Nigerians love holidays. If there’s something, at least out of nothing the Nigerian government succeeds in, it’s massaging the bruised ego of Nigerians by supplying them with enough holidays to last till eternity. Or how else can we describe having June 12 as a democracy day in a country(?) with so many proofs of undemocratic…
So Buhari could go and commission a railway service in Lagos? He’s probably too old to remember he cancelled the metro-line project embarked upon by Alhaji Lateef Jakande when he toppled the Shagari government in 1984.The project handlers were said to have gone to court and it was alleged that the Lagos state government had…
The first eight verses of Genesis 11 tell the story of the Tower of Babel. It is about the Babylonians who wanted to build a tower to reach heaven. Their primary reason was to avoidbeing scattered across the face of the earth. However, God felt that if they had succeeded in building the tower, nothing…
Today is the anniversary of the great denial. Yes! MKO Abiola won an election which has been described as the best election so far in Nigeria. But Nigerians were denied the fruits of that election. Abiola himself was to die in a military gulag while presiding, not over Nigeria, but his cell. We’ve never had…
Photo credit: TSN Victoria Mboko of Canada withdrew from her first-round match at the HSBC Championships on Wednesday after appearing to sustain an injury during the second set. The Canadian Press reports that Mboko, seeded third at the Queen’s Club in West London, was trailing former world No 1 Karolina Pliskova of Czechia 6-2, 3-4, when…
Photo credit: the conversation Global football body FIFA is branding the World Cup 2026 – and global football in general – as a celebration of inclusivity and diversity. It’s presented as a harbinger of peace and hope, and even somehow a saviour of African migrants who drown while attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea. The Conversation…
Photo credit: Human Rights Watch Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged Sudan’s military authorities to investigate and prosecute former Rapid Support Forces (RSF) commanders who recently defected to the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF). The group stated that allegations of serious abuses should not be overlooked because they switched sides in the country’s conflict. In a statement issued on…
