Photo credit: Addis standard Ethiopia delivered a scathing diplomatic rebuke to Egypt on Wednesday, accusing it of destabilizing the Horn of Africa to maintain a “colonial” monopoly over the Nile River. AA reports that the statement marked the latest escalation in a bitter war of words that has intensified since Ethiopia officially inaugurated the Grand…
Photo credit: PRNigeria News The Nigerian authorities seem to be getting it right by nominating General Christopher Gwabin Musa for the post of Defence Minister. He retired as the Chief of Defence Staff in October this year. He appeared before the Nigertan Senate on December 3, and every senator who contributed spoke well of him. While answering…
That a popular church now has a dating site is the latest news in Nigeria. I wouldn’t know if the act has contravened any part of the Nigerian constitution. If it hasn’t, people should ‘free’ the church. Why do you think the population of women seems to be much more than that of men in…
When I look at life, I just can’t help laughing and giving praises to the Most High! All our thanks should go to Him!! I can’t but remember a Yoruba story, possibly from the Odu Ifa Corpus. It says so many people prepare evil machinations against the mountain. The mountain doesn’t eat neither does it…
The way we’re going, there’s no doubting the fact that Nigeria might soon get an award. And it will come from no less a body than the publishers of the prestigious Guinness Book of records. The award, of course, would be for the newsworthiest country in the world! You see, it’s like news was created…
affront: verb 1a: to insult, especially to the face, by behaviour or language b: to cause offence to 2a: to face in defiance: confront b: obsolete: to appear directly before affront: noun 1: a deliberate offence 2: obsolete: a hostile encounter Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Photo credit: NPR President Donald Trump has said he doesn’t want Somali immigrants in the US. The AP reports that he said the residents of the war-ravaged country are too reliant on the US social security safety net and add little to the United States. in the United states. Trump’s description of the immigrant community…
