A number of sites exist in Cambodia where more than a million people were killed and buried by the Khmer Rouge during its rule of the country between 1975 and 1979. They are appropriately named the Cambodian Killing Fields. An estimated figure of between 500, 000 thousand and one million Rwandans were eliminated within 100…
With the advent of 2020 came a lot of welcoming gestures. Peoples went praying to whatever they believed in their various religions and irreligion. They topped it up with wearing their brand new clothes, eating their favourite dishes and imbibing their choice drinks. There was great hope that the year 2020 would be better than…
There are KINGS and there are kings. Probably the most respected king in the south west is the Oba of Benin. And why is this so? I believe it’s because he doesn’t make himself available for just any event. He is not meddlesome. He minds his own business. That is not to say he doesn’t…
It’s recorded that Christ the Jesus rode on a donkey to Jerusalem. The donkey was not even Christ’s. He simply liberated it! It’s also reported that Christ lived a life of simplicity. He particularly loved the poor and children. But what do we have these days? Many people might not know, either deliberately or ignorantly,…
I just thought I should remind some of us that everyone should be in the business of asking questions from our representatives in the government. When we do ask the questions, we are not necessarily bound to offer alternatives if we are not satisfied with our employees’ (the government) performance. That’s simply because they offered…
There’s no doubting the fact that recent events have proved that our world is dirty. Yeah! As dirty as we have made it!! That’s what informed my post about wearing masks yesterday. I just felt we shouldn’t leave leprosy and be expending all energies on mere ringworm. Indeed, I still very much feel we should…
If he had served in Buhari’s first term, I would have believed he had been misled by the thinking that only the military could save Nigeria. But I would still have had my reservations. That is because I doubt if Gani, in whose chambers, he cut his teeth as a lawyer, would have served under…
