A Nigerian senator has called for a nationwide debate to replace the current two-term, four-year presidential system with a single 16-year tenure. Methinks the idea is brilliant. However, I would love to propose a couple of amendments. Let’s make it a life presidencyThen, we should make it hereditary. You know, anybody who has chosen not…
Photo credit: Premium Times Mmm! We’re very happy here. In fact to say we’re enjoying will be worse than an understatement. We get fed 24/7 on the grass in the court. This is a place to be for us. Can you imagine the fact that we even go to the hall to scavenge? And I’m…
Photo credit: BBC Three men, alleged to be part of an organized people smuggling group have been rearrested after investigations. The BBC reports that the trio had been on remand at a Liverpool prison before prosecutors arrested them on suspicion of transporting Vietnamese migrants to the UK in lorries and small boats, the National Crime Agency (NCA)…
Photo credit: Aljazeera Palestinians in Gaza have gathered for the pre-dawn meal on the first day of fasting as several Arab and Islamic countries begin Ramadan, while others are set to start a day later. AlJazeera reports that people in Gaza even though they started observing the holy Muslim month on Wednesday were struggling to access…
Photo credit: now Toronto Premier Doug Ford of Ontario has advised students not to “pick basket-weaving courses” and to invest in education that gives people in-demand values. CBC News reports that Ford said in the wake of students expressing concerns over recent cuts to the Ontario Students Assistance Program (OSAP). While speaking at Queen’s Park, Ford…
The Buhari goverrnment is acting true to style. There is a new sheriff in town. Of course, he came in on the mantra of change. So, things have just got to change. Even if it’s change for the sake of change. The naira is on a free fall because Nigeria could be said to be,…
Okada used to be an unsung village. Those were in the days before the Esama of Benin Kingdom, Chief Gabriel Osawaru Igbinedion. When he made his billions, he did not forget his place of birth. He promptly established a university there. That university is named after his family, Igbinedion. However, when the students found that…
