I read someone’s complaints about their juniors, in school, who had stopped referring to them as ‘senior’. I decided to make this post in order to show, in the first place, that seniority is not for ever. Second, if a person didn’t misuse his ‘seniority’, he becomes an ‘egbon’, as older siblings are called. In…
Photo credit: CNN The Hamas strike is no longer news. Neither is the Israeli reaction. Of course, the seemingly unending Russo-Ukrainian war is still thereThe Sudan conflict continues, and Syria, Ethiopia, Eritrea, and many others are in turmoil. We can’t discount the forceful takeover of government in some countries. Which group of people is suffering…
Photo credit: Aljazeera Years of criticism of an EU-backed migration pact between Italy and Libya are coming to a head as migrant rescuers say the Libyan coastguard has begun firing directly at them. The Libya Tribune reports that last week, the German charity, Sea-Watch, said its rescue ship was shot at by the Libyan coastguard using…
Photo credit: CAN Pathways Some immigrants nominated for permanent residency under the Ontario Nominee Program say they regret accepting their invitations. Toronto Today reports that their grouse is the year-long delays that have left them out of a job. Many of them are considering leaving the country. The Ontario Immigration Nomination Program (ONIP) allows the provincial…
Sometime in August, the National Examinations Council (NECO) invited examiners to mark the Senior Secondary Certificate Examination theory papers. The examinations were held in May/June. The examiners went to the marking centres from far and near. Most of them were not after monetary gains but they wanted to be more abreast of the latest trends…
Photo credit: BBC I’ve always said it that I believe without any equivocations that it’s only the Nigerian people who can organise themselves for good governance. In fact, when they do it, they can then afford to live good lives. Today, I’m referring to the meeting between Mr Olusegun Obasanjo and Mr Abubakar Atiku. Obasanjo…
Much has been said about the activities of men and a lot will, certainly, still be said. Take or leave it, despite the fact that women are ‘catching up’, we live, more or less, in a man’s world. It starts from most religions deities. We look at them as masculine. Most of the prophets in…
