Photo credit: CNA The death toll from an attack on mourners attending a funeral at Hamoud Church in Jordan’s southern Karak governorate rose to seven, with 27 others injured, Public Security Director Obaidallah Maaytah said on Friday. AA reports that the upgraded figures were announced at a news conference by Jordanian officials in Karak. Earlier, the…
Photo credit: ABC News An official in Tigray’s new federal-backed administration urged rebel fighters to lay down their weapons Friday, hours after a rebel commander called for continued resistance despite losing the northern Ethiopian region’s capital. The Associated Press reports that the calls came nearly three weeks after rebels trying to overthrow the government lost…
There’s really a lot to dance about in Nigeria of today. The ever wise Yoruba have said when a situation is beyond weeping, just try and laugh. Why won’t we dance, all our civil servants get paid on time. It’s only those people who are against our governance who have failed to see these things….
When people describe Nigeria as the poverty capital of the world, it’s not really a new thing. That’s because the Yoruba have a saying that , when a single person is rich in the community, then the whole community is poor. What’s going on in Nigeria now can be termed as a liberation of the…
One Man in Africa, many wives I used to believe a single wife was damn too “many” for an individual. Why? Apart from the financial capabilities, what about the emotional and physical touches? I’m aware of the great Fela’s feat of marrying 27 wives on a single day. However, he was to divorce all of…
Photo credit: the Guardian Nigeria’s first Ebola patient in over a decade was not tested for the disease until 13 days after falling ill, officials said, a delay that raises questions about authorities’ ability to contain an outbreak already spanning four African countries. Reuters reports that the epidemic, first detected 3,000 km away in the…
Photo credit: Toronto Star A provincewide pause on student financial assistance payments to Ontario career colleges will last for months, the government has confirmed, leaving some students worried it will prevent them from graduating. The Canadian Press reports that Colleges and Universities Minister Nolan Quinn announced Tuesday afternoon that the pause won’t be lifted until the government establishes a…
