The Republican-led US House of Representatives approved a resolution Wednesday to block President Donald Trump from continuing the war against Iran, reflecting growing concern among members of the party about the 3-month-old conflict. Reuters reports that it was the latest setback for Trump in Congress despite his party’s slim majorities in both the House and the Senate. For now,…
Photo credit:the independent Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has condemned the “horrific murder” of four migrant seekers who were burned alive in a minivan in Calabria. The Independent reports that the attack was caught on surveillance camera at a garage in Amendolara. Footage showed the vehicle being set alight with the victims still alive https://youtu.be/Z02BiY8ulu4?si=b3iGa5x2BKqHqUnFinside. Police in Italy…
The Grammar School is one hundred and fifty eight years old today! In fact, we’ve been planning to post this since Sunday. It’s to show how happy we are. Happy and grateful for having been so fortunate to pass through the Grammar school. And, of course, the Grammar School passed through me! Where else could…
It’s another anniversary of the first secondary grammar school in Nigeria. We should congratulate the Anglican missionaries who deemed it fit to set up the school. However, the school song interests me a lot. Most particularly, the phrase in the very first line of the last stanza which reads:Africa will surely rise! That phrase is…
I can remember there was a time an idea was being mooted that the south, especially the former western region should stop the consumption of meat products that came from northern Nigeria. When that didn’t succeed, some then decided to implore people to avoid northerners’ meat for just a day. No way! It was as…
The Grammar School is a hundred and sixty years old! Yeah!! While not necessarily being against those who feel the milestone should be celebrated, I’m much more concerned about the very last verse of the School Song, Africa will surely rise,Fail we not in high empriseHidden here the secret lies.Up and on! To all intents…
One of the best announcements of Mr Buhari is the fact that he literally freed the man whom most Nigerians believed was a scoundrel by declaring that the man never stole from Nigeria’s commonwealth. In fact, his words would have allowed the late dark goggled president a needed space in heaven. That will be effective…
