Photo credit: BBC I learned some so-called Nigerian youth have given South Africans living in Nigeria a 30-day ultimatum to leave Nigeria. I don’t believe we’re in the era of an “eye for an eye”. In fact, that system is rather obnoxious and outdated. While trying to understand where the youth are coming from, I can’t…
Nigerians are definitely an interesting lot. For every little thing they are ready to cry blue murder. Why should people be shouting (or wailing?) about a former governor and a serving senator who went to do a private business in the privacy of a private room in a private hotel where he spent his private…
For the Western worlders, the few days of sunny moments are taken as a treasure. This shows in their mode of dressing and overall behaviour. It’s like some of them want to stay aloof of even the tiniest clothing item as long as the summer lasts. This is when they can prove they have fantastic…
My day is hardly complete without listening to authentic African music and watching Yoruba movies. This is because I get to learn so much from them. As a scribbler, I always like to project the African story from the viewpoint of an African. I guess one can’t succeed in doing this without understanding African mores…
This Buhari of a soldier really deserves to be promoted to the rank of field marshall! See all the major works he’s doing. We all know he has given the order for the kidnap of Nnamdi Kanu and pronto, when the poor victim got to Nigeria, he was promptly whisked into court. Sunday Igboho also…
I posted something about kites sometime last week. That was a stillborn kite. There is another kite being contemplated that might turn out to be positive. It is all about tennis. Lawn tennis! There has been a lot of discussions and arguments over the male/ female superiority in lawn tennis. While some are feeling there…
Photo credit: SACBC Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus criticized remarks by conservative Catholic Bishop Athanasius Schneider, who called migration to Europe an “invasion”, saying such language dehumanizes people fleeing conflict and hardship. Borkena reports that in a social media post, Tedros said he read the bishop’s remarks “with a heavy heart,” arguing that calling human beings “invaders” takes away their “faces,…
