He was quite worried. If you had known him, you would have known that it was quite unusual for him to be bothered by anything. He used to be a very happy guy. He didn’t have anything to worry about. Who would, if you had inherited a cache of money that even your grandchildren couldn’t…
I once said, ordinarily, people would think Lagos politics is so advanced that Lagosians can’t just be cowed by any wannabe. Yeah, this may be true! But I’m afraid if not irritated to admit the fact that Lagosians themselves are generally wannabes serving a life sentence under Bourdillon. I understand it’s as bad as if…
As today’s a Sunday, without being churchy I can answer Nathaniel’s question when he asked in John 1:45, if anything good could come out of Nazareth that good things are coming out of the Nigerian senate. And indeed, I can go on and quote another passage which says, “…the stone rejected by you the builders,…
Photo credit: Cincinnati Inquirer Donald Trump’s administration is summoning Haitian immigrants in Ohio to immigration offices to either be immediately removed from the country or forced to wear ankle monitors before they face a deportation hearing. The Independent reports that dozens of immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, with Temporary Protected Status were called into Immigration and Customs Enforcement…
Photo credit: the Telegraph French and British vessels saved 157 migrants after their boat caught fire while trying to cross the Channel on Tuesday, French authorities said, in one of the largest rescue operations since 2028. Saudi Gazette reports that “A small boat caught fire on the boundary between French and British waters, forcing its occupants to…
We were so innocently naive in elementary classes that when teachers taught us Mungo Park discovered the River Niger, we just let it sink in without thinking. Of course, he must have met some people (Africans) there. In the same vein, we were taught that Madam Efunroye Tinubu (c. 1805-1887) was the first woman to own…
Nigerians, OK, some of them, will never cease to amaze me. I thought I was unshockable due to the fact that I felt I had seen it all. Yes, the height (the depth?) of it was wishing a person, who happens to be the President of Nigeria dead. I’ve always maintained that, Ba ba n…
