Photo credit; Wikipedia Naija no dey carry last… For Nigerians, last week was one of the most marathonic. The week started with the ban on okadas and tricycles in the country’s commercial capital, Lagos. Many husbands used that as an excuse to get home late. I can imagine they had a ready and valid excuse….
Photo credit; People’s Gazzette It’s no longer news that I’m a t’orí t’orùn PObi supporter. And, you can take that to the cashless bank. I’m still against those who refer to a Yoruba wise saying while persuading me to change my mind and dump my preferred candidate for a Yoruba candidate. In the first instance,…
The Super Eagles are currently the toast of Nigerians. Of course! At least, they’re performing well and we have hope they’ll lift the trophy come Sunday. But then, according to The Guardian of 1st January 2024, the allocation of the Federal Government of Nigeria to the ministry of sports, which includes the Nigeria Football Federation,…
Whatever water the Ijegba people drink, they should share with the rest of Nigeria—no, with all of Africa. Ijegba (a blend of Ijebu and Egba)—a space defined roughly within a 50-by-50-mile radius—has produced some of the world’s brightest, most talented, and most activist characters: Wole Soyinka and Fela Kuti. The former was rewarded with the…
Photo credit: Havana Times Young Cubans live a cruel dilemma: remain in the country where they were born, muzzled and subjected to a crisis with no expiration date, or leave for territories where everything begins from zero, but where at least one can speak without fear. Havana Times reports that Ernesto Medina and Kamil Zayas were arrested…
Photo credit: Trinidad Guardian Long before the stage lights, the tours, and the chart placements, there was a little girl in Toco singing at the top of her lungs during family praise and worship. The Trinidad and Tobago Guardian reports that Shakema Rowe, known in the Soca world as Miss Cali, has crafted a career that…
Photo credit: Aljazeera Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney went to the World Economic Forum and told the world that his country – extrapolation, all US allies – had lived a “pleasant fiction” that is now over. That fiction was grounded in the assumption that the United States would continue to lead a global order and that such order would perpetually…
