Photo credit: Aljazeera Work-related migration to rich countries fell by one-fifth last year, as labour markets weakened and countries including Australia and the United Kingdom tightened visa rules, according to new research by the Organization for Economic CHo-operation and Development (OECD). Data from the organization, which is made up of 38 wealthy and emerging economies,…
Photo credit: BBC I guess it was Naeto that sang a song that became the poem of the time, titled ‘kini big deal?’, (what’s the result of all the hassles?) Is it not a song that suits these times? These are times when it has been vividly proved that the average Nigerian will do anything…
I hear Nigeria is about to (if it hasn’t) borrowed a humongous amount of between $23b and $30b US dollars! Yeepa!! Doesn’t it amount to selling our very future? Unfortunately, most of the, if not all, the present political leaders and even those of us who are nobodies wouldn’t be on this side of the…
I love the Yoruba language. Of course, the Yoruba are a people mostly found in the Southwest of Nigeria. One of their songs is,‘Yokolu yokolu,Ko ha tan bi,Iyawo gbo’ko sanle,Oko yo’ke’. The song is normally sung to make jest of people who could have done better and prevent an impending doom. One saying of the…
deadbeat: noun 1: loafer 2: one who persistently fails to pay personal debts or expenses deadbeat: adjective : having a pointer that gives a reading with little or no oscillation
Photo credit: The Guardian Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked Israel’s president for a pardon for bribery and fraud charges and an end to a five-year corruption trial, arguing that it would be in the “national interest.” The Guardian reports that Isaac Herzog’s office acknowledged receipt of the 111-page submission from the prime minister’s…
