the Western world. That’s because heads of government there neither take steps to perpetuate themselves in power nor seek to play on the people’s intelligence, at least in most cases….
I’m always fascinated at the fervour with which we prepare for funerals. So many people get into debts to bury their dead. A Yoruba saying goes that if a fraction of the care and money spent on funerals is spent on the invalid, most people will not be dying unnecessary deaths. And that’s true! The…
The market places are agog. No seller can honestly say they don’t have would-be buyers. It’s only the actual buyers that may not be forth coming. Even the chicken processors are in good business. See, the Id’el fitri is a chicken celebration. Chicken hawkers are busy, layers, broilers, etc. The chickens themselves are putting up…
History is the study of past events, particularly in human affairs. It’s also described as the whole series of past events connected with someone or something! Hmmm… Little wonder, our dealers, sorry leaders are trying their best to put History as a subject in our school syllabus. At least, we must read about all that…
5 billionaires went down with the Titan! The fact that they were super-rich doesn’t mean they were not human beings, does it? However, the reaction of most people was that if people could be so rich as to spend a whopping $250,000 to take a dive into the ocean to explore the wreck of a…
There were times in which prime ministers seemed to be on their way as soon as they’d arrived. The big strategic decisions the country faced were ducked or postponed. The public finances repeatedly wobbled, yet efforts to rationalize the tax system faltered in the face of vested interests, including farmers. Reforms to social security were trumpeted before being…
Photo credit: Indian Express Amnesty International on Tuesday condemned a European Union move to increase cooperation with Libya to stem migration despite an intensifying crackdown on migrants in the country. Gulf News reports that Libya is one of the main North African departure points for migrants risking the perilous journey across the Mediterranean sea to reach Europe. Amnesty said…
