The minimum wage issue has been a topic of discussion in Nigeria for quite a while. Organized labour discussed the matter with the governments and the private sector. The labour first asked for around a million naira, but the government said it wasn’t willing to pay that whopping amount. The government said it was only…
Instead of the argument going on in Nigeria on whether or not Mr Tinubu supported the annulment of the June 12, 1993, election, I think it would have been better if the “debaters” found something else to do. Yes, my stance remains that justice must be served concerning the best election to have taken place…
Photo credit: Thr Guardian “Positive and constructive” talks between the US and Iran in Switzerland have wound up after a tense opening marked by Tehran’s announcement it had again closed the Strait of Hormuz and US President Donald Trump repeating his threats of more attacks on Iran. The New Daily reports that a joint statement on Monday…
Photo credit: Kurdistan24 An explosion at a factory in Qatar injured 54 people and left 18 missing, the Gulf state’s interior ministry said Monday. Gulf News reports that according to the ministry, a “technical incident” caused the blast on Sunday in Qatar’s Ras Laffan industrial zone. The ministry added that authorities were searching for the…
Photo credit: AP News Cape Verde’s magical start to its first \World \cup isn’t over. It might just be getting started. AP World Cup reports that the tiny island nation that stunned tournament favourite Spain last week did it again against Uruguay – a two-time World Cup champion – on Sunday, coming from behind for…
I learn today is Father’s Day! We should clink our glasses and praise ourselves like the lizard that just fell from an iroko tree and said if no one praises him, he would praise himself. We should then thank God for little mercies and for more undeserved blessings. Are we not in our patriarchal world,…
‘Hell is empty, all the devils are here’. – Ariel in the Tempest. The story of Sodom and Gomorrah is always an interesting case study about the grace of God. It is said in the Bible that the men of Sodom were not just wicked and sinners before the Lord, but they were exceedingly so….
